How to remove voice on the TV Xiaomi Mi: the complete guide

Voice on Xiaomi Mi TVs can be useful for users with disabilities or those who prefer audio prompts. However, for most owners, automatic voice notifications about turning on, switching channels or changing volume become an annoying factor, especially for models with MIUI TV or Android TV, where the voice assistant is activated by default after updates.

In this article, we will discuss all possible ways to disable voice support – from standard settings in the menu to hidden options for experienced users. You will learn how to remove voice prompts when you turn on your TV, disable the Google Assistant voice assistant (if integrated), and what to do if the settings are reset after a firmware update. TV 4A/4S/4X/5/5X/6, Mi TV Q1/Q2/Q2Q and others based on PatchWall or Android TV 9/10/11.

Important: Some methods require changes in system settings, which may affect the warranty. If you are not sure about your actions, use only the official settings from the first section.

1. Disable voice prompts in standard settings

The safest and most recommended way is to use built-in menu options. On most Xiaomi Mi TVs, voice is controlled through the "Special Features" section (or "Accessibility" in English firmware).

1. Turn on the TV and press the Settings button on the remote.
2. Go to All settings → System → Special features.
3. Find the "Voice Support" (or "TalkBack"/"Screen Reader") and move the slider to the "Off" position.
4. Confirm the action if a warning appears.

On some models (e.g. Mi TV 5 Pro with Android TV 10), the path may be different:

• 🔹 Settings → Device and preferences → Special facilities → Voice assistant
• 🔹 Settings → All settings → Personal. → Special facilities → TalkBack

If voice prompts continue to sound after you turn off, check your Google Assistant settings (for more on this in the next section) and make sure you don’t have third-party voice apps installed (like VoiceOver or Select to Speak).

2. disable Google Assistant and voice commands

On Xiaomi Mi TVs with Android TVs (such as Mi TV Q2Q or Mi TV 6), Google Assistant can be activated, which responds to voice commands and issues notifications, to turn it off:

1. Open Settings → Device and Preferences → Google Assistant
2. Select “Disable Google Assistant” and confirm.
3. If you don’t have an option, go to Settings → Apps → All apps, find Google and turn off notifications.

To completely turn off the microphone (if you have one in your model):

• 🔊 Settings → Device and preferences → Microphone → Disable access for all applications
• 🔊 In the menu Special features check that the item "Voice input" was turned off".

On some MIUI TV firmware (e.g. Mi TV 4X), the XiaoAI voice assistant can work in parallel with the Google Assistant to turn it off:

1. Press the Home button on the remote and hold for 3 seconds.
2. In the menu that appears, select "XiaoAI Settings".
3. Turn off the "Voice control" and "Autostart upon activation" options.

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If voice commands still work after disabling Google Assistant, try resetting your microphone settings: go to Settings → Apps → Google → Storage → Clear data.

3. Resetting the sound settings to factory

If the voice experience isn't switched off through the menu, the system settings may have gone wrong, and resetting the audio settings will help, and this method doesn't affect the installed apps and personal data, but it will return all audio settings to factory values.

Instructions:

1. Open Settings → All settings → System → Additional → Resetting.
2. Select "Reset audio settings" (or "Reset audio settings").
3. Confirm the action and wait for the TV to restart.

After reset, check to see if TalkBack or Google Assistant are back on again. If the problem persists, move to the next advanced method section.

⚠️ Note: On some models (Mi) TV 4A With firmware until 2021, a sound reset may result in loss of user equalizers and settings HDMI-ARC. Write down the current parameters before resetting.

4. Advanced methods: disabling through ADB and system files

If standard methods didn't work, you can use ADB (Android Debug Bridge) debugging, which requires connecting the TV to the computer and basic command line knowledge. On TVs with MIUI TV 5 and later, ADB debugging is disabled by default, and you need to activate it in the developer settings first.

Steps to disable voice support via ADB:

1. Activate Developer Mode: Go to Settings → About TV. Find the "Build Number" line and click on it 7 times in a row. Go back to Settings → Additional → For Developers and turn on "Debugging on USB."

Connect your TV to your PC via USB (use USB 3.0 port for stability).

Open the command line (Windows) or terminal (macOS/Linux) and do:

adb devices

Make sure the device is identified.

Execute the commands to disable TalkBack and Google Assistant:

adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services ""


adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox

To turn off XiaoAI (on MIUI TV) use:

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xiaomi.mitv.appstore


adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xiaomi.mitv.voiceassistant

After you've done the commands, restart the TV. If the voice track returns after the update, repeat the procedure.

⚠️ Attention: Misuse of the right ADB Don't turn off system services if you're not sure what they're supposed to do. For example, pm disable-user com.android.tv.settings will block access to settings.

Enable the developer mode|Install ADB-PC drivers|Connect the TV to USB 3.0|Download platform tools ADB|Make a backup copy of settings-->

5. Problems after firmware update

Many users are faced with the fact that after an automatic firmware update, voice support is turned on again, this is due to Xiaomi's policy, which resets some of the "Special Features" settings to default values, to avoid this:

• 📵 Turn off automatic software update: Settings → On TV. → Updating the system → Auto-update → Off.

1. Settings → System → Backup → Create a backup copy.

If the problem recurs after each update, consider rolling back on the old firmware version.

1. Download the desired version of the software from the official Xiaomi website (support section for your model).
2. Unpack the archive and place the file update.zip root USB-storage device (format) FAT32).
3. Connect the flash drive to the TV and perform the manual update through Settings → System Update → Local Update.

Alternative solutions: physically shutting down the microphone

Some Xiaomi Mi TV models (e.g. Mi TV Q1 75" or Mi TV 6 OLED) have a physical microphone built in for voice control, and if software methods don't work, you can turn it off hardware.

• 🔧 Disconnecting through Settings: Go to Settings → Device and preferences → Microphone → Physical Disconnection (if Option is Available).
• 🛠️ Mechanical shutdown (for power users): Disassemble the back cover of the TV (unplug it from the network!) and unplug the microphone plume from the motherboard!
• 🎤 Using an external remote without a microphone: Buy an alternative remote control without a voice button (e.g. Xiaomi Mi Remote Controller Lite).

Before you physically intervene, check if simple microphone insulation helps, for example, you can seal the microphone hole on the TV body with opaque tape - this will not damage the device, but can reduce sensitivity to voice commands.

⚠️ Attention: Disassembling the TV without experience can damage the plumes or board. OLED-screens (e.g., Mi) TV 6 OLED) The risk is particularly high – the slightest dust ingress between the layers of the screen will lead to incorrigible artifacts.

7. Frequent mistakes and how to avoid them

When you turn off voice, users often make mistakes that lead to new problems, and here are the most common ones and ways to solve them:

Another common mistake is ignoring PatchWall updates (Xiaomi's Android TV shell), sometimes voice tracking is turned on because of bugs in the old shell version, to update PatchWall separately from firmware:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → All applications.
2. Find PatchWall and click “Update” (if available).

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Before any manipulation of system settings, back up through Settings → System → Backup. This will quickly restore the TV to work in the event of a failure.

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