Filter Gemini for Home voice assistant responses

Set filters to limit Gemini for Home voice assistant’s responses about sensitive topics, like violent or explicit content, for guests or everyone in your home. Voice Matched children under 18 always receive filtered responses, regardless of your selection.

Important:

  • To ensure Digital Wellbeing and parental controls function properly, your apps and devices must be updated, and each child must be a member of the home.
  • This feature is only available in some countries and languages.
  • Gemini for Home voice assistant uses filters to limit inappropriate content, but they aren’t perfect and mistakes can happen. Supervise your child and double-check Gemini’s responses. Remind them that Gemini is an AI, not a person, and should not be treated as a friend or given personal information.Learn how to set up parental controls on devices in your home.

Filtered responses are helpful but cautious. The responses are typically sensitive to explicit content and graphic violence to ensure an appropriate experience for members in your home. 

Select your filter type

  • Allow all responses: Only Voice Matched children under 18 receive filtered responses. Anyone else in your home and guests of any age will receive unfiltered responses.
  • Filter responses for guests: Applies to guests and anyone else in your home without Voice Match. People in the home over 18, with Voice Match enabled, will receive unfiltered responses.
  • Filter responses for everyone: Everyone receives filtered responses. This includes anyone in the home and guests of all ages. This option offers maximum filtering.

Set up or edit Gemini for Home voice assistant filter

Manage who receives filtered responses in your home. You can set up a filter when you first set up Gemini for Home voice assistant or set it up at a later time in your Home settings.

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
  3. Tap Home settings  and then Gemini for Home voice assistant and then Gemini for Home response filtering.
  4. Choose the filter option you want:
    • Allow all responses
    • Filter responses for guests
    • Filter responses for everyone

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