There are few emails that make your stomach drop faster than one about "new privacy settings." That usually means a company has moved another data switch, renamed a control or tucked a new choice inside an account menu you rarely visit.Google is now rolling out one of those changes for Search services.
The setting is called Search Services History.It controls whether Google saves your activity from Search services when you are signed into your Google Account.That may sound routine at first.
Most of us already know Google can save search history.However, this update goes beyond the old idea of typed searches in a box.
Google says Search Services History can include images you upload, files you ask about, voice searches, Search Live recordings, Translate speaking practice audio and other interactions with Search services.The part that should make you pause is the Save Media setting.When it is turned on, Google can save media from your Search services interactions.
That saved media may be used to improve Google’s AI models and technologies.In other words, the random photo you searched with Google Lens or the voice recording you used in a Search feature may help improve Google’s AI.GOOGLE TURNS OLD PHONES INTO CLOUD SERVERSGoogle’s new Search services pop-up tells you media from your searches may now be saved in your history.
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