Eli5: How does Google ‘listen’ to you? Is there actually a program running in the background on your phone that records your voice and sends it to google?

Question

Eli5: How does Google ‘listen’ to you? Is there actually a program running in the background on your phone that records your voice and sends it to google?

In: 2057

Answer 1

You give Google access to you microphone when you agree to terms if service. Also give access to everything else photos, videos.