c/privacy · by MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world · 150dCan I uninstall this Google service without affecting my phone negatively? 35 points · 14 comments · view on lemmy.world
14 Comments
mech@feddit.org · 16 pts · 150d
It'll make the microphone button on your keyboard not work and turn your GPS app mute. Other than that, no bad effects.
muzzle@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 150d
Can you replace it with an OS app like SherpaTTS?
Tibi@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 150d
I have replaced it with sherpaTTS and now I can hear glados' voice for navigation :D
muzzle@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 150d
Really? which one are you using to get the Glados effect?
Tibi@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 149d
The repo links to this to test models: https://huggingface.co/spaces/k2-fsa/text-to-speech And there is a glados one listed there (at least in english and german)
mech@feddit.org · 4 pts · 150d
Yes but I've given up on that front. Not important enough for me to research any more.
MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 150d
Well, seems I can uninstall it. Thanks.
paraplu@piefed.social · 4 pts · 150d
I'd also expect it could make Google translate unable to pronounce words.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 150d
I don't have it installed on my phone and it works just fine.
/GrapheneOS
grue@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 150d
I think Duolingo requires it in order to do speaking exercises.
MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 150d
I don't use it anyway, so this wouldn't be this big of a damage.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 2 pts · 150d
I think it's used for google assistant and the voice digitation, i am not sure tho, but anyway it's not something that will break Android and you can just reinstall it
Kyrex@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 1 pts · 149d
Yes you can. Enable USB debugging and do this adb command:
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.ttsAnd if you want to restore it:
adb shell cmd package install-existing --user 0 com.google.android.ttsMeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 148d
I used Brevent on my phone to uninstall it.