You can get suggestions from your apps based on your location and activity. For example, a music app can suggest a playlist you often play at a specific time and place.
Your activity and location data are private. The data never leaves your device, isn't shared with Google, and is used only for on-device learning.
Manage contextual suggestions
Important:
- Before you use contextual suggestions for the first time, you’ll find a notice about the feature that provides a link to your settings.
- If you cast audio or video from your device:
- You must have Android 14 or up.
- You can find the notice when you start an active media session while connected to the Wi-Fi network and cast to a device.
- On your Android device, open the Settings app.
- Tap Apps
All apps
Google Play services.
- Tap All services
Developer features
Contextual Suggestions.
- Turn Use contextual suggestions on or off.
- Under "Data used for your suggestions:”
- To use contextual suggestions without location data, turn off Use device location.
- When you turn off “Use device location,” contextual suggestions remain on. Your location data won’t be used to give the recommendations.
- When "Use device location" is on, location data can only be used if your device location is on. Learn how to manage your Android device’s location settings.
- To manually delete all stored data:
- Tap Manage your data.
- Next to “Delete all stored data,” tap Delete
.
- To confirm deletion, in the pop-up box, tap Delete.
- To use contextual suggestions without location data, turn off Use device location.
Tip: The data used for contextual suggestions is automatically deleted after 60 days. You can also delete it at any time before that.