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Xiaomi: Turn Google Assistant On or Off from the Home Button

Holding down the virtual home button on your Xiaomi phone launches Google Assistant automatically, even when you only meant to go back to the home screen. If that accidental trigger bothers you, or you actually want the shortcut and it is not working, the setting sits in a spot most people never check.

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Enable or Disable Google Assistant via the Home Button auf Xiaomi

On Xiaomi phones running MIUI, a long press on the virtual home button is wired to Google Assistant by default. This shortcut lives under the button configuration, not inside the Assistant app itself, which is why disabling it from within Google Assistant never works.

The setting controls what happens specifically on a press-and-hold gesture. A regular tap still takes you home, so turning the shortcut off will not affect normal navigation.

To change it, open SettingsAdditional settingsButton shortcutsLaunch Google Assistant, then Choose an option.

From there you can switch the action to none, keep Google Assistant, or in some MIUI versions assign a different app or gesture to the long press. Any change applies immediately, no restart needed.

If Google Assistant still opens after switching the option off, check that no other gesture (like a swipe from the corner) is also mapped to it, since some MIUI builds allow more than one trigger for the same action.

Frequently asked questions

On many Xiaomi phones this shortcut is active by default. It is tied to the button configuration, so it works right out of the box without any manual setup.