CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 16/909 (2019.01); G06F 16/90332 (2019.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method implemented using one or more processors, comprising:
receiving a spoken query from a user via a user interface of an automated assistant;
determining that, among multiple assistant devices, a first assistant device is closest to the user at a time of the spoken query;
determining that a first response volume setting, of the automated assistant at the first assistant device, is muted;
determining that a second response volume setting, of the automated assistant at a second assistant device, of the multiple assistant devices, is non-muted;
determining, based on a metric derived from historical information having a determined relationship to the spoken query, whether audibly perceiving an audible response to the spoken query is critical;
in response to determining that audibly perceiving the audible response to the spoken query is critical, and in response to determining that the first assistant device is muted and the second assistant device is non-muted:
rendering, at the second assistant device, the audible response to the spoken query.
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