Is Voice Search safe?

Clean risk

Voice Search sends spoken search transcripts to Google Search when you submit a voice query.

The popup uses browser speech recognition to turn speech into final text, then inserts that text into the configured search URL. By default, the URL is https://google.com/search?q=%QUERY%, so the spoken query is sent to Google when the extension opens or updates a search tab.

Essential Kitv23.10.8Chrome Web Store
0Risk
Who publishes it

Essential Kit - 3 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Same store account

3 other listings published from this account, 34k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 23.10.8. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Audate contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • google.com

    Audate sends data to google.com. 6 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

Updated 30 September 2026agmgoemhckhccgibmoigonndjhjllcoh