$135 million will be paid in a case that alleged Google collected user cellular data without permission, and $68 million will go to put to bed a case that claimed Google allowed its Google Assistant to record private conversations without permission. That is how Google Assistant works. Google claims that nothing is recorded or sent to its servers when the Google Assistant is in standby mode and not active. The class action alleged that Google was recording conversations outside of those conditions, likely from mishearing the wake word and turning on without prompting. As with the other case, Google will admit no wrongdoing as part of the settlement.