1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first computing device of a plurality of computing devices in physical proximity to one another, a spoken audio input that is also received by one or more additional computing devices of the plurality of computing devices; determining, by the first computing device and based at least in part on information received from the one or more additional computing devices, whether the first computing device should perform speech recognition on the spoken audio input; and responsive to determining that the first computing device should perform speech recognition on the spoken audio input: sending, by the first computing device and to at least a second computing device from the plurality of computing devices, a command to temporarily refrain from performing speech recognition; performing, by the first computing device, speech recognition on the spoken audio input; determining, by the first computing device, based on performing speech recognition on the spoken audio input, whether the spoken audio input includes a predetermined spoken audio command; and responsive to determining that the spoken audio input includes the predetermined spoken audio command, executing, by the first computing device, an action associated with the predetermined spoken audio command.