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Google Now not recognizing my local settings?

HI, I have Modaco JB rom installed and am having trouble with Google Now not recognizing my local settings. When I ask for weather it tells me my location, but it is in C not F and there aren't any card settings. When I ask for Home (which I have set in my maps account) it takes me to the closest "Home" named business to my location. I don't have any customization at all (see pic).
I am using Google Apps and have web history turned on. Also all settings on my phone (time, temp, location) are correct. It isn't the rom as this is the second JB rom I have flashed and had the same problem with that one.
Any Help would be appreciated!!

I had this problem too. It turns out that Apps accounts need to turn Google Now on for it to work. I detailed the steps here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28234402&postcount=13

Damn I love this site!!!
Thanks TaFFeR!!

TaFFeR said:
I had this problem too. It turns out that Apps accounts need to turn Google Now on for it to work. I detailed the steps here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28234402&postcount=13
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I don't get this at all.
What if you just have a regular Gmail account that all of your services are tied to?

Arthur Hucksake said:
I don't get this at all.
What if you just have a regular Gmail account that all of your services are tied to?
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Then you shouldn't need to do this. When I added my normal gmail account to my phone, Google Now automatically worked. When you started Google Now, did you get the little intro/wizard thing, or did it go straight to a search box? If you got the introduction, and whenever you pull up Google Now, you get the colorful banner on top, then Google Now already works on your phone.
If you're having trouble with the Knowledge Graph cards showing up, then you have a different issue regarding your language settings.

TaFFeR said:
Then you shouldn't need to do this. When I added my normal gmail account to my phone, Google Now automatically worked. When you started Google Now, did you get the little intro/wizard thing, or did it go straight to a search box? If you got the introduction, and whenever you pull up Google Now, you get the colorful banner on top, then Google Now already works on your phone.
If you're having trouble with the Knowledge Graph cards showing up, then you have a different issue regarding your language settings.
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Yeah, its basically an empty box. lol
Someone else got this working in the UK just fine, I just cannot find the thread where it was mentioned.

Arthur Hucksake said:
Yeah, its basically an empty box. lol
Someone else got this working in the UK just fine, I just cannot find the thread where it was mentioned.
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From what I've read, along with setting your search and location settings to the US, you'll have to enable Web History and Location History.

[Q] am i having google now issues?

Been running jb since it was available. Google now will tell me the weather and remind me of my calendar appointments. But it still won't advise me of traffic during my commute to work. I set up my own profile in the people app with my home and work address but it still doesn't work. Any advice?
Also, seems like the only way I can enjoy Google nows voice is when I ask for a definition. What else can one ask or say to get a verbal response?

sheek360;28393210 But it still won't advise me of traffic during my commute to work. I set up my own profile in the people app with my home and work address but it still doesn't work. Any advice?
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You don't set it there. You set it in the desktop Google Maps > my places > Home / Work. Or on the Maps app under location history settings
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Thanks for the help. But the maps app doesn't have a location history setting. At least none I can see

I fixed it. Lattitude was off.
How do you go about making Google now a little more talkative?

sheek360 said:
I fixed it. Lattitude was off.
How do you go about making Google now a little more talkative?
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Usually knowledge graph queries will make it talk "Who is the Prime Minister of England?" "How tall is the Eiffel Tower?" "What time is it in Tokyo?" "What is the weather in Moscow?" "Who won the Nationals game yesterday?"

What is the time, what is the date, what are the pizza stores around me..
it's very cool to see its answers sometimes.

I ask these things and mine usually does a Google search n stays silent. Odd

sheek360 said:
I ask these things and mine usually does a Google search n stays silent. Odd
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1. Make sure device language is US English
2. Set google.com as your search location and not your local version (eg. google.cn) This, however, will break local search results (your weather will show up as Washington, DC)

harveydent said:
1. Make sure device language is US English
2. Set google.com as your search location and not your local version (eg. google.cn) This, however, will break local search results (your weather will show up as Washington, DC)
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Mine works with my google location as my local setting :O

Mine is hit or miss with voice when asking things.

"OK Google, call..." command not working

Hi
So while I playing around with Google Now, I decided to try calling someone from my Contacts through voice. To my surprise, the message "This action requires Device State and Content..." is displayed, implying that the phone doesn't support the command. Is this really a phone issue, or an android-related issue?

My money is on it being a "user" issue.

I believe you just need to give Google permission to access the contacts in your phone.

bigdfmartin said:
I believe you just need to give Google permission to access the contacts in your phone.
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I've synced my contacts with my Google account and allowed Google to search through my contacts. Anything else I need to do?

As I recall, Google prompted me for the permissions the first time I asked it to make a call. It's been working ever since.

bigdfmartin said:
As I recall, Google prompted me for the permissions the first time I asked it to make a call. It's been working ever since.
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Looks like you were right, tried again the other night, and the issue was solved: google asked for permission. Don't know what I did to get it to work though: all I did was access google settings, ticked and unticked some checkboxes under search and now, and for some reason, the command worked afterwards.

google now do not recognize commands

Hey, after you have updated Tsaon want to check out the songs so I told Google to play music, but he did not realize it was supposed to turn music .. He searched for it on Google
Then I went to see the option of initiating a conversation with someone, but Google also did not recognize it ..
Why is it like this?
* Please note hallucinatory voice worked well, but he could not tell the difference between a search command

Eithanet said:
Hey, after you have updated Tsaon want to check out the songs so I told Google to play music, but he did not realize it was supposed to turn music .. He searched for it on Google
Then I went to see the option of initiating a conversation with someone, but Google also did not recognize it ..
Why is it like this?
* Please note hallucinatory voice worked well, but he could not tell the difference between a search command
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Wow. WTF? Not sure what language you are using but ??? Anyway, try a watch reboot or two and see if that helps. Not having any issues on mine.

kimtyson said:
Wow. WTF? Not sure what language you are using but ??? Anyway, try a watch reboot or two and see if that helps. Not having any issues on mine.
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Reboot did not work for me ...
downloaded the update manually from herehttps://android.googleapis.com/packages/ota/huawei_sturgeon_sturgeon/438235861a251142106bc7b2b9489d5feb866b47.signed-sturgeon-MEC23L-from-LCB43B.zip
I do not understand what the problem is, you can help?

someone can help me?

My watch says it can't answer personal questions.

Hello, all.
When I use Google Assistant on my Huawei Watch 2 and include personal information (e.g. "Take me home."), it gives me the following error message:
Actually, I need permission before I can answer personal questions about you. To change your settings, just open the Google Home app on your phone. Once that's done, ask me again!
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This started happening maybe a month back or so. I know that I was able to ask personal questions at first when I got the watch. I have tried looking through the settings on the Google Home app, but I haven't found anything relevant. The watch doesn't even show up as a device alongside my Google Homes, Chromecast, and phone.
I originally had a Nexus 6P, and I recently upgraded to a Pixel 2 XL. I don't know if that has anything to do with what's happening, but I would find that pretty strange. I'm not sure exactly when this started happening, so I don't know if there's any correlation between changing phones and this issue. I just checked, and the watch says the system is up-to-date, and all installed apps are up-to-date.
I was hoping that an update would be pushed to the watch that would fix this, but it's been a long time, and I still have the same issue.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Lets try...
Hi,
lets try the following method:
In your Google App on your Smartphone go to Settings -> Accounts & Privacy -> Google Activity Controls
What does it show here?
Is it the right E-Mail-Address?
If you want to use personalized orders, Google needs to track your information. E.g if you want to say "show me the home rout", it has to analyze, where your home is.
As far as I know, Google does this by checking, where your phone is (via GPS) most of the time - but thats just an idea.
Hope I could help you!
:highfive:

BIitzcrank said:
Hi,
lets try the following method:
In your Google App on your Smartphone go to Settings -> Accounts & Privacy -> Google Activity Controls
What does it show here?
Is it the right E-Mail-Address?
If you want to use personalized orders, Google needs to track your information. E.g if you want to say "show me the home rout", it has to analyze, where your home is.
As far as I know, Google does this by checking, where your phone is (via GPS) most of the time - but thats just an idea.
Hope I could help you!
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Hello.
I just checked, and the email is correct. All of the options are set to "On."
I guess I should add that when I tell my phone to take me home, that still works fine. Also, my Google Homes know where my work is. So, it shouldn't be an issue where Google isn't able to query for that personal information. I have that enabled for my account. But for some reason, I can't do it from my watch.

Any clue yet?
Did anybody figure out how to fix this?
Many others have posted the exact same problem.