Please forgive me, I have searched but 'Google Now' isn't a great search term...
Basically, I get no voice feedback when using voice search or the Google Now app on my 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update. Initially I was underwhelmed by Google Now and wondered what the fuss was, until I discovered it should be talking back to me in a Siri-like fashion.
I had the leaked 4.1 I/O release previously and same issue. Language is English and I have voice prompts turned on in the search settings.
Any ideas? It's a Google stock ROM and it never worked, so I really don't know what it could be.
Edit: Nevermind, same discussion here. Too bad there's no time-limited delete functionality here, feel free to delete.
Try this
There is my solution:
- Set your locale to whatever you want
- Set the Google Now Voice Language to English US
- Voice Output to Always
- Remove the tick(untick the box) on Hide Offensive Words
I spent hours of tinkering with this and tried all kinds of options, but in the end that solved it for me. This is because recently there was an update to Google Search, which is the application designation for Google Now and it introduced this bug.
I have my locale to my native one English UK en-GB and everything works like a charm as it should be and as it used to work before the update.
goliath969 said:
There is my solution:
- Set your locale to whatever you want
- Set the Google Now Voice Language to English US
- Voice Output to Always
- Remove the tick(untick the box) on Hide Offensive Words
I spent hours of tinkering with this and tried all kinds of options, but in the end that solved it for me. This is because recently there was an update to Google Search, which is the application designation for Google Now and it introduced this bug.
I have my locale to my native one English UK en-GB and everything works like a charm as it should be and as it used to work before the update.
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I have same problem with google now and this setup not helped
How about this
vintermut said:
I have same problem with google now and this setup not helped
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Make sure that you have downloaded the offline speech recognition in English US and maybe try asking something like "What's the time?". It will not talk back to all questions. Only the ones that were specifically pre-programmed. If it still doesn't work, try putting your system locale to English US and restarting your phone. And most importantly update your Talkback, Google Search and Google Voice search apps to their latest through the Play Store.
What I did now officially works on my O2 HTC One S and 3UK HTC One X, so it works for sure on those two.
I hope this helps
I just purchased a 16gb version today, and while setting up, I noticed that the "My Apps" menu was missing from Google Play.
It only lists My Wishlist, Redeem, Settings, and Help. The latter of which provides no help.
I couldn't find any info on this here or on Google search.
I have tried the following to no avail:
-Clearing data on Google Play and Google Services Framework
-Removing and re-adding Google Play Account
-Adding multiple accounts
-Installing the new Play version 4.3.10 from Android Police
If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you
My Apps is kind of hidden in plane sight. Check the top right of the action bar there is a down arrow type thing (looks like it would be for downloads). I was very surprised they moved it
Yup, what he said. I'm used to it now as this is my 3rd Android tablet. As soon as I read the thread title though, I knew exactly what ya meant! It does look very different from the phone version of the Play Store!! Not sure what Google was thinking with that decision, but anyway. You got it figured out now, and that's what's important.
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Thank you! Was going crazy over this.....
Hi guys, I'm having an issue when selecting the "search" shortcut on my ring pad, the phone shuts to sleep as if I locked the device (the other shortcut on the ring pad works fine)
I might have deleted something I wasn't supposed to when I was manually de-bloating apps. I still have the google now app, voice search, and google + all installed and working fine so I'm not so sure if this search function is from Google or an LG Search app that I may have deleted.
Can anyone confirm please, and if you have the apk's I would appreciate a copy please
Thanks in advance!
azaide said:
Hi guys, I'm having an issue when selecting the "search" shortcut on my ring pad, the phone shuts to sleep as if I locked the device (the other shortcut on the ring pad works fine)
I might have deleted something I wasn't supposed to when I was manually de-bloating apps. I still have the google now app, voice search, and google + all installed and working fine so I'm not so sure if this search function is from Google or an LG Search app that I may have deleted.
Can anyone confirm please, and if you have the apk's I would appreciate a copy please
Thanks in advance!
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FYI its best to just freeze apps rather than delete them when you debloat, it has the same effect but is far easier to restore things when you realise something has gone wrong (plus you can quickly see what apps you have removed).
Lennyuk said:
FYI its best to just freeze apps rather than delete them when you debloat, it has the same effect but is far easier to restore things when you realise something has gone wrong (plus you can quickly see what apps you have removed).
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Thanks for your advice mate, in case you srill have access to your stock ring pad, can you at least confirm if that search shortcut is from Google or LG so I can find what I need. Thanks!
azaide said:
Thanks for your advice mate, in case you srill have access to your stock ring pad, can you at least confirm if that search shortcut is from Google or LG so I can find what I need. Thanks!
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I found this thread during a google search of the same problem I found out that freezing or uninstalling voice mate removes the left most icon on the ring pad, hopefully this'll help OP
Reply to your messages using our predictive keyboard with easy error correction feature (patent pending technology)
No promotional signature is added to your messages
Features:
- If you pressed a wrong key, you can correct it by dragging your finger on the keyboard (video: https://youtu.be/Bvlk3_4MOvA?t=28s )
- Reply to SMS, Email and Hangouts
- Use state-of-the-art word suggestion for faster data entry (in many cases it predicts your next word even before you enter its first letter)
- Hold down keys to see accented letters. Hold down SPACE bar for quickly entering punctuation
- Emoji support
- Voice recognition
- Search contacts or view inbox on your watch.
- To run, tap on a message you have received or tap on the app icon on your watch
- Supported languages include English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and many more.
App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idelan.drexteemessenger
Demo: https://youtu.be/Bvlk3_4MOvA
Feedback: http://bit.ly/1iN8QOQ
idelan2016 said:
Reply to your messages using our predictive keyboard with easy error correction feature (patent pending technology)
No promotional signature is added to your messages
Features:
- If you pressed a wrong key, you can correct it by dragging your finger on the keyboard (video: https://youtu.be/Bvlk3_4MOvA?t=28s )
- Reply to SMS, Email and Hangouts
- Use state-of-the-art word suggestion for faster data entry (in many cases it predicts your next word even before you enter its first letter)
- Hold down keys to see accented letters. Hold down SPACE bar for quickly entering punctuation
- Emoji support
- Voice recognition
- Search contacts or view inbox on your watch.
- To run, tap on a message you have received or tap on the app icon on your watch
- Supported languages include English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and many more.
App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...exteemessenger
Demo: https://youtu.be/Bvlk3_4MOvA
Feedback: http://bit.ly/1iN8QOQ
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link doesnt work. but did find it elsewhere.. Nice app but constantly FC's on my Xiaomi Note 2... Also when working an INBOX REFRESH button would be useful
lohtse said:
link doesnt work. but did find it elsewhere.. Nice app but constantly FC's on my Xiaomi Note 2... Also when working an INBOX REFRESH button would be useful
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Hi Lohtse,
Sorry! We had copied and pasted an ellipsized link. It's fixed now. Thanks! We have seen some issues on Xiaomi devices. We are working on them.
Regarding Refresh button, if you press the Inbox button again, it should refresh the inbox if there has been any new messages. Please let us know if this is not
what happens on your device. Once again, thank you very much!
idelan2016 said:
Hi Lohtse,
Sorry! We had copied and pasted an ellipsized link. It's fixed now. Thanks! We have seen some issues on Xiaomi devices. We are working on them.
Regarding Refresh button, if you press the Inbox button again, it should refresh the inbox if there has been any new messages. Please let us know if this is not
what happens on your device. Once again, thank you very much!
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"WHEN" it is working if I press the inbox to refresh as you have suggested it simple FC's the App on the phone.... It does work(app) from time to time but not enough to be useful
Devices are Sony Smart watch 3 and Xiaomi Note 2, BOTH on latest roms!
lohtse said:
"WHEN" it is working if I press the inbox to refresh as you have suggested it simple FC's the App on the phone.... It does work(app) from time to time but not enough to be useful
Devices are Sony Smart watch 3 and Xiaomi Note 2, BOTH on latest roms!
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Sorry! We look into the issue. I will let you know once we upload the new version. Thank you for reporting it!
idelan2016 said:
Sorry! We look into the issue. I will let you know once we upload the new version. Thank you for reporting it!
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great thank you
lohtse said:
great thank you
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Hi Lohtse,
Xiaomi devices allow only the default SMS app to access the SMS. Can you go to the Settings and change it (i.e., change the setting so it will not block other apps from accessing the SMS)? After doing this, please run Drextee Messenger again. Please let us know if it works properly or not. Thank you very much!
idelan2016 said:
Hi Lohtse,
Xiaomi devices allow only the default SMS app to access the SMS. Can you go to the Settings and change it (i.e., change the setting so it will not block other apps from accessing the SMS)? After doing this, please run Drextee Messenger again. Please let us know if it works properly or not. Thank you very much!
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how would you suggest I do this as I have it ALREADY set to Handcent!
And that would not explain why it work sometimes but not others!
Also my partner has the Asus Zenwatch and Xiaomi Note 2 and no such issues!
lohtse said:
how would you suggest I do this as I have it ALREADY set to Handcent!
And that would not explain why it work sometimes but not others!
Also my partner has the Asus Zenwatch and Xiaomi Note 2 and no such issues!
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Hi Lohtse,
Thank you very much for the information!
> how would you suggest I do this as I have it ALREADY set to Handcent!
If there is any option in the settings to block apps from accessing SMS, please toggle it to allow Drextee to access the SMS.
Otherwise, you can set Drextee Messenger as the default SMS app and open it on your watch
a few times to see if it crashes. Then, on your phone you can set the default SMS app back to Handcent.
Another test that you can do is the following,
send an email or Google Hangout to yourself. When you see the Drextee notification on your watch, open it and reply to it.
This will open Drextee Messenger on your watch. Please let us know if it crashes or not.
At this point, our best guess is that Drextee can't access the SMS inbox on your phone.
Once again thank you very much and sorry for the inconvenience!
idelan2016 said:
Hi Lohtse,
Thank you very much for the information!
> how would you suggest I do this as I have it ALREADY set to Handcent!
If there is any option in the settings to block apps from accessing SMS, please toggle it to allow Drextee to access the SMS.
Otherwise, you can set Drextee Messenger as the default SMS app and open it on your watch
a few times to see if it crashes. Then, on your phone you can set the default SMS app back to Handcent.
Another test that you can do is the following,
send an email or Google Hangout to yourself. When you see the Drextee notification on your watch, open it and reply to it.
This will open Drextee Messenger on your watch. Please let us know if it crashes or not.
At this point, our best guess is that Drextee can't access the SMS inbox on your phone.
Once again thank you very much and sorry for the inconvenience!
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don't use or have hangouts installed and done as suggested and FC's!!!!!!!! same if I try refreshing inbox on watch.... Only time it seems to work is after a reboot and then only for a few hours before the issue
lohtse said:
don't use or have hangouts installed and done as suggested and FC's!!!!!!!! same if I try refreshing inbox on watch.... Only time it seems to work is after a reboot and then only for a few hours before the issue
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Hi Lohtse,
Do you mean it works after rebooting your phone or your watch?
We had a lengthy discussion about this issue today. It is possible that your phone OS kills the service which was started by Drextee. When you open Drextee on your watch, it tries to restart the service on your phone, but somehow it fails. Can you kindly do the following experiment and tell us what happens?
- Before opening the app on your watch, tap on the Drextee icon on your phone to open it. Then, open the app on your watch and see if it crashes.
Once again sorry for the inconvenience!
idelan2016 said:
Hi Lohtse,
Do you mean it works after rebooting your phone or your watch?
We had a lengthy discussion about this issue today. It is possible that your phone OS kills the service which was started by Drextee. When you open Drextee on your watch, it tries to restart the service on your phone, but somehow it fails. Can you kindly do the following experiment and tell us what happens?
- Before opening the app on your watch, tap on the Drextee icon on your phone to open it. Then, open the app on your watch and see if it crashes.
Once again sorry for the inconvenience!
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if it was the phone then My partner would have the SAME issue with her Xiaomi NOTE 2 and Zenwatch.
As to working it will work fro a short period after I reboot phone then will Force Close.
Now your experiment. It FC's but after SEVERAL attempt it opens(PHONE APP).... open on watch and then have to wait several minutes and if am lucky it refreshs the inbox....
"This application is not compatible with any of your devices" this is what I get in Google Play Store. I am using stock 6.0.1 firmware on Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and stock firmware 6.0.1 on Sony Smartwatch 3.
sapiora said:
"This application is not compatible with any of your devices" this is what I get in Google Play Store. I am using stock 6.0.1 firmware on Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and stock firmware 6.0.1 on Sony Smartwatch 3.
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Hi Sapiora,
We do support Samsung Galaxy Note 4, but the app cannot be downloaded from Bulgaria. The reason is that we don't support Bulgarian alphabet at the moment, hence the restriction. Sorry for the inconvenience and sorry that Google Play Store error message is not clear. I will contact you once when we add support for Bulgarian alphabet.
Thank you very much. I will expect that.
lohtse said:
if it was the phone then My partner would have the SAME issue with her Xiaomi NOTE 2 and Zenwatch.
As to working it will work fro a short period after I reboot phone then will Force Close.
Now your experiment. It FC's but after SEVERAL attempt it opens(PHONE APP).... open on watch and then have to wait several minutes and if am lucky it refreshs the inbox....
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Hi Lohtse,
Thank you very much for doing the experiment! Although you and your partner have the same type of phone, the settings and the versions of libraries running on two phones might be different.
We have been trying to roost cause the bug, but no luck so far. We have released a new version. Please let us know if by any chance it fixes your problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience!
idelan2016 said:
Hi Lohtse,
Thank you very much for doing the experiment! Although you and your partner have the same type of phone, the settings and the versions of libraries running on two phones might be different.
We have been trying to roost cause the bug, but no luck so far. We have released a new version. Please let us know if by any chance it fixes your problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience!
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ok installed and testing but FC'd soon as I did a reboot of phone and fc'd 6 times before it would let me open app on phone!
Well this the latest version is a little useless... been installed over 15 hours and never shown a text when its arrived nor does the inbox display ANYTHING either.. It is BLANK and refreshing does nothing!
Have uninstalled and reinstalled and same issues as mention in this and last post.. Partner now has SAME issues and hers was working fine before(as stated earlier)
lohtse said:
Well this the latest version is a little useless... been installed over 15 hours and never shown a text when its arrived nor does the inbox display ANYTHING either.. It is BLANK and refreshing does nothing!
Have uninstalled and reinstalled and same issues as mention in this and last post.. Partner now has SAME issues and hers was working fine before(as stated earlier)
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We really don't know why this is happening Thank you for letting us know! We will continue working on this and will let you know if we make any progress!
idelan2016 said:
We really don't know why this is happening Thank you for letting us know! We will continue working on this and will let you know if we make any progress!
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seems deleting app cache and date then uninstalling and reinstalling corrects the issue
If this has been discussed, I did not find it.
My Google assistant can not read my last text from a sender, but google search bar does. Also google search bar will change the temperature on my nest thermostat. Google assistant says it can not control this equipment. Am I missing some permissions somewhere?
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If this has been discussed, I did not find it.
My Google assistant can not read my last text from a sender, but google search bar does. Also google search bar will change the temperature on my nest thermostat. Google assistant says it can not control this equipment. Am I missing some permissions somewhere?
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Sorry no input but I would like to hear solution as I have Nest too.
Still no info? Assistant is a big deal on this device. I can't believe that the new all encompassing AI won't do tasks that regular ole google search does.
I don't have an answer for you, but I have also noticed some inconsistencies between google assistant and google now. It would appear they are not tightly linked. Nest thermostat is how i noticed it at first, same as you. Assistant searches the internet where as Google Now sets the temperature. What sucks about this is that "OK Google" opens the assistant, so no more hands free temp changes.
MKBHD noticed an inconsistency as well in his SIRI vs Google Assistant video. In short, my assumption is that Google Assistant is just new, and they either forgot to or haven't yet integrated all the features of Google now. I guess for now we wait.
When I look through apps, there's no mention of assistant... Even when showing system apps. How is assistant supposed to update? Only when we get system updates? That doesn't seem correct to me.
st3ph3nbr!tt said:
When I look through apps, there's no mention of assistant... Even when showing system apps. How is assistant supposed to update? Only when we get system updates? That doesn't seem correct to me.
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It's probably baked hidden into one of the Google apps like "Pixel Launcher" or something. Just a guess though.
So... Workaround found. Not sure if this was the way assistant was intended to work all along, but downloaded IFTTT, linked it up, and can now control my nest through assistant. All the possibilities with this app and assistant have me really excited!
Another discrepancy I found between the two... Google now can identify songs. Google assistant says can't identify songs yet. Google is supposed to be opening up for developers and third party access to the AI either November or December. I would think this is when Assistant will really blossom.