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Anyone else having issues with "Ok Google" working on note 4

So, Ive done the training and ticked off, the right boxes for ok google to kick in, when I say the phrase, and after the first training it worked the first time or two I tried it. Then after waiting ten minutes from the screen being turned off, nothing. The funny thing is I did exactly the same thing on a nvicia shield tablet and that works every time. Now, I dont know as ive read that " hi galaxy" if that is set on can interfere, but since ok google doesnt work from my off screen. I've found that " Hi galaxy seems to work each and every time. The interesting note here is that if im on a screen that shows the google mic icon, if i say ok google it responds normally. Im just trying to figure out why its working for some and not others loke myself. Anyone else having issues with this command or know how to fix it???

I'm having the same issue. I've retrained the voice model a few times. I installed GNL and had absolutely no issues with it working then which leads me to believe it's something to do with the Touchwiz interface and not Google Now settings.
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I went in to S Voice and disabled the Voice Wake Up command and this has helped. Now Google Now responds even with the screen off.

I'll try that...thx...but i'd like to have both working....if anyone figures it out.

abacus0101 said:
I'll try that...thx...but i'd like to have both working....if anyone figures it out.
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If your screen is turn off, and you say Ok Google, and hear the noise but the screen stays off and you can't really do anything, ENABLE the lockscreen, then it will work from screen off, apparently currently you have to have the lockscreen enabled for it to wake up to a normal Google Now screen like the Moto X does

OK Google detection on Note 4 is very poor

OK Google functionality on the Note 4 is completely borked. This is because system wide OK Google works though S Voice. If you disable S Voice, you disable functionality of OK Google. When it is activated, it's really hit or miss. Extremely hit and miss in fact. So much so that it renders Ok Google pretty useless. This is really frustrating for those of us who rely on it in their day to day lives.
If I'm on my home screen in Nova Launcher with Ok Google detection activated it works 99% of the time, and INSTANTLY. On my S3 with a stock android rom it also worked instantly and 99% of the time. S Voice cripples Google Now voice detection and it's completely unacceptable.
Not only that, sometimes it will just completely stop detecting alltogether. If this is the price a Note 4 user has to pay to have "always listening even with screen off" functionality, I'd rather not.
Anyone have any suggestions? I tried Open Mic Plus but it's kinda iffy. Is there a way to install a different version of Google Search?

beno0055 said:
OK Google functionality on the Note 4 is completely borked. This is because system wide OK Google works though S Voice. If you disable S Voice, you disable functionality of OK Google. When it is activated, it's really hit or miss. Extremely hit and miss in fact. So much so that it renders Ok Google pretty useless. This is really frustrating for those of us who rely on it in their day to day lives.
If I'm on my home screen in Nova Launcher with Ok Google detection activated it works 99% of the time, and INSTANTLY. On my S3 with a stock android rom it also worked instantly and 99% of the time. S Voice cripples Google Now voice detection and it's completely unacceptable.
Not only that, sometimes it will just completely stop detecting alltogether. If this is the price a Note 4 user has to pay to have "always listening even with screen off" functionality, I'd rather not.
Anyone have any suggestions? I tried Open Mic Plus but it's kinda iffy. Is there a way to install a different version of Google Search?
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Have you seen this thread? http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4/452230-note-4-ok-google-not-working.html
Seems people are having various results with different S-voice settings, uninstalling android wear, or random rogue apps.

I have S Voice disabled. OK Google works just fine. I'm also running Nova Launcher (doubt this is relevant to this functionality). AT&T Note 4. No issues.

I ordered my Note 4 today and should be here Wednesday. I can let you know if I have any issues.
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OK google works 9 times out of 10 for me. Seems basically perfect. Did you train it?

I have the opposite problem
Jennygirl said:
OK google works 9 times out of 10 for me. Seems basically perfect. Did you train it?
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OK google worked the first time i tried it. Ten minutes later nothing. Retrained, worked once, then nothing. OK google six. 9 out of 10 doesn't work. However Hi Galaxy which to me does the same thing and more works 9 out of 10 times:cyclops:

I also completely turned off the Hi Galaxy functionality. Maybe that makes a difference. I don't see why it would though

Jennygirl said:
I also completely turned off the Hi Galaxy functionality. Maybe that makes a difference. I don't see why it would though
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I too have turned off S Voice. Maybe I should experiment with it.
Interestingly, if I do the Ok Google with the screen off, it beeps and loads, does not turn on the screen, and does not perform the task I speak to it.

ewingr said:
Interestingly, if I do the Ok Google with the screen off, it beeps and loads, does not turn on the screen, and does not perform the task I speak to it.
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I have that problem when I have my S view case closed. No real surprise to me that google hasn't written in support for the s view. Minor inconvenience to me, I'm already used to it

Got my phone earlier today. Installed all my apps, disabled most of the bloat, left Svoice enabled, and no issues getting "OK google" to work with screen off. Using nova launcher
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Ok google

Hello I have noticed that ok Google is not recognizable from any of my devices either my smartwatch 3 or my note 3 I have already tried to set up ok google but it can recognize my voice I have tried to teach to my phone the sound of my voice but nothing I can't even pass the first object of learning any idea how to fix this problem? Thanks
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o-ellinas said:
Hello I have noticed that ok Google is not recognizable from any of my devices either my smartwatch 3 or my note 3 I have already tried to set up ok google but it can recognize my voice I have tried to teach to my phone the sound of my voice but nothing I can't even pass the first object of learning any idea how to fix this problem? Thanks
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Are you sure it's your devices and not you? I find "Okay Google" to be awkward to pronounce, especially several times in a row, due to the "k" and double "g" combo. Wish we could change the hotword. I just touch the watch...find this to be easier and more reliable. Once I do that, I find the boice recognition to be surprisingly accurate, even with names, foreign-sounding places, etc. Does your watch recognize voice if you activate it by touch? If not, you may have a microphone problem. Also, if you have an accent or something, or a stutter, I'd try having someone else say it to see if it's the device or it's you. And also, make sure the watch is lit up first and out of ambient mode. I don't think it works when the watch is in low power mode. As for not working on the phone, I had that issue on the Note3 as well when using Nova Launcher, worked fine in TouchWiz. But I'm pretty sure the watch keyword detection is not dependant on the phone, since I can activate mine even when it's disconnected from my phone.

I'm having issues with my OK Google too. It's like my watch microphone isn't working. I can't do any voice dictation into the watch. It just says "Sorry didn't catch that" when I talk to it. It worked at one point and seems to work sporadically. Now it doesn't work at all.

Not sure for how long but I think it's something like 1 week that voice commands don't work any more for me.
They are opened as web searches instead.
eg. I used to say "OK Google, set a timer for 5 minutes" and the timer would start. Now it opens web link suggestion...
Same with most other voice commands that used to be really useful.
Anyone having same problem?

Hi!
I bought one sony sw3 3 days ago, and have the same problem...I say the voice comands and it always do the search... anyone solved this? In my note 2 the comands are working fine, like call someone, send a text...
In the watch it always makes the search sugestions.
Thanks

Ok google not working.. Please help

Hi Everyone. I hope you could help me with my situation.
I had the watch about a month now. It was working nicely till a couple of days ago, the ok google stopped working.
When I tap the screen twice, there is a red G speak now. I cant tap on that icon. When replying a sms, the watch doesn't go into the voice recognising mode. I also tried sync with another phone.
I tried resetting to factory default. Reinstalling android wear and moto connect. Still doesn't work. I even tried the settings in Google settings, re recognising the ok google..
Running out of options.. Please help

When the red G Speak now appears do the following:
Speak.
This is the new design since Wear 2.0 Update

I spoke ...
but nothing happens...

Ferderico said:
I spoke ...
but nothing happens...
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Strange, could your microphone have something in the little hole?

i doubt that something is stuck in the little hole at the 9 o'clock position.
cos if i tap on Speak Now - it should have some bars which emulates a sound equaliser... but in my case, there isnt.
So i suspect is a setting. ... sigh..~ btw i am using Samsung Note 4

Ok, excuse me for my upper post.
But without the further infos you have now given, i could not resist to write this.
Test the microphone with an other app.
SleepAsAndroid, LED Music Controller or any soundrecorder which uses the moto360 microphone.
Have you rooted your Samsung and are you restricting apps with xprivacy or a similar program?
If the sound test fails I think your microphone is broken...

Try this. My problem was that "OK Google" only working from Voice Settings Screen using Moto 360 with my Samsung Galaxy S4 running Lollipop. I could not get the "OK Google" feature to work anywhere EXCEPT when I had the SETTINGS/MY DEVICE/LANGUAGE AND INPUT/GOOGLE VOICE TYPING screen open on my phone. Turns out that you have to have the GOOGLE NOW LAUNCHER as the home screen software. It will not work with the TOUCHWIZ HOME as the home screen software. To change this, go to SETTINGS/MORE/DEFAULT APPLICATIONS/HOME and select GOOGLE NOW LAUNCHER.

Static sound coming out
I am having the same issue. Also I am using a custom rom for note 4. I have tried the solution above and it doesnt work. I installed the "wear audio recorder" app and I only hear static sound... Is there an app or something to see if the communication between components working?

Is OK Google hot word detect hit or miss for anyone else?

I have to at least once every week retrain my voice so it recognizes OK Google in every scenario (screen off, screen on, inside Google now).
No one else uses my phone and no one around me uses okay Google hotword detection so I don't think it's getting confused.

I also find it seems to forget what I sound like after a while and becomes less effective at picking me up. It's super annoying.

Same here, it forgets my voice or something.
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When you train your voice try training with the phone close up, medium distance, and from far away. Since I did this the detection has been working perfectly for me.

PhontomF said:
When you train your voice try training with the phone close up, medium distance, and from far away. Since I did this the detection has been working perfectly for me.
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That doesn't really explain why it would work and then suddenly not work.
I do varying distances, levels of background noise, the speed and inflection in my voice. Nothing sticks.
Okay google was night and day more consistent on my Note 7, one downside being I had to have it plugged in to recognize with the screen off.

Yeah not sure whats up with it losing this function after some time. Does it start working again after a reboot or you need to train it again to fix?

PhontomF said:
Yeah not sure whats up with it losing this function after some time. Does it start working again after a reboot or you need to train it again to fix?
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Reboot didn't seem to make a difference. Always end up doing a retrain