So I got Alexa working on the watch.
Thanks to the great tool from this thread and a rather old link from reddit (alexa apk) it's on the watch now.
It is connecting to the phone (Pixel 7 Pro) and working.
There are some things not working properly however:
- Voice activation doesn't work (even when the app is opened)
- if you tap to ask something and abort that by closing alexa on the watch, alexa on the phone steps in to announce shes got connection problems.
- you can't set it to be the standard assistant app for the watch, google assistant remains the only option shown
Furthermore, as this is my first smartwatch I am still not too sure about the playstore for it and so on, thus I don't know if the alexa app will update allthough its sideloaded onto the device.
Maybe an update would even cure one or two of the problems?
Has anyone gotten any further than me?
Hi, you can install the Ultimate Alexa app on the Watch and link it to your Amazon account. Works pretty well for me.
Ultimate Alexa Voice Assistant - Apps on Google Play
A full-featured Amazon Alexa voice assistant that can show you things.
play.google.com
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EDIT - IMPORTANT: THE 2.13 UPDATE OF WEAR OS SOLVES THIS PROBLEM
This is what worked for me. It is the combination of two solutions that did not work for me separately.
Restore the watch.
On the phone delete all Google accounts.
Clear cache and data from the App Wear Os. Uninstall App Wear Os. Then remove cache and data from applications Play Store, Google and Google services.
With the phone browser download an old version of the Android Wear application, specifically the 2.8.0.183316206.gms of January 26:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-wear/android-wear-2-8-0-183316206-gms-release/android-wear-smartwatch-2-8-0-183316206-gms-android-apk-download/
Install the apk. Remember to have the installation of unknown sources enabled.
Before opening the Android Wear application you must enable all its permissions.
Then open the App and pair with the watch.
When they are already paired, follow the watch presentation tutorial. At the time of the presentation of the Google voice assistant, you must indicate on the watch that you want to add an account from your phone. If everything went well, the system asks for confirmation of the password.
When the Google account is already added, you must go to the Play Store App of the watch and update the applications indicated by the system.
VERY IMPORTANT: DESEABLE AUTOMATIC UPDATES ON THE PHONE (if Wear Os updates, the problems appear again)
The downside of this solution is that we have to keep an old version of the Android Wear App. Personally I only use this App so that the phone is paired with the phone.
If anyone has any doubts about the method I can try to help him.
Sorry for my Google Translate English.
Thanks work for me
I can not open the link..Can you upload it again please?
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-wear/android-wear-2-8-0-183316206-gms-release/android-wear-smartwatch-2-8-0-183316206-gms-android-apk-download/
Since 2.13 Wear Os App everything works fine.
I have a Huawei Watch V1 and I can't connect to my google account, so google fit, google assistant, android play, market etc. nothing was used. Finally I tried it on my old model xiaomi mi 5s plus (I kept it in the drawer as a spare for a long time) and everything connected as it should. Who knows, maybe it's stuck with google embargo. I hope this information is useful to you. Good luck.
I installed GAssist. It works great so far.
Thank You Cybernetic87 for your hard work and time put in on this.
The only problem I have is that when asking certain questions it replies with "your assistant needs permission to help you with that".
I can ask how far the moon is or what the weather is some where. I get the answer.
If I ask something like how to cure a bug bite. I get the "your assistant needs permission to help you with that".
I enabled all the permissions on the watch and phone that I could find. What other permissions does it need?
Weird. I just asked my GW the same question and I got the answer. Did your google assistant popped up for some permissions when you 1st tried asking someting? Becasue my did. When you open your assistant setting on your phone, go to Assitant tab. On the bottom there should be 'Assistant devices'. How many there are? There should be your phone, and something like 'galaxy_watch'.
I deleted and added the watch back and now it works. Must just be sensitive.
How to turn on the GAssist by voice command?
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How to turn on the GAssist by voice command?
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You can't turn it on by voice - because battery drain -
You can put it on double click. it's very easy
Any possibility to have Bixby pass commands to gassist? If so, maybe it would be possible to launch gassist from Bixby by voice....something like "Hi Bixby...ask Google to [assistant command]"
I know this would have Bixby launch gassist to launch Google assistant cloud ... but if there is no noticible lag, this might work to get to google assistant by voice on our watch.
Hello.
How to remove gassist from Google Assistant and remove Galaxy watch from devices listed in Google Home app? I have removed OAuth APIs and credentials from Google Cloud Console and uninstalled GAssist from watch and phone. Unfortunately Galaxy Watch device is still visible within Google Home and cannot be removed. How to remove it?
danielloniusz said:
Hello.
How to remove gassist from Google Assistant and remove Galaxy watch from devices listed in Google Home app? I have removed OAuth APIs and credentials from Google Cloud Console and uninstalled GAssist from watch and phone. Unfortunately Galaxy Watch device is still visible within Google Home and cannot be removed. How to remove it?
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hi, did you ever found out? i also want to remove it, but unable to...
thnx
Hi,
I have Sony 49XD7005. Is it possible to configure Google Assistant in way If I say OK Google, Google Assistant will listening? It is only working through remote and I want it works like Google Home speaker. So I want to plug in microphone into TV and use it as input.
I am working on this. I am using tasker and the join plugin plus ifttt. I can say a phrase to my google home which is always listening this will use ifttt to send a webhook to join on the tv. I can then use tasker to react to this message. I currently have it launch the Google assistant on the tv so I can say the command directly to the tv...ie change channel etc. Sometimes the google assistant bar comes up at the bottom of the screen but it doesn't activate the microphone and hence gets stuck. I am currently looking for a better way of opening Google assistant I have tried with keyevent 219 which is the number for the assistant button but this does not seem to work. I am open to suggestions.
Jimbobleics1972 said:
I am working on this. I am using tasker and the join plugin plus ifttt. I can say a phrase to my google home which is always listening this will use ifttt to send a webhook to join on the tv. I can then use tasker to react to this message....
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There is also a way for with IFTTT and Webhook, where some json-body is posted to the tv. It's explained in this video on youtu.be/axj45IBkISg
I've tried it, but not managed it.
Maybe someone else can try and give a report here.
I have been looking into this some more. I am using a Google home mini and have linked this to ifttt that sends a join push using webhook service. Tasker then reacts to the join push using the adb shell plugin that executes input keyevent 219. I needed to run this command via adb as it would not work using terminal emulator alone. The downside to this setup is that I first need to say ok google for the Google home to listen then I have to say another command to send the join message and then say the command to the tv. This way works every time and has stopped the assistant bar from freezing as it was with the previous way. The only way to have the tv always listening is to use autovoice but this uses the microphone built into the remote and will not use the usb microphone I have plugged in. I think the problem with this is it will drain the battery in the remote quite quickly. I did use my android phone to send the join message when my phone opened google assistant as it is always listening. The only problem with this is that all my google devices in the room were listening at once causing some errors.
Hello, You have cool ideas to improve Android TV. I have a problem with Philips 49pus6412. I've been using this tv for two years. Until now, I had a USB microphone connected and everything worked beautifully. Now, after selecting the voice function, it only shows "Press the microphone and start talking" and nothing happens. I currently have TPM171E_R.107.001.101.002 The microphone starts working after a factory reset. And it works until I turn off the tv for tens of minutes. Anyone got any idea?
I currently use the 1st gen galaxy watch 46mm.
I really find it useful how on my android phone, I can talk to the google assistant and stay "note to self" say something, and it's saved in my google keep notes.
I've been trying to find a app similar to this for the watch.
I tried installing the google assistant app on the watch but in the google cloud portion of the install the shb fingerprint verification doesn't work so that's on hold.
Currently, I use the alerts feature and it seems to work well. I press the button on the side twice, speak to the watch, and an item is saved to a list on my phone. I only use this for actionable tasks for my "to do" list.
Is there another app similar to this that I could use that's as easy to use? I'm kind of frustrated with the install process of google assistant which I hear stopped working in the most recent update.
Hi all!
I got my RM8P yesterday. I really like the device, but definitely see the software lackings that everyone has mentioned.
My current bugs:
1. I copied my data from my Pixel 6 Pro to the RMP8. It also copied the lock screen text I had "My Google Pixel 6 Pro, *****es". So when I go into personalized setting to try to change this text, it won't let me. When I click the option, it just goes back to the Settings menu.
2. More importantly, my voice dictation/voice to text functionality is now broken. It was fine until this afternoon when I updated a bunch of apps in Play Store. Now, no voice dictation is working for any app. I've tried every possible app and rebooting. The OK Google still works so it's "hearing" my voice in general.
Any feedback?
Thanks!
EDIT: I figured out that enabling Google Assistant (Hey Google) broke the voice dictation. Strange that it breaks it.
darbylonia said:
Hi all!
I got my RM8P yesterday. I really like the device, but definitely see the software lackings that everyone has mentioned.
My current bugs:
1. I copied my data from my Pixel 6 Pro to the RMP8. It also copied the lock screen text I had "My Google Pixel 6 Pro, *****es". So when I go into personalized setting to try to change this text, it won't let me. When I click the option, it just goes back to the Settings menu.
2. More importantly, my voice dictation/voice to text functionality is now broken. It was fine until this afternoon when I updated a bunch of apps in Play Store. Now, no voice dictation is working for any app. I've tried every possible app and rebooting. The OK Google still works so it's "hearing" my voice in general.
Any feedback?
Thanks!
EDIT: I figured out that enabling Google Assistant (Hey Google) broke the voice dictation. Strange that it breaks it.
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I was about to tell you that disabling hey google fixed the dictation thing. The first os layer is funny af, it does that and doesn't carry the swipe between apps gesture. And a bunch of things, I worked the hey google with the swipe from a corner gesture tbh I don't use Google assistant that much but still it was a thing
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I was about to tell you that disabling hey google fixed the dictation thing. The first os layer is funny af, it does that and doesn't carry the swipe between apps gesture. And a bunch of things, I worked the hey google with the swipe from a corner gesture tbh I don't use Google assistant that much but still it was a thing
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I don't use hey Google assistant too often, but I do use it occasionally. It's just strange that I have to choose between enabling that functionality and enabling voice dictation. I guess I'll choose the voice dictation and give up Google assistant or enable it when I feel I need to use it at times. I'm not sure it's a Red Magic thing as it may be a broader Android thing.
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I don't use hey Google assistant too often, but I do use it occasionally. It's just strange that I have to choose between enabling that functionality and enabling voice dictation. I guess I'll choose the voice dictation and give up Google assistant or enable it when I feel I need to use it at times. I'm not sure it's a Red Magic thing as it may be a broader Android thing.
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Pretty sure it's only a redmagic thing. Their support has been largely useless when I attempted to alert them to this issue.
darbylonia said:
Hi all!
I got my RM8P yesterday. I really like the device, but definitely see the software lackings that everyone has mentioned.
My current bugs:
1. I copied my data from my Pixel 6 Pro to the RMP8. It also copied the lock screen text I had "My Google Pixel 6 Pro, *****es". So when I go into personalized setting to try to change this text, it won't let me. When I click the option, it just goes back to the Settings menu.
2. More importantly, my voice dictation/voice to text functionality is now broken. It was fine until this afternoon when I updated a bunch of apps in Play Store. Now, no voice dictation is working for any app. I've tried every possible app and rebooting. The OK Google still works so it's "hearing" my voice in general.
Any feedback?
Thanks!
EDIT: I figured out that enabling Google Assistant (Hey Google) broke the voice dictation. Strange that it breaks it.
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Hello, I have Alexa installed as the main assistant, if you select it as the default transcription program, it already works for you to transcribe messages. The failure after several tests I have realized that when you select Google as an assistant it stops working, the mobile does not listen to you. I have already opened several incidents on the Magic network page but they only tell me that I formatted the mobile.