Got a weird one. Running Android 13 with OneUI 5. Removed Bixby, no root.
"Hey Google, navigate to X", works just fine.
"Hey Google, play music, next song, etc" -- voice changes to female, has no idea what I am talking about.
Stop navigation, or press the home button, minimize GMaps, "Hey Google, play music" "Okay! Playing music, etc"
Why does the voice change when navigating, and why can't assistant work when navigating?
I tried messing with Google Assistant Drive Mode and it's nice, but only works in Portrait, which is dumb because I drive with one of those motorized Qi chargers you put your unfolded Fold in.
I'm guessing Google Assistant turns off and hands things over to come dumb built into GMaps voice assistant while navigating or something?
Figured it out, by returning the Fold 4 and using an old Pixel 3XL I had laying around. Pixel 7 Pro is on order.
This is the second fold I've returned as I just can't do the bugs and software inconsistency from Samsung. I end up debloating and removing all Samsung apps as I want Google services instead of a company who tries to copy Apple.
Assistant just works when navigating and I'm really surprised with how well the Pixel 3 holds up. Fingers crossed we see a Pixel Fold!
rockerrock said:
I end up debloating and removing all Samsung apps as I want Google services instead of a company who tries to copy Apple.
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Then why are you complaining about bugs? How sure are we that you haven't turned off too much?
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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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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.
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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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I can't start navigation my Moto 360 for some reason. I used to be able to say a location, and it would open Maps on my phone, and the navigation would start. Now when I try to navigate to a location it says to check phone to continue, bur nothing is there when I check my phone. It the Android Wear app on my phone it says for navigation that it's using Maps Micro, not sure what that is and why it's not the full Google Maps. I'm on CM 12 on my Note 3. I tried reinstalling Maps, and restarting my watch.
I have the same problem. I just got my Moto360 and was under the impression, that one could start a navigation directly on my watch.
Anybody?
A fix was pushed out via the phones maps update yesterday. Motorola recommended giving about 20 minutes after the app updates on the phone for the changes to sync to watch
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A fix was pushed out via the phones maps update yesterday. Motorola recommended giving about 20 minutes after the app updates on the phone for the changes to sync to watch
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And it's still not working. At least not for me...
The downgrade of maps worked on my LG G watch . Thanks for the link.
I had a similar problem with my Huawei Watch + Note 4 (stock). My Smartwatch 3 does not have the same issue, so I figured it had somethong to do with using the GPS in the phone vs the GPS in the watch, which to the best of my knowledge there is none in the Huawei. So I pulled the phone out of my pocket, opened my LED Flip Wallet case, put my phone in standby, and gave the navigation command on the watch. Surprise surprise, it worked! But, I noticed the screen came on on the phone and "Maps" opened. So I then closed the flip wallet, tried again. This time I got the error on the watch, Can't Start Navigation. Seems like it's the flip case! That's too bad, I really like my flip case.
So in short, if you're using a Samsung and one of their flip wallet or S-View cases, that could be your culprit. Seeing as Android Wear is Google and the cases and phones are Samsung, I doubt either party is going to help us with this issue. Hoping someone smarter than I can come up with a software solution or settings workaround for this here on XDA!
While I am in the process of troubleshooting my Pixel XL crashing overnight, i have been wondering something about the OK Google / Google Assistant. At night, I sleep with a fan on in my bedroom (mainly for white noise).
Do you think that it is possible that the Google Assistant would be attempting to activate or monitor for speech commands with this constant noise int he background from my fan? I'm not at home to test this, but I have been left wondering this today.
It's possible, try with fan off for a couple days and see the results.
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I have been using the Moto Z2 Play for almost a year now, and the feature i used every day is waking the phone when the screen is off by using the OK/Hey Google command.
The tooltip in the Google voice match settings used to read: Access your assistant any time you say "OK Google", even if your screen is off or you're using your favorite apps.
However after updating the Google app to version 8.28 the tooltip changed to "whenever your screen is ON" instead of "even if your screen is off".
And sure enough, the phone will no longer respond to commands until i pick up the phone and manually turn on the screen, which defeats the purpose.
Why was this feature removed? I have tried everything and finally had to uninstall Google updates and install an older version(8.24) from apk mirror to get Assistant to work properly again.
What is even more puzzling to me is that this problem seems specific to my Z2 Play, i have the latest Google app version(8.28) on my Xiaomi phone, and the tooltip still says "even if your screen is off" and it works as it should.
I tried Googling this issue, i checked the Motorolla support forums, the Google assistant support forums etc. and couldn't find any mention of this issue.
This has also happened to me! I thought I just needed to reboot the phone to maybe fix a background service that had stopped, but I also see that "...even when your screen is off" has been removed from the Voice settings. This is one of the features that made the Moto Z line attractive to me, and I literally use (well, used) the feature several times a day, especially while driving. I also use Android Auto and now I have to either touch the microphone on my truck's head unit screen, press and hold the voice button on the steering wheel for 3 seconds, or unlock my phone so I can talk to it. I have a self-built Android Auto in my other car and it also has this issue, which I now know is not related to either car's system. Thank you for posting and bringing this to our attention.
I think this must be a bug in the latest Google app. Does anyone know where we can submit bug reports for the app, or voice control/Google Assistant in general?
Has any else experienced this problem, or does anyone have ideas about what to do to potentially resolve it? Surely OP and I can't be the only two people who have witnessed this issue.
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Has any else experienced this problem, or does anyone have ideas about what to do to potentially resolve it? Surely OP and I can't be the only two people who have witnessed this issue.
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It is likely that there just aren't many Z2 play users who frequent xda, and the ones that do never noticed the issue because they don't use the feature.
Every new Google phone it's the same issue. In my office or elsewhere in the house and the dumb Nest Hub in the other room floor answers all Google Assistant questions.
I know the Nest Hub in the other room can not hear but it always answers. Even if I use the Google Assistant without talking the nest hub in the other room answers the question asked on the phone.
A few months ago, one time, it asked if the correct speaker replied and I said no. Never asked again and still don't work.
Just to clarify, are you asking your phone Google Assistant with or without saying "Hey, Google..."?
Because every time I use "Hey, Google" at home, I've never had it answer on my phone rather than my Minis or Hubs. I think the whole point is that they answer rather than your phone since you're home. And that notification asking if the right speaker responded I've gotten a bunch of times but it's only been for the speakers, not the phone. Now if I wanted only my phone to answer, I would've tapped the mic or hold the power button, yes I use that option.
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Every new Google phone it's the same issue. In my office or elsewhere in the house and the dumb Nest Hub in the other room floor answers all Google Assistant questions.
I know the Nest Hub in the other room can not hear but it always answers. Even if I use the Google Assistant without talking the nest hub in the other room answers the question asked on the phone.
A few months ago, one time, it asked if the correct speaker replied and I said no. Never asked again and still don't work.
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It seems to be a design choice by Google:
If you’re near your Google Home device and phone, only Google Home should respond to "Hey Google." Both devices may wake up, but your phone should go back to sleep.
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So, apparently the system is designed to prioritize a Google Home device OVER your phone.
Google Home & phone respond to "Hey Google" - Android - Google Nest Help
If you’re near your Google Home device and phone, only Google Home should respond to "Hey Google." Both devices may wake up, but your phone should go b
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So last week I caught something like if you say "hey google wrong device" it will then prompt you as to what device.....something like that.....cant exactly remember the specific phrase.....wrong device, wrong person....it was something like that....GL!
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It seems to be a design choice by Google:
So, apparently the system is designed to prioritize a Google Home device OVER your phone.
Google Home & phone respond to "Hey Google" - Android - Google Nest Help
If you’re near your Google Home device and phone, only Google Home should respond to "Hey Google." Both devices may wake up, but your phone should go b
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I understand that's what they've said but I'm not near the device and it does not hear me say "Hey Google". As I said, even if I manually activate Google Assistant on the phone without saying anything, the nest hub and the other room or floor still answers the question given. If both devices are right next to each other and they both hear the question, sure, what Google is doing would be okay but in this case I'm not next to the other device and the other device didn't hear the question. I don't understand why they would override the assistant to such a degree. Just because you're home, what if you're out in the garage and the stupid nest home is answering the question that you asked on your phone.
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I understand that's what they've said but I'm not near the device and it does not hear me say "Hey Google". As I said, even if I manually activate Google Assistant on the phone without saying anything, the nest hub and the other room or floor still answers the question given. If both devices are right next to each other and they both hear the question, sure, what Google is doing would be okay but in this case I'm not next to the other device and the other device didn't hear the question. I don't understand why they would override the assistant to such a degree. Just because you're home, what if you're out in the garage and the stupid nest home is answering the question that you asked on your phone.
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That's why I asked how you were asking Google Assistant on your phone. I've never had my speakers answer instead of my phone. That's really strange.
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That's why I asked how you were asking Google Assistant on your phone. I've never had my speakers answer instead of my phone. That's really strange.
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OP - "Even if I use the Google Assistant without talking the nest hub in the other room answers the question asked on the phone."
If elsewhere with the phone and I say "Hey Google" or click the mic and then keyboard and I'm home the Nest Hub responds.
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So last week I caught something like if you say "hey google wrong device" it will then prompt you as to what device.....something like that.....cant exactly remember the specific phrase.....wrong device, wrong person....it was something like that....GL!
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I just messed with it some again and it seems that if I am next to the Nest Hub with the Phone and they bother hear me I can get the prompt asking which device should have answered. If I'm right next to both I don't really care, it's when I'm in the other room or outside that it's unhelpful for the Nest Hub to answer everything.
I told it to cancel something and then it asked what device should answer.
Do you happen to be running the preview program on any of your hubs? It might be a feature that's not usually with the standard software.
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Do you happen to be running the preview program on any of your hubs? It might be a feature that's not usually with the standard software.
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All stock, just use them to answer questions and see video from the doorbells.