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well i used to be able to say something and my phone would write it out, like ill say Eiffel tower and it would google search it, now i don't have it ever since rooting to the 026, what happened and how do i get it back?
I have this too, ever since I rooted voice recognition isn't working.
Sorry... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6657593#post6657593
Thank you, reinstallingvoice search fixed everything.
So I just got my N5 yesterday, love it, way faster and smoother than my S4, but the voice dialer is the $hits....this could be a game changer for me. Any advice on other voice dialers so I can keep my N5??????
HELP!!!!!:crying:
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So I just got my N5 yesterday, love it, way faster and smoother than my S4, but the voice dialer is the $hits....this could be a game changer for me. Any advice on other voice dialers so I can keep my N5??????
HELP!!!!!:crying:
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It would help A LOT if you explained WHAT the problem is rather then saying there is a problem...... don't even know what your issue is?
for me, this works fine.
say: OK GOOGLE
say: Call ********
Phone will call ....
What's the issue?
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It would help A LOT if you explained WHAT the problem is rather then saying there is a problem...... don't even know what your issue is?
for me, this works fine.
say: OK GOOGLE
say: Call ********
Phone will call ....
What's the issue?
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LOL still upset...the voice dialer while paired by bluetooth using it my car with my Kenwood Navigation head unit DNX890HD. It just does not work well at all. It misses names, can`t find names that are in my contacts, adds digits on number dial....etc Contacts that S voice (on my Samsung Galaxy S4) would call with no issues what so ever do not work at all. It is poor at best. The issue is with the voice dialer over Bluetooth in the car...Ok Google now works just fine.
So anything I can do to get better results or another app to give me better results.
Hope that helps and adds more meat to the subject.
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LOL still upset...the voice dialer while paired by bluetooth using it my car with my Kenwood Navigation head unit DNX890HD. It just does not work well at all. It misses names, can`t find names that are in my contacts, adds digits on number dial....etc Contacts that S voice (on my Samsung Galaxy S4) would call with no issues what so ever do not work at all. It is poor at best. The issue is with the voice dialer over Bluetooth in the car...Ok Google now works just fine.
So anything I can do to get better results or another app to give me better results.
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It might be a kenwood related issue, It is working perfectly with the factory deck in my car.
caanda45 said:
LOL still upset...the voice dialer while paired by bluetooth using it my car with my Kenwood Navigation head unit DNX890HD. It just does not work well at all. It misses names, can`t find names that are in my contacts, adds digits on number dial....etc Contacts that S voice (on my Samsung Galaxy S4) would call with no issues what so ever do not work at all. It is poor at best. The issue is with the voice dialer over Bluetooth in the car...Ok Google now works just fine.
So anything I can do to get better results or another app to give me better results.
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This sounds obvious but I thought i'd throw it out there anyways... have you gone into the settings and checked off the box that tells it to work through the bluetooth headset? It may just be using the mic on the phone which is why it's messing up so bad.
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This sounds obvious but I thought i'd throw it out there anyways... have you gone into the settings and checked off the box that tells it to work through the bluetooth headset? It may just be using the mic on the phone which is why it's messing up so bad.
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Yup it is activated...still the $hits...trying a app called klets, will see if that is any better. Do not mind paying for one if it works!!
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Yup it is activated...still the $hits...trying a app called klets, will see if that is any better. Do not mind paying for one if it works!!
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Wish I could help, but in my experience, Google's voice recognition is one of if not the best voice recognition software out there. I've used "OK Google" few times and few more times as a test and compared to others, it's excellent.
could be a possibility your BT mic just isn't picking it up..or isnt close enough.
How does it perform without bluetooth?
In Google now settings, go to voice and check Bluetooth headset. Google Now will now be used instead of the dated "voice dailer."
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Wish I could help, but in my experience, Google's voice recognition is one of if not the best voice recognition software out there. I've used "OK Google" few times and few more times as a test and compared to others, it's excellent.
could be a possibility your BT mic just isn't picking it up..or isnt close enough.
How does it perform without bluetooth?
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I agree on its own in Google now it is really good...but hooked up to my Nav unit and it is the voice dialer which I think is different to Google now in some aspects...is the $hits. Klets works I have bought it and it does what Svoice dos on SGS4...I am happier now, just wished the built in one worked!!
El Daddy said:
In Google now settings, go to voice and check Bluetooth headset. Google Now will now be used instead of the dated "voice dailer."
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I will try that, thought I did but was rushed. So when hooked to bluetooth then the screen will always have to stay on or activate when I press on the phone button on the nav unit? Will give it a try.
Klets works fine, but would love to get google now...
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It might be a kenwood related issue, It is working perfectly with the factory deck in my car.
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Same here...using Dodge/Chrysler's UConnect and I haven't had a single problem save for the same problem with some of my contacts not being able to be dialed using "Name, Home". It consistently boots me to that person's mobile number. That might be a google related issue or something else. Using numbers only hasn't given me any problems.
So here is my dilemma, Google now works when the phone is unlocked and through the blue tooth on the nav unit with ok google...when I press the telephone button on the nav unit it then defaults to either google voice dialer (the old crappy one) or klets with the always or just once options.
So it works sort of.....
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Yup it is activated...still the $hits...trying a app called klets, will see if that is any better. Do not mind paying for one if it works!!
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I couldn't get the phone voice dialer or my old standby voice dialer called cyberon to work reliably on the N5 and my sony mw600 bluetooth headset. Cyberon worked fairly reliably on my old galaxy nexus but not on the N5.
I really thought that there was a bug in the N5 kitkat which would hose any bluetooth voice dialer. At your suggestion I just loaded klets and wow, it seems to work wonderfully!
I need some time with it but I am very encouraged. Caanda45 I can't thank you enough for your remarks
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I couldn't get the phone voice dialer or my old standby voice dialer called cyberon to work reliably on the N5 and my sony mw600 bluetooth headset. Cyberon worked fairly reliably on my old galaxy nexus but not on the N5.
I really thought that there was a bug in the N5 kitkat which would hose any bluetooth voice dialer. At your suggestion I just loaded klets and wow, it seems to work wonderfully!
I need some time with it but I am very encouraged. Caanda45 I can't thank you enough for your remarks
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NP glad it worked...I have ended up getting rid of my N5 but klets is a pretty good app. Any app that will let you try it free for 7 days is a good app in my books...
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Wish I could help, but in my experience, Google's voice recognition is one of if not the best voice recognition software out there. I've used "OK Google" few times and few more times as a test and compared to others, it's excellent.
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When I tried ok google for dialing I seem to recall there was no verification. I don't think I could rate a voice dialer as excellent without verification. I really don't want an old girlfriend asking me why I was calling her.
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NP glad it worked...I have ended up getting rid of my N5 but klets is a pretty good app. Any app that will let you try it free for 7 days is a good app in my books...
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agreed. which phone did you settle on? Was it the voice dialing that caused you to switch?
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When I tried ok google for dialing I seem to recall there was no verification. I don't think I could rate a voice dialer as excellent without verification. I really don't want an old girlfriend asking me why I was calling her.
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agreed. which phone did you settle on? Was it the voice dialing that caused you to switch?
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I didn't say voice dialer was excellent.. I said the voice recognition was excellent.
As for verification, there is no "yes" "no" verification but there is a few second delay before it places a call, during which you can cancel if that's not the number you wanna dial.
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I didn't say voice dialer was excellent.. I said the voice recognition was excellent.
As for verification, there is no "yes" "no" verification but there is a few second delay before it places a call, during which you can cancel if that's not the number you wanna dial.
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ok, I'll acknowledge your statement about the voice recognition. I just tried playing with the voice calling feature again to refresh my memory.
Many times ok google wasn't picked up. There is no voice verification yes/no as you stated and no repeat of who it was about to call. Yes there is a delay where you could kill it with touch but I saw no way to kill it with a voice command once it commenced. Having to kill it with touch completely misses the point of voice dialing.
While the name it picks seems to be accurate that's about the only useful thing I can say about it. Even then often it would pull the correct name but drop the "call" part of the command and instead do a default web search on the name.
IMO, the google now voice dialer is cute but practically useless as a serious voice dialing application.
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When I tried ok google for dialing I seem to recall there was no verification. I don't think I could rate a voice dialer as excellent without verification. I really don't want an old girlfriend asking me why I was calling her.
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agreed. which phone did you settle on? Was it the voice dialing that caused you to switch?
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Believe it or not I got a Moto x and the notifications and touch less controls are outstanding!!! Solid phone, better speaker, no washed out picture off axis etc....The N5 is a powerhouse but as with most LG products, cheapo plastic....My S4 was better constructed.....just my opinion though...
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Believe it or not I got a Moto x and the notifications and touch less controls are outstanding!!! Solid phone, better speaker, no washed out picture off axis etc....The N5 is a powerhouse but as with most LG products, cheapo plastic....My S4 was better constructed.....just my opinion though...
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nice! what are you using for voice dialing on that device?
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nice! what are you using for voice dialing on that device?
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It uses the Google system not the old google crappy voice dialer but the new one that is in the nexus 5...so basically google now..works really well even when I press the phone button on the nav system it defaults to google now through the nav mic. My N5 would use the crappy old google voice dialer until I used klets. All in all happy that I got rid of the N5.
Interesting one, and can't figure out why it's happening - so if anyone has any thoughts x)
Flashed L tonight, all went smoothly and generally everything is fine. The only weird thing is that Google Voice search has stopped working. I press the Voice search button, and it just doesn't pick up any sound. I trying saying "ok google", and it doesn't pick that up either. Also, along with that, Text to Speech refuses to work too, tried with different languages and different voice packs.
Any ideas?
I know I had to go into the Google Now settings and activate the "OK Google" from any screen, to get it to work.
I had the same problem when setting another language as the primary language, then switching back to English, but something seemed bugged.
Removing all the other languages and restoring English (US) only, and finally rebooting, resolved the issue. Hope this helps.
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I had the same problem when setting another language as the primary language, then switching back to English, but something seemed bugged.
Removing all the other languages and restoring English (US) only, and finally rebooting, resolved the issue. Hope this helps.
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Hmm, just gave that a try, no dice Was it just the Voice language or the whole phone that you had to change?
The weird thing is, it's like it's not even connecting to the microphone, just sits there listening and not hearing anything x)
Yes, that was exactly the same behavior i had with mine. I also ended up trying to configure Ok Google from any screen, and the voice training feature didn't hear anything, remaining stuck on the 1st of 3 verifications.
Maybe you can try going to Settings > App > All > Google Search and deleting cache/data to restore it brand new.
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Yes, that was exactly the same behavior i had with mine. I also ended up trying to configure Ok Google from any screen, and the voice training feature didn't hear anything, remaining stuck on the 1st of 3 verifications.
Maybe you can try going to Settings > App > All > Google Search and deleting cache/data to restore it brand new.
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Tried that, and reflashing it, factory reset etc. Turns out the problem is slightly wider than just that not working though - It's killed the Microphone completely, can't make voice calls, it's like it's just not picking up the mix exists for some reason :S
It takes time to activate, there is a backend update of google going on while you select your language, but eventually comes back on.
Try voice typing if your believe the mic is not doing any good for "ok google"
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It takes time to activate, there is a backend update of google going on while you select your language, but eventually comes back on.
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Wouldn't really explain why my Microphone doesn't work at all, even in phone calls though
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Wouldn't really explain why my Microphone doesn't work at all, even in phone calls though
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just to try it out to rule out whether it's the telephony app or in effect a bug which affects 5.0 as a whole(which i highly doubt, because i have mine working like a charm) Hell mine even works on off-screen while charging.
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just to try it out to rule out whether it's the telephony app or in effect a bug which affects 5.0 as a whole(which i highly doubt, because i have mine working like a charm) Hell mine even works on off-screen while charging.
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Ok, voice search nothing, voice typing nothing, Making Phone calls, nothing x) The only thing I haven't managed to try yet is downloading a 3rd party voice recorder app - but unfortunately I'm on GSM at work and for some reason, Lollipop is refusing to connect to the wifi as well. Good times
Might just flash it back to 4.4.4 and wait for the OTA upgrade to see if that does it better
Just as an additional - managed to download a voice recorder app.... Nothing either. So the whole OS isn't picking up the Microphone. Curiouser and curiouser
Oh hell.... I'm going to hang my head in shame now and hand in any tehcy credentials I may have once had.
I have a Pressy.... I forgot it was plugged in... I didn't install the app. Lollipop saw it as a headset and mic.
In conclusion: I'm an idiot. That is all x) Thank you for anyone who tried to help though.
I have the exact same problem but no pressy. Could it mean that there is a fault with the headphone jack?
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Oh hell.... I'm going to hang my head in shame now and hand in any tehcy credentials I may have once had.
I have a Pressy.... I forgot it was plugged in... I didn't install the app. Lollipop saw it as a headset and mic.
In conclusion: I'm an idiot. That is all x) Thank you for anyone who tried to help though.
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Lol
My mic is not working, i dont know what to do????? any help, just update to lollipop cuz receive the update message, but now i dont have mic. need help...
Anyone having issues with voice (system, US English)? In that it only works once or twice, then constantly fails with the error "voice input fail".
I can change language (to German for instance) it will work a few times, then stop... back to US English (works a few times...then, yep, stops....).....
Anyone else see this?
Thanks!
Edit/Update - - Try UK ?? English!
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I have the same issue. Don't know what's wrong.
Seems to work now....
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I have the same issue. Don't know what's wrong.
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Yours working yet? I factory reset the watch after backing it up and did the whole set-up dance....no difference. Then, later in the day, it started working....haven't thoroughly tested it....but it seems be better....
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I have an S2, but the underlying implementation is the same.
S-Voice uses a remote server for decoding and interpreting voice input. Occasionally Samsung's servers are unresponsive or failing in some other way. I've experienced this a few times over the last year I've had my S2.
So this may be what was going on, particularly since it started working again later. I didn't use S-voice yesterday, so I can't comment on any outages.
Finally, I will add that since the rollout of the recent update adding a bunch of S3 features to the S2 (reminders, etc.) and updating the entire Tizen OS, S-voice is working much better than it used to. Still doesn't hold a candle to Google's "okay google", but has crossed the threshold to being a useful, value-add feature now rather than a cruel tease. In my opinion, of course.
I had this problem with my S3. You might have hit a setting that you did not realize you hit. When you were able to enter speech and hit send, you had a choice to choose send as text or send as voice. Just below these two choices there is a small circle, if you accidentally touch that, it turns off the speech input and only uses the text. The only way I have found to get out of this mode is to open the main settings, scroll down to messages, select messages, you should see "send as audio". Click it so it is "on".
This should take you back to where it will let you dictate messages. Just be careful when selecting the send as text or audio option as that little circle will be below them and it is easy to touch accidentally.
I hope this helps
I have the same problem and it has not been corrected by resetting or the message sound option.
Same issue here
Well it seems to be at it again.
Interesting part is that using U.S. English, it does not work. If I switch it to U. K. English it does work. (I'm in the US..)
... C'mon Samsung, how about getting your current software working correctly before introducing any new buggy stuff.
Skeeter123,, I am having the same exact problem since I installed the new software update , very frustrating hopefully they will fix this issue soon ?
Yup.
Fix the old buggy software before you give us a new buggy stuff.
Ridiculous Update
I have had my watch for one week and it worked great and then the voice input just stopped. I called Samsung and they offered NO help other than for me to mail it back to them, REALLY! So, back to Best buy for an exchange. Well, same issue will another brand new $450 watch. Is the Gear S3 going to another Note 7 debacle? It is a Samsung product. Get your crap together Samsung! If anyone finds a fix, Pease post.
I'm having this problem
Indeed setting the language to English(Great Britain) actually works! Hats off the person who posted this earlier in the thread
tamerelnaggar said:
Indeed setting the language to English(Great Britain) actually works! Hats off the person who posted this earlier in the thread
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You're welcome!
But now you have to speak that funny English that they speak over there.:silly:
While I never tried it till this morning, it did work. US.
Still not working for me. And UK English is not working very well either.
Are you in the US?
For all of my tests I am attempting to dictate a message.
I just switched mine over to the English (UK) and it appears to be working right now. I am in the good ole US of A, and have a pretty thick southern accent and it works, but we should not have to change it this way, but at least it works again.
Yup. I hear ya! Too bad Sammy doesn't. I'm going to check out some of the Android Wear 2.0 watches soon.....If I like one, then it's bye-bye Sammy. For good....sigh...
That's too bad that they will lose customers over their inability to get it right the first time. Crazy thing with voice input, I have to have it set to UK English to respond to text messages, or to send a text, but it has to be in US English to speak a reminder in?. Do you think Samsung even monitors this forum?
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That's too bad that they will lose customers over their inability to get it right the first time. Crazy thing with voice input, I have to have it set to UK English to respond to text messages, or to send a text, but it has to be in US English to speak a reminder in
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Not sure if anyone has tried this, but if you have the Google Assistant set up on your phone, you can bypass any lockscreen security method (PINs and fingerprint) by saying "OK Google", then hitting the Home button on the bottom. Not too sure if I'm a fan of that tbh since it kind of defeats the whole purpose of the security measures. But again, it does require you to set up the Google Assistant........
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Not sure if anyone has tried this, but if you have the Google Assistant set up on your phone, you can bypass any lockscreen security method (PINs and fingerprint) by saying "OK Google", then hitting the Home button on the bottom. Not too sure if I'm a fan of that tbh since it kind of defeats the whole purpose of the security measures. But again, it does require you to set up the Google Assistant........
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Yeah
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I'm pretty sure it's because its tuned to your voice, you can turn the option to have it on the lockscreen off though.
akaTRAP said:
Not sure if anyone has tried this, but if you have the Google Assistant set up on your phone, you can bypass any lockscreen security method (PINs and fingerprint) by saying "OK Google", then hitting the Home button on the bottom. Not too sure if I'm a fan of that tbh since it kind of defeats the whole purpose of the security measures. But again, it does require you to set up the Google Assistant........
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I asked someone and they said because it's my trusted voice.
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It uses machine learning to recognise your voice. Try it, shouldn't unlock when someone else says "Okay Google".
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It uses machine learning to recognise your voice. Try it, shouldn't unlock when someone else says "Okay Google".
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Ahh that makes sense. I was just curious because I thought it was kinda weird that would bypass the lockscreen security.
Actually, that is something I find out long time ago and forget to start topic here, because as software engineer, I am quite concerned about this.
Let's be honst first and say that you can turn off that option, but problem is that I care about every little pop-up when I setup new phone and I am 100% sure it didn't ask me to activate that option.
That is really really serious thing.
Talking about AI and neural networks in terms of accuracy of this thing, could be opinion from someone who doesn't understand this enough.
To make it simple to regular people here.
2 of 4 friends that I was sitting with in a bar, successfully bypass security on my phone with just saying 'Ok Google'.
Neural network need accurate data to work good! Environment factors and microphones on phones are not ready for this yet.
I am highly concerned (maybe this is a bit paranoid) that Google did this on purpose...
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I asked someone and they said because it's my trusted voice.
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Yup, that is correct. If you go into Google and to Security options, you can uncheck the box for trusted voice. Then you won't be able to unlock via that method.
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Actually, that is something I find out long time ago and forget to start topic here, because as software engineer, I am quite concerned about this.
Let's be honst first and say that you can turn off that option, but problem is that I care about every little pop-up when I setup new phone and I am 100% sure it didn't ask me to activate that option.
That is really really serious thing.
Talking about AI and neural networks in terms of accuracy of this thing, could be opinion from someone who doesn't understand this enough.
To make it simple to regular people here.
2 of 4 friends that I was sitting with in a bar, successfully bypass security on my phone with just saying 'Ok Google'.
Neural network need accurate data to work good! Environment factors and microphones on phones are not ready for this yet.
I am highly concerned (maybe this is a bit paranoid) that Google did this on purpose...
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Did you train Google now to recognize your voice? If you don't it will still work but will work with anyone's voice as you mentioned. Still if the default config is trusted and not trained that is really bad don't get me wrong
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Actually, that is something I find out long time ago and forget to start topic here, because as software engineer, I am quite concerned about this.
Let's be honst first and say that you can turn off that option, but problem is that I care about every little pop-up when I setup new phone and I am 100% sure it didn't ask me to activate that option.
That is really really serious thing.
Talking about AI and neural networks in terms of accuracy of this thing, could be opinion from someone who doesn't understand this enough.
To make it simple to regular people here.
2 of 4 friends that I was sitting with in a bar, successfully bypass security on my phone with just saying 'Ok Google'.
Neural network need accurate data to work good! Environment factors and microphones on phones are not ready for this yet.
I am highly concerned (maybe this is a bit paranoid) that Google did this on purpose...
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I do think you're being a bit paranoid, but I do see your point. Basically, 1984.
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Did you train Google now to recognize your voice? If you don't it will still work but will work with anyone's voice as you mentioned. Still if the default config is trusted and not trained that is really bad don't get me wrong
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Yes bro, I trained voice model for my voice.
BUT, in some regions people have similar voices (you know you can recognize where is someone from) and if Google doesn't have enough input from that particular region in world, their recognition model is weak.
Still, main problem is that option WAS (back when I receieved my Galaxy in May) or STILL IS turned on by default (or with really unrecognizable pop-up question).