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Hey everyone? I've searched and searched, but I cannot find any app to assign an action like double-tapping the home or long-pressing the back button to launch an app like voice search. I thought I possibly found a way with tasker, but it didn't work. Anything you guys found for doing that? I came from the Atrix 2 where you could simply tap the search button to launch the voice command app of my choice (I preferred vlingo), but the One X, sadly, doesn't have that. It will be appreciated.
A third party launcher like Apex or Nova should do the trick if you have to have the home or right button long-press bring it up.
Even with Sense, if you install Nova (but keep Sense as the default launcher), you can add an icon to the homescreen which launches voice search which is close, but would not allow voice serach popup from within an app (but then again, just press home, the the voice search icon). When long-pressing home in sense, select shortcuts at the bottom, Activities (with the Nova icon), then Voice Search, Recognition Activity. I did the same with WidgetLocker and have voice-search from the lockscreen. I can now send text without unlocking (whoooohoooo) even with PIN secured.
jmaddr said:
A third party launcher like Apex or Nova should do the trick if you have to have the home or right button long-press bring it up. ...I can now send text without unlocking (whoooohoooo) even with PIN secured.
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Really? I can't seem to make that work...
I added a voice search icon to my Sense dock so it shows up on the lock screen. When I activate it from lock, it's still prompting me to unlock the screen. What am I missing?
Viper rom. You can make the capacitive buttons do whatever you want in venom tweaks.
filthyfnj24 said:
Viper rom. You can make the capacitive buttons do whatever you want in venom tweaks.
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Thank you for the tip! I installed Viper and it's awesome.
Unfortunately, the screen lock's still causing me trouble. I can select Google Voice Search, but it's still prompting for me to swipe my unlock pattern. (Same is actually happening with the camera -- which wasn't the case before I flashed Viper) I tried WidgetLocker, but it isn't letting that happen either.
I install an app on the playstore for remote control of kodi on my htpc computer , after uninstalling it , noticed when I long press and hold my home button It no longer opens up voice search, it opends google now cards page I then have to click on the mic button at the top to perform a voice search.
is there a way to reset this ? , I uninstalled updates on google app cleared data ect , now when I press and hold my home button I only get these 2 options.
if I select "google" it opends google now page (same way as above)
looking for a way tog et pack the long press home button and you can instantly start talking to the google voice .
im stock rooted
Just turn on 'okay google anywhere' and you can activate voice commands without touching anything.
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¿Will-it-Blend? said:
Just turn on 'okay google anywhere' and you can activate voice commands without touching anything.
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i have ok google setup and working fine however like to have access to my home button again the way it was by default , looking for a solution not a work around , but appreciate the responce. tx..
ex-28 said:
i have ok google setup and working fine however like to have access to my home button again the way it was by default , looking for a solution not a work around , but appreciate the responce. tx..
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Try download Tasker, secure settings or greenify. Open them, restart phone. Open agian. Go to home screen. Long press home button. Choose what you want. ?
Faspaiso said:
Try download Tasker, secure settings or greenify. Open them, restart phone. Open agian. Go to home screen. Long press home button. Choose what you want. ?
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installed greenify rebooted long press home screen , have more options but same result as before , if I select Google it opens the Google now page and not the voice search .
also tried secure settings but I get less options then I did with greenify. some reason I just cant get voice search to appear when I long press home button.
Hi everyone,
Really interested in people's thoughts on the Bixby Button.
Initially I hated it, but after a) accidentally pressing it less since thanks to muscle memory, and more importantly b) the ability to make it do anything other than launch Bixby (such as double press for Google Assistant, long press for flashlight) I have found myself appreciating the existence of this extra button. So much so in fact, that speculation it could be removed in the Galaxy S10 have kind of dissapointed me.
So what do you think? Should the Bixby button stay, or should it be removed? Vote in the poll and share your thoughts in the comments!
It needs to go. Just go away.
If you could natively remap the button to whatever you choose, that would be great, but in the stock incarnation its terrible. Just horrible.
I disabled all of packages related to Bixby. In turn, it disabled the button.
The only thing it ever did for me was get accidentally hit and bumped.
die and move the volume buttons lower, until then I'm using bixby remapper as a screenshot, play/pause, skip and previous tracks shortcuts
KryptonKal-El said:
die and move the volume buttons lower, until then I'm using bixby remapper as a screenshot, play/pause, skip and previous tracks shortcuts
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Which remapper are you using?
I'm using ButtonMapper by flar2.
Single tap: nothing
Double tap: Google Assistant
Long Press: Flashlight
I'm finding that it adds value to me (only in the scenario remapping tools exist) and id rather see it kept around.
Bixby
The Bixby button is nothing more than a bloody nuisance.
I accidently activated it so many times that I turned Bixby feature off. I hope Samsung are reading this.
Cheers
Aussie
I remap it using bxactions.
Single: Google Now
Double: Samsung Pay
Hold: Google Assistant
Samsung just needs to admit that Bixby is a failure. It was a cool concept with the S8, but they took WAY too long to fully release it, and when they did, it was pretty terrible. Hell, I'd rather use Cortana than Bixby, and that's saying something...
Neither, I'd just like them to offer us the option to switch it to Google Assistant
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bxactions from Jawomo, I paid for the pro version.
Bixby is good for in Phone stuff. But they should give us the option to remap it.
Those who say it should go away: If it was a Google Assistant button, would you feel the same way? It looks like the LG 7 will have a dedicated assistant button, and the Pixel XL2 has a dedicated "squeeze" action for Assistant, and no one complains about that.
I don't use Bixby, but by using a 3rd party app to use the Bixby button for other things I believe it's fairly useful.
Bixby Button Remapper works great. Just press it and Google Now opens up. It is fine for me.
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Those who say it should go away: If it was a Google Assistant button, would you feel the same way? It looks like the LG 7 will have a dedicated assistant button, and the Pixel XL2 has a dedicated "squeeze" action for Assistant, and no one complains about that.
I don't use Bixby, but by using a 3rd party app to use the Bixby button for other things I believe it's fairly useful.
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Correct, if it were Google Assistant than I would love it. But its not... Its Samsungs home brew assistant crap.
Scott said:
Correct, if it were Google Assistant than I would love it. But its not... Its Samsungs home brew assistant crap.
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But it's easy to make it open Google Assistant, you know.
DIE!!!!!
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Maybe someone can help me here.
I have a problem when I disable the Bixby button and press again comes the message from Samsung Reminder.
I really do not know how to turn it off and hope someone here can help me.
Senaxo said:
Maybe someone can help me here.
I have a problem when I disable the Bixby button and press again comes the message from Samsung Reminder.
I really do not know how to turn it off and hope someone here can help me.
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Haven't heard of this one, on the bright side, it's still more useful than Bixby
You could try Button Mapper (made by @flar2) to see if it could help you set single press = nothing.
Uncustomisable Bixby button is the worst thing a smartphone can have and it's death is a must, and it should not be even remembered as a nightmare post its demise. Only if Samsung gives "full freedom" to customize, it should be considered.
Hi , did anyone figure out how to get google assistant with gestures or with another shortcut?
Have not figured it out either. Had to switch to navigation buttons, setup google-assistant and go back to gestures. That way i can still trigger it by voice.
a long press on the fingerprint scanner would be an obvious choice for invokining a Google assistant, Is that something can be added with a 3rd party app.?
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a long press on the fingerprint scanner would be an obvious choice for invokining a Google assistant, Is that something can be added with a 3rd party app.?
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I haven't received the Phone yet but i can recommend Button Mapper for you to try.
let us know if you try that please =)
I'm using Nova and mapped swipe up with assistant. works great
Button Mapper does not register back fingerprint reader touch as an event it can act on.
Restorted to swipe up with Nova.. I just need to rewire my brain to use it instead of long press. I wish Nova allowed a long press on the docker app shelf icon could be assigned as the gesture. It would be a bit better.
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I'm using Nova and mapped swipe up with assistant. works great
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^This!
On Nova I made the Home button when on the home page action Google Assistant
Easy & Safe Method
joosef93 said:
Hi , did anyone figure out how to get google assistant with gestures or with another shortcut?
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Steps :
1. Download Google Assistant from Play store
2. Update your One plus Launcher
3. Open Shelf
4. Toolbox
5. Add new tool.
6. Click on Assistant
7. Select Application [Shortcuts not required]
8. Save
You will see a assistant button in shelf, just click assistant will be open.
Hi guys, I used Button Mapper to map a double tap of the down volume button to Google Assistant and a double tap of the up volume button to invoke split screen, works great without interfering with the normal use of the volume buttons. Only thing I've noticed is I'm not seeing the "What's on my screen?" button but that must be something to do with Assistant...
Edit: Turned the nav bar on to check, when I open assistant with a long press of home I get the what's on my screen option, but not when I open it with the double tap from volume button, bizarre!
Ok google it's out of the question?
Hitman478™ said:
Ok google it's out of the question?
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Not sure what you mean but OK Google (even while Screen is off) works perfectly fine on OP6
Pat123 said:
Not sure what you mean but OK Google (even while Screen is off) works perfectly fine on OP6
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That was exactly what i was mean... The op wants to know if there's another way to activate voice assistant with gestures... What i want to say is that "Ok google" is working perfectly so there's no need to shortcut or other things.. :good:
I really don't know how but I have opened Google Assistant a few times now with gestures activated. I really want to know how. Does anyone have any idea how?
I just say "hey google...set my alarm etc"
Works fine, i think maybe people forget they can trigger it with their voice - im really enjoying gestures and dont think i could go back, enjoying more screen real estate too.
Using voice does not allow for accessing the "whats on my screen" button
After removing Google app from system, I lost the access to hotword activation. Assistant won't come up even after all settings I did. Finally ended up with Nova Launcher gestures. Two finger swipe down for assistant (installed assistant app separately for it)
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Not sure what you mean but OK Google (even while Screen is off) works perfectly fine on OP6
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Not for me for some reason. Keeps saying it doesn't recognize my voice when music is playing. Normally, Google stops music to take over the microphone and do that familiar beep, but Spotify just keeps playing and no beep comes. Don't know why.
Hey everyone, so if you have root, you can use gravitybox to map the assistant app to the fingerprint scanner. I've got mine set up this way and it's been working well.
If you use Button Mapper, instead of choosing Assistant there's an option for Now on Tap. This gives the 'what's on my screen' option when Assistant pops up
I have a solution for anyone in regards of using Google assistant through the Bixby button after Yesterdays update to remap the Bixby button to third party apps for the Galaxy S8/S8+/Note 8/S9/S9+/Note 9.
Follow these simple steps
1. Make sure that your Bixby apps run the latest update from the Galaxy Store.
2. Install the Google assistant app from the playstore and set it up for first time use.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googleassistant
3. Open Bixby through the Bixby button and enter settings.
4. Instead of choosing the app from 3rd party apps like you do with most apps installed on your device, chose run a command instead and add the command "open assistant" and press save.
5. You can now single or double press (It's your choice) the Bixby button and Google assistant will pop up, just waiting for you to say something. I've tried it myself, and it works like a charm.
Hope someone find this helpful, i saw a lot of people complaining about not being able to use the Bixby button to open Google assistant on YouTube, and came up with this solution.
Oooo, thanks for this.
To clarify:
"Add command"
scroll down and hit "Type it"
type in "open assistant"
What update are you refering to? Was it a bixby update? My bixby settings for the bixby key do not allow me to do anything other than open bixby or do nothing.