Hi, does anyone know how can I change the default "Assistance App" action (when swiping up from the home button) from HiVoice to Google Voice Search?
I can't speak or understand Chinese, so I'd like to completely disable HiVoice. I obviously can't do that since Huawei disallowed it so instead I took all its permissions away but can't disallow it from Network Usage since it's a system app. I am not rooted.
Install Google Text to Speech from Playstore
settings/advanced/Language/Text_to_Speech/ -> select Google Text to Speech
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In Settings > Language/Input, I have "Google" set as the Voice Recognizer. When I use S-Voice, is it properly using Google's servers for voice recognition, or is it going back to Vlingo (thus overriding the Language/Input settings)?
FYI, I actually don't mind S-Voice. It is arguably better at controlling phone activities (e.g. "turn off Wi-Fi" or "text John Doe") whereas Google Voice Search is better at web/informational searches (e.g. "What is the capitol of South Dakota?"). I have the best of both worlds setup so that, at the home screen, a single-press of the Home button brings me to S-Voice, but a double-press of the Home button brings me to Google Voice Search.
[ROOT] "Say OK Google" permanent in GNL and Hotword Detection in all screens
In the Google Now Launcher, As part of the "training" a message/prompt appears in the search bar that says "Say OK Google".
I know that I and a few other people on XDA and around the web found this feature quite neat and its little animations were quite nice.
However, after saying "OK Google" a few times to activate the Voice Search, the text would disappear as you were now "trained" and knew how to use the Hotword.
I was quite bummed by this obviously and always tried to get it back by clearing Google Search's data, which would reset my launcher settings too. This would reset the "training" and bring back the text but it had a downside and would also clear away all the apps/folders/widgets that I had on my homescreens.
A few days ago, Google Search was updated and a new feature was introduced which would enable you to say the OK Google Hotword on every screen e.g apps, lockscreen (You could only do this on homescreens in GNL previously). Unfortunately, Google decided to not make this feature available on the Moto X and Moto G (Which I currently have).
I found a thread on XDA which showed me how to enable this feature via a ROOT app called Unleash The Google
Basically, the app enables the dogfood/experimental/developer features of Google Search via Google Search Settings
After messing around with the new DogFood Features, I discovered that I could make the "Say OK Google" Text in GNL's Search Bar permanent instead of disappearing after a few uses.
I will tell you how to make the text permanent firstand later explain how to enable Hotword Detection on every screen
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1. Download Unleash the Google
2. Install the app and open it. After it finishes loading, you should see a screen that tells you to force stop Google Search. Do so by going to Apps and FSing the Google Search app.
3. Now scroll down the Google Now screen, press the 3 dots and click Settings.
4. You should now see a space on the bottom that says Config Flags. Click it.
a) To get the "Say OK Google" Text all the time, press the 6th setting titled "Always_show_hotword..."
b) To enable the "OK Google Hotword on every screen" feature, turn on "Enable_E300" and "E300_Voice_Everywhere". scroll down to "speaker_id_supported_locales" and press it. type in "en-US" (Must be that and Im pretty sure its case sensitive).
5.After doing that, scroll all the way to the bottom and press "Save Config Settings".
6. Press the Home button on your Nav Bar and then press the search box.
You should now see the "Say OK Google" Text on your search bar and/or be able to say the "OK Google" Hotword from every screen by activating it by going back to "Google Search Settings" > Pressing Voice > Enable Audio History > Press OK Google Detection > Enable "From any screen" and/or "From lock screen". You should see a new screen with prompts. Complete Them and every thing should work fine !
Need to mention that I haven't enabled these settings for long so I'm still not 100% sure if the text will stay on forever
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I was looking for this for a really long time thank you
But this doesn't work on latest google version on 5.0.2 please man I really need this
Please note:
I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL CREATOR OF THIS TWEAK
I have attached the file and the screenshot as evidence it works
How to enable google assistant with this tweak
1. Download this file
2. Install this file but don't run it yet
3. If you live in the UK like I do set you system language to the US or this app will force close on you
4. Go into voice input by going into settings -> language & input and then tap voice input and then tap on Enhanced voice input (if you don't do this then it will say that assistant is not you default assist app)
5. Then try out google assistant by long pressing the home button
6. And say what you want
Bugs:
It force closes sometimes but that is easily fixable by going into google assistant launcher and tapping the Google assistant icon down at the bottom
Some bugs but works 100% on a Vodafone smart first 7
Google play seems to allow an install to go ahead with this app, but once the installer has finished, instead of saying 'installed', the green install button simply reverts back to saying 'install' again.
If I go to settings > accessibility > text to speech output, all options remain greyed out, and apps that require this (i.e. my mapping app, Locus Map) can't access it.
am on stock sony android 6.0.1 model d5803.
any ideas at all please?
I want to change the behavior of the long-press on the home button so it doesn't try to launch assistant. I'd like it to do nothing.
I tried disabling assistant, but this just displays an obnoxious banner telling me to turn on assistant.
I did find this app that allows you to remap the button to all sorts of things, but would prefer something that doesn't need all those permissions.
This is with 3-button navigation enabled as I'm using Nova Launcher on Android 10. Phone is not rooted.
[edit] and of course, I found the answer immediately after posting the question:
Settings > Apps & Notifications > Default apps > Assist app - change it to "None"
thedosbox said:
I want to change the behavior of the long-press on the home button so it doesn't try to launch assistant. I'd like it to do nothing.
I tried disabling assistant, but this just displays an obnoxious banner telling me to turn on assistant.
I did find this app that allows you to remap the button to all sorts of things, but would prefer something that doesn't need all those permissions.
This is with 3-button navigation enabled as I'm using Nova Launcher on Android 10. Phone is not rooted.
[edit] and of course, I found the answer immediately after posting the question:
Settings > Apps & Notifications > Default apps > Assist app - change it to "None"
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Only thing is if you use the "Squeeze" for Google Assistant it disables that too. Which is good or bad depending on how you feel about GA. I just got mine today so I'm still playing with things. Might delete later,IDK.