I thought I read somewhere that you could "interact" with the Google Assistant on this device, that it would "speak" to you? Mine stays quiet and doesn't talk. Or, am I dreaming that this was supposed to do that?
you mean the "ok google" assistant which starts when you push and holt the power/apps button ?
usafle said:
I thought I read somewhere that you could "interact" with the Google Assistant on this device, that it would "speak" to you? Mine stays quiet and doesn't talk. Or, am I dreaming that this was supposed to do that?
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Google assistant doesn't actually speak on Android Wear. Doesn't matter what device you have.
thought I read that somewhere where it would actually speak to you on devices that had a speaker built in to it. Guess I'm losing it in my old age. lol
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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.
Hello everyone,
Is anyone having problems with the voice commands from the homescreen?
i've got google now switched on in the settings but no luck.
anyone had this before, were you able to fix it, if so how.
thanks
naztek said:
Hello everyone,
Is anyone having problems with the voice commands from the homescreen?
i've got google now switched on in the settings but no luck.
anyone had this before, were you able to fix it, if so how.
thanks
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What are your language settings?
I believe it only works on English (USA)
Zandeer said:
What are your language settings?
I believe it only works on English (USA)
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Baaaah! UK here, been fiddling around with the damn thing for an hour trying to get it working. Seems strange, the voice recognition is strong enough to decipher British English if I click a picture of a mic, but not strong enough to hear me say OK Google?
Hope this is updated quickly, and not kept as a US only feature.
Trigger phrases like "OK Google" require a lot more specialized training than regular speech transcription. It has to be extremely reliable and not eat a lot of CPU power.
In short, it'll come eventually, but they're probably working on collecting a lot more non-American voice data first.
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.
themcfly said:
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"
gamer.11 said:
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...
What's the opinion on how Google Assistant will work with Android Auto?
Will you be able to interact with the assistant through the car's microphone and speakers?
At the moment AA defaults to Google Now.
What you can do with AA seems to be a subset of what you can do with the phone. I don't expect that to change... but will let you know by the end of the month.
I'll also know by the end of the month, so snap I love AA but am constantly frustrated by its "not sure how to........" replies when I'm pretty sure google now on my phone would provide a meaningful answer.
I would be really happy if GA worked properly in the car.
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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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".
Ertogrul said:
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
stefanACM said:
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.
partcyborg said:
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).