Hoping someone might have a tweak to make this work... When I use my phone in my car I like to use a voice action app (AVX) or sometimes good ol' Google Voice Search. with my old Dinc, it was great at picking up my voice even with the radio on and the a/c blasting.
However, on the S3, the mic seems to pick up the ambient noise (even if it's just the a/c on low or the car running) and doesn't do so well at picking up my voice. Sometimes it will get my voice command but will take forever to execute it because even after i stop talking it keeps listening because it's picking up the ambient sounds. Other times, it only picks up the ambient sounds and doesn't get my voice at all.
Since driving is probably the one time when a voice action app is actually needed, I'm hoping there's a setting or something that can help this. Or perhaps it's just one of those flaws in an otherwise great phone? Like I said my 2 1/2 year old Dinc did a great job of picking up my voice so it's sad to see such a cutting edge phone doing such a horrible job at it.
The weird thing is the phone has no problem hearing my voice commands over the ringtone (reject/answer) or over my music playing (stop, next, etc) so it seems like maybe the noise cancellation feature just isn't starting up like it should when a voice actions app like voice search is listening...
Anyone else notice this? Anyone have any ideas or tweaks to improve it?
Thanks for the help!
Hi,
Got a seriously annoying problem. Whenever my phone connects to bluetooth, which is usually in my car, it starts playing the last song I listened to by auto launching google play music and playing away. I don't know if I'm being blind but I can't find a setting to turn this off. Sometimes I might want to stream music in the car, but not automatically on connecting!
Any ideas?
Thanks!
thunderstorm654 said:
Hi,
Got a seriously annoying problem. Whenever my phone connects to bluetooth, which is usually in my car, it starts playing the last song I listened to by auto launching google play music and playing away. I don't know if I'm being blind but I can't find a setting to turn this off. Sometimes I might want to stream music in the car, but not automatically on connecting!
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Sorry to jump on this ages old thread, but I'm wondering this same thing. Google Play Music is the culprit, just like you, and it's also when I connect my phone to my car's bluetooth and I don't want it to automatically play. I didn't find any options within the app itself.
I had this issue before and I used ROM Toolbox Pro to turn off one of the autostart receivers for this app and that seemed to work, but I cannot remember which one it was or even how it would've become enabled again in the first place.
EDIT: I think one reason for this is any songs that might be in 'queue' inside the app. Like if you were playing from a playlist or something. Wipe the songs out of the queue (should just be able to swipe them away) and I think that should work.
I'm still looking for a bluetooth receiver I might be able to disable to not have to worry about it.
Interesting. I've always had to use third party options to MAKE the phone autostart music when connecting to bluetooth. As the above posts states there are no options in Play Music to turn this on or off. What ROM are you running? Is it possible your ROM, a third party app, or maybe even your head unit is causing this?
Where's the option to keep this thing from locking/sleeping when you put it face down? If I'm listening to a youtube playlist, I don't want coworkers walking by thinking I'm watching a video, so I want to keep it face down, but when I do, it sleeps/locks and the music stops. Really damned annoying.
Devryn said:
Where's the option to keep this thing from locking/sleeping when you put it face down? If I'm listening to a youtube playlist, I don't want coworkers walking by thinking I'm watching a video, so I want to keep it face down, but when I do, it sleeps/locks and the music stops. Really damned annoying.
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It is very annoying when I need to do the exact thing but in my bed. I had a look through the display, security and power consumption settings. But I wouldn't find anything.
The option to mute the device by placing it face down works only during calls. I do not know another similar option.
you can use tasker and secure settings.
Root is not required for this.
Did you solve this issue? I am having the same problem with my z1 compact. I have tried lots of apps to keep the screen on but to no avail.
w. junior The option to mute the device by placing it face down works only during calls. I do not know another similar option.
you can use tasker and secure settings.
Root is not required for this.
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Will tasker definately keep the screen on when face down? I dont want to pay for it if it isnt going to work.
Thanks
Some minutes after manually starting a workout the Gear S3 acoustically announces the "heart rate", the "calories burned", etc.
Where do I disable these announcements to make my watch remain quiet even during workout?
many thanks, Felix
fxrb said:
Some minutes after manually starting a workout the Gear S3 acoustically announces the "heart rate", the "calories burned", etc.
Where do I disable these announcements to make my watch remain quiet even during workout?
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SHealth -> Workout -> Guide at intervals -> None
10urshin said:
SHealth -> Workout -> Guide at intervals -> None
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Thank you! I must have missed this somhow .
10urshin said:
SHealth -> Workout -> Guide at intervals -> None
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Oh man, I've been looking for that setting for so long!
Thanks!
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Where?
I can't seem to find this exact settings, I keep turning more off and it continues to announce. Is that on the watch?
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I can't seem to find this exact settings, I keep turning more off and it continues to announce. Is that on the watch?
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It is on the watch, as state in post #2.
Is there any way of making it louder? I want to hear the information but it comes out really quietly compared to my music and I can't catch what she's saying.
Tmel14 said:
Is there any way of making it louder? I want to hear the information but it comes out really quietly compared to my music and I can't catch what she's saying.
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that voice is really loud i hate it lol. try changing your watch volume. easiest way i know to do thar is if you have the music wiget on which source to gear mode instead of phone to control media and change the volume to the desire level
There is no --- SHealth -> Workout -> Guide at intervals -> None --- on the watch. There used to be. But the isn'tany more. Does anyone know of another way to disable this voice.
No More Annoying 5 minute voice interruptions to my workout
On my gear fit pro 2,my Activity Type that I use at the gym is Other Workout. But every 5 minutes of my workout, my Bluetooth music is interrupted by that annoying voice.
To Fix it....
Go to Workout>activity type>other workout>guide intervals>none
ajpn said:
There is no --- SHealth -> Workout -> Guide at intervals -> None --- on the watch. There used to be. But the isn'tany more. Does anyone know of another way to disable this voice.
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You now need to go to the actual exercise. So say click on "other workout" if that's where you're getting your notifications from, and then scroll down to "guide frequency" prior to actually starting the workout. Click "none".
I just got the Samsung Watch today and tested the workout widget. I was annoyed by the voice too and just figured out that you have to turn off "rep counter" for each workout. So, it turns off the voice completely.
Glad I found this post, here is my situation with s health.
I use the watch alone to run, at first was great with the s health voice, every km a message saying my speed and HR and just half my goal a remind of it.
I use it Spotify premium to download my playlist and run without the phone and with the s healt voice the music stops/pause and after the message of s health the music used to resume, BUT last week just after reach half (and the respective message) of my goal the music doesnt resume, it is weird because seems that everything is connected and working, but no sound at all, not even from the internal speaker, the only solution is to restart the phone and is annoying because I have to stop to do it. Does anybody face the same issue? any solution?
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You now need to go to the actual exercise. So say click on "other workout" if that's where you're getting your notifications from, and then scroll down to "guide frequency" prior to actually starting the workout. Click "none".
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That worked for me! Thanks very much!
About "guide frequency" and other Gear S3 issues...
I have been dealing with these "audio guides" since I got my Gear S3. I wanted to disable them so the music I listen while workout is not interrupted. The above procedure is correct: setting guide frequency = none does work, BUT that setting is not remembered (at least in my Gear S3 Frontier), so the next time you go for a workout (and forget to set guides frequency to "none"), there you have again the watch talking and interrupting your music.
However, due to the S3 battery drainage issue (I have it too), as described in this article:
https://www.sammobile.com/2018/10/23/gear-sport-gear-s3-battery-fix
I have tried to install that Gear S plugin version 2.2.03.18101561. It did NOT fix the battery drain issue, but made the "guide frequency" remembered as a setting (good!). But this plugin came with yet another bug: when you go for a run using Location services along with your phone (so the GPS information is taken from the phone), Samsung Health + Gear S Plugin does not work: only can register location from the watch´s built-in GPS.
So I went back to my standard Gear S Plugin Version 2.2.03.18083051, and I have to remember to set guide frequency to none every time.
Samsung needs some software debugging on the Gear S3 !
juliospinoza said:
Glad I found this post, here is my situation with s health.
I use the watch alone to run, at first was great with the s health voice, every km a message saying my speed and HR and just half my goal a remind of it.
I use it Spotify premium to download my playlist and run without the phone and with the s healt voice the music stops/pause and after the message of s health the music used to resume, BUT last week just after reach half (and the respective message) of my goal the music doesnt resume, it is weird because seems that everything is connected and working, but no sound at all, not even from the internal speaker, the only solution is to restart the phone and is annoying because I have to stop to do it. Does anybody face the same issue? any solution?
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Good day... by any chance have you found a solution to this problem? I have been using my Galaxy Watch with Spotify since I purchased the watch back in September, but as of the latest update I am experiencing the same issue of my music not resuming after a running audio cue. I either have to turn off notifications to hear my music for my entire run, or I get to listen to music for about four and a half minutes when my 1st km notification occurs.
Thanks
EbertsR said:
Good day... by any chance have you found a solution to this problem? I have been using my Galaxy Watch with Spotify since I purchased the watch back in September, but as of the latest update I am experiencing the same issue of my music not resuming after a running audio cue. I either have to turn off notifications to hear my music for my entire run, or I get to listen to music for about four and a half minutes when my 1st km notification occurs.
Thanks
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I have the very same issue. Although I find I can manually kick of the music via Spotify again on the watch with some perseverance. Complete pain in the back side when you are jogging though! If you find / have found a solution, please share. Thanks.
On my watch, the audio guide, which I have set to give me info every 1 km, doesn't 'dip' the sound while I'm listening to any music or other audio like it used to. If I have no music going at all, and only my bluetooth headphones on, it works normally. THe other thing is, if I am running without the watch connected to my bluetooth headphones, it works fine through the watch's speaker. THis watch is so full of bugs. I'm seriously thinking of moving on to a Fitbit Ionic or something.
After three hours:
Problem solved!
On you watch
Go to Apps
Go to S Health
You see the heart, then
Scroll down running man figure - it says “record your workout. Click on it.
Click on bubble with “work out”
There is a list now of all work out types
Click on the relevant settings cog
In the list select guide frequency
Click **** off you *****! NONE!!!!!
LOL, good to know! Cheers
S22 ultra on verizon.
This started in the last two weeks. If I connect to bluetooth, either android auto in the car or a Jabra headset. Ok Google functions while using them, but as soon as disconnected does not work further. In fact it appears Google voice keyboard, google assistant, and google voice search simply cannot hear me. In each case the a amplitude lines do not move, as if I am being silent. If I turn off Bluetooth, and turn off voice matching, and wait some undetermined amount of time and turn voice match back on, on Google resumes responding. It seems like it is only listening for the disconnected Bluetooth connection not my microphone. However the microphone use indicator, green dot, does appear. If I make a phone call or use voice recorder the mic is working, just not in Google apps.
Again, this only happens after Bluetooth use, and only appears a problem in Google apps assistant, voice search, or Google keyboard.
Also, rebooting has no effect, so far its been 2 days since I was in the car and still not working.
and today i tried changing the language in google to no effect. Then i tried switching to bixby and still it did not indicate it could hear me. I turned off voice match, i cleared cache and data from the assistant app, i cleared data on the google app. I rebooted and cleared cache from the boot menu
i made 2 phone calls and both worked. I used the sound recorder app, that worked, but no app that uses background listening, even when they are in the foreground, indicates it can hear anything.
I've rebooted several times. and tonight, out of no where, just for the f of it I said "ok google" and it is working again and probably will until i connect to bluetooth again.ugh
Anyone have a suggestion for the next time this happens?
You have given permission to microphone access?
You want to ensure ok google is turned on in your Google settings.
justinturner said:
You have given permission to microphone access?
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Yep the little green mic access shows up each time.
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You want to ensure ok google is turned on in your Google settings.
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It is, and it's enabled in Google voice typing and Google search, as well as Bixby.
So after working for 10 minutes last night, back to the same symptom ok google not responding, Google voice keyboard not hearing anything, voice search same, Bixby more of the same.
This seems like the issue I had with android auto where maps disappears because something was being put in deep sleep. F'ing Samsung. I don't need you to protect my battery so aggressively.
Anyone have a suggestion?
couldn't take it anymore so i wiped the phone and started over. It has happened twice since. it almost seems like if ok google has been triggered but nothing is asked of it, that breaks it. although i have had it connect up to android auto in the car once or twice in the last week so maybe it is still that. I have no idea.
When it wasn't working to say ok google in the car it can still be triggered with the steering wheel button, but if it is not connected to the car, trying to trigger it manually does not work, it will not "hear" when the mic is supposedly active. But phone calls and sound recorder work fine.