Google Now And S-Voice - T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General

Today I found out that S-voice and Google Now are linked together on the Note 4. When I turned off S-voice. I couldn't do a voice search with Google now, nothing happen. So I went into Google now settings and saw that the check boxes was unchecked. I tried to recheck them; but it would let me. So I thought about it for a minute. Then I remembered I had turned off S voice. So I turned S voice back on. Sure enough , it was the cause for Google Now not working. They are now linked. One wont work with out the other.

Yea, I'm coming from the Moto X and was excited when I heard the Note 4 has that always listening capability. However, in my couple of days with it, I've found it to be very finicky and just not working when I actually need it to. When I'm testing after a reboot or changing settings, it works fine. Seems like once the phone goes into deep sleep or something it stops listening, but it is intermittent.
Are you saying that I have to turn both Google Now and S Voice on and set them both to always listening for them to work? So I'd use "Hi Galaxy" to launch S Voice and "OK Google" to launch Google Now? I'll try that and see if that makes it work more consistently.

ra990 said:
Yea, I'm coming from the Moto X and was excited when I heard the Note 4 has that always listening capability. However, in my couple of days with it, I've found it to be very finicky and just not working when I actually need it to. When I'm testing after a reboot or changing settings, it works fine. Seems like once the phone goes into deep sleep or something it stops listening, but it is intermittent.
Are you saying that I have to turn both Google Now and S Voice on and set them both to always listening for them to work? So I'd use "Hi Galaxy" to launch S Voice and "OK Google" to launch Google Now? I'll try that and see if that makes it work more consistently.
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They will still work independently; But if you go in to applications settings to turn off S-voice; Google Now voice wont work. I personally don't like S voice. I rather use Google Now voice search.

I'm also having a problem where saying "OK Google" when the screen is off will launch Google Now (I can hear the familiar beeps) but the screen doesn't turn on. S-voice seems to turn the screen on always when it works.

ra990 said:
I'm also having a problem where saying "OK Google" when the screen is off will launch Google Now (I can hear the familiar beeps) but the screen doesn't turn on. S-voice seems to turn the screen on always when it works.
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My Google Now works fine. In the Google now settings' it has two check boxes. One for always on and one for when locked. Do you have both of those checked? By checking both of those will allow you to activate it when the screen is locked.

Yes, I have both selected. I think it has to do with the DynamicNotification app I've installed to mimic Moto X's Active Display notifications. It messes with Google Now's ability to turn the screen on.

I have also noticed it doesn't work after a deep sleep or something. Very discouraging when your friend sees you yelling OK GOOGLE at your phone lol.
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I am not a fan of S Voice. In the S Voice settings I have unchecked "open via the home key" and turned "voice wake up" off.
In the Google Now Voice settings, I checked "always on" in the "ok Google detection" section.
S Voice doesn't get in my way. I may have to retrain Google now, it keeps opening anytime I say ok anything lol!
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ra990 said:
Yes, I have both selected. I think it has to do with the DynamicNotification app I've installed to mimic Moto X's Active Display notifications. It messes with Google Now's ability to turn the screen on.
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Please let that not be the case! Once I get rooted I want to re-install that app! It was awesome on my Note 3.
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Trev420 said:
I have also noticed it doesn't work after a deep sleep or something. Very discouraging when your friend sees you yelling OK GOOGLE at your phone lol.
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I'm not seeing that, but I will keep testing just to make sure!
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DieHappy said:
I am not a fan of S Voice. In the S Voice settings I have unchecked "open via the home key" and turned "voice wake up" off.
In the Google Now Voice settings, I checked "always on" in the "ok Google detection" section.
S Voice doesn't get in my way. I may have to retrain Google now, it keeps opening anytime I say ok anything lol!
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I haven't even set up S-Voice, but I know it's tied to the home key by default. And we all know what that means on a Samsung phone...Lag!!!!
Interestingly enough, Poopypants revealed that the recents key also serves as a menu key if you long-press it! Theory is that double duty is where the sometimes lag in 'recent apps' comes from.

blade7840 said:
Today I found out that S-voice and Google Now are linked together on the Note 4. When I turned off S-voice. I couldn't do a voice search with Google now, nothing happen. So I went into Google now settings and saw that the check boxes was unchecked. I tried to recheck them; but it would let me. So I thought about it for a minute. Then I remembered I had turned off S voice. So I turned S voice back on. Sure enough , it was the cause for Google Now not working. They are now linked. One wont work with out the other.
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Can't be the case. I disabled S-Voice and I use Google Now ("OK Google") all day everyday.
Try re-disabling S-Voice, then clearing Google search data and set up Google Now again. I promise it works.
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I should state, however - it won't allow you to say "OK Google" when the screen is off (unless charging) without leaving S-Voice enabled. However, all other functions will work normally without S-Voice.

ingenious247 said:
Can't be the case. I disabled S-Voice and I use Google Now ("OK Google") all day everyday.
Try re-disabling S-Voice, then clearing Google search data and set up Google Now again. I promise it works.
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I should state, however - it won't allow you to say "OK Google" when the screen is off (unless charging) without leaving S-Voice enabled. However, all other functions will work normally without S-Voice.
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Okay, I'll try that.

Trev420 said:
I have also noticed it doesn't work after a deep sleep or something. Very discouraging when your friend sees you yelling OK GOOGLE at your phone lol.
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I've tested several times since yesterday and mine always responds when in deep sleep.

I hope this is related to this discussion. I have Google Now and S-Voice working, except that "Enable Voice feedback" in S-Voice is grayed out. Can someone tell me how to get that working?
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JimSmith94 said:
I hope this is related to this discussion. I have Google Now and S-Voice working, except that "Enable Voice feedback" in S-Voice is grayed out. Can someone tell me how to get that working?
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have exactly the same problem

ingenious247 said:
Can't be the case. I disabled S-Voice and I use Google Now ("OK Google") all day everyday.
Try re-disabling S-Voice, then clearing Google search data and set up Google Now again. I promise it works.
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I should state, however - it won't allow you to say "OK Google" when the screen is off (unless charging) without leaving S-Voice enabled. However, all other functions will work normally without S-Voice.
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Just tried this and it works fine. Thanks

So, I'm sure like many of you, past experience with S-Voice and it's recognition system, command sets and wanting to confirm every little command you give it has spoiled your outlook on using S-Voice....
....but I can't help but feel I might be missing something on my new phone by just disabling it right off the bat!
Has anyone even tried using it again this time around to see if it has improved? Or at least coming from a newer phone like the S5 (I'm jumping from the S4) that would indicate progress or just more of the same old crap?
Google Now really is awesome and has the absolute best voice recognition of any system I've used, but considering S-Voice is tied into touchwiz, it's got great potential for phone management commands if they get it right.
Anyone even play with it?

p()()pypants said:
So, I'm sure like many of you, past experience with S-Voice and it's recognition system, command sets and wanting to confirm every little command you give it has spoiled your outlook on using S-Voice....
....but I can't help but feel I might be missing something on my new phone by just disabling it right off the bat!
Has anyone even tried using it again this time around to see if it has improved? Or at least coming from a newer phone like the S5 (I'm jumping from the S4) that would indicate progress or just more of the same old crap?
Google Now really is awesome and has the absolute best voice recognition of any system I've used, but considering S-Voice is tied into touchwiz, it's got great potential for phone management commands if they get it right.
Anyone even play with it?
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It's much better for me. When I long press my BT headset S-Voice isn't full screen, it just beeps and doesn't wish me a good day or confirm my command. It just accurately dials the person and phone number I ask it to.
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JimSmith94 said:
It's much better for me. When I long press my BT headset S-Voice isn't full screen, it just beeps and doesn't wish me a good day or confirm my command. It just accurately dials the person and phone number I ask it to.
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That's promising.
I may give it a try.
Have you sent any text messages, launched apps or made calender notes using S-Voice yet?

p()()pypants said:
That's promising.
I may give it a try.
Have you sent any text messages, launched apps or made calender notes using S-Voice yet?
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I've made a few Google Search type searches, but mostly use it for hands free calling.
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look like someone on android central got it figured out that if you cant get ok google to work from deep sleep a rouge app is causing it to fail, in my case android wear was actually giving me issues.

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[Q] Svoice voice Wake up?

I've been trying to figure this out since I got the phone, I need some help. How do you wake up the phone while the screen is off using voice?
I turned "voice wake up" on in the svoice settings but it doesn't work. Some people say this was never a feature but apps like "S for switch voice" claim it's a working feature.
It would be awesome if anyone can help,
Thanks
Jeeab said:
I've been trying to figure this out since I got the phone, I need some help. How do you wake up the phone while the screen is off using voice?
I turned "voice wake up" on in the svoice settings but it doesn't work. Some people say this was never a feature but apps like "S for switch voice" claim it's a working feature.
It would be awesome if anyone can help,
Thanks
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I don't believe this is a feature: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...-wake-up-not-working-s-voice.html#post3586811
spuniun said:
I don't believe this is a feature: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...-wake-up-not-working-s-voice.html#post3586811
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I just chatted with Samsung live chat thing. They said it is a feature
"Alastair: Hi, thank you for contacting Samsung Technical Support. How may I help you today?
Visitor: Hi, can you explain to me how to get my Galaxy S5 to wake up while the screen is off using S voice?
Alastair: I understand that you require information how to wake up the device using S Voice. Is that correct?
Visitor: yes
Alastair: Thank you for confirming.
Alastair: May I know the model number of the device? You may find it in Applications>Settings>General>About Device. You can also find the model number beneath the Phone's battery. Generally model number starts with SGH,SPH,SCH,GT or SM.
Visitor: SM-g900v
Alastair: Thank you for the model number.
Alastair: I would like to inform you that you need to say "Hello Galaxy" to wake up the device.
Visitor: can i do this while the screen is off?
Alastair: Yes, the device will wake up when the screen is off."
After a long chat, and factory resetting, they recommended me to return it to Verizon. Still cant get it to work
Guess I will wait and see if this problem is addressed by Samsung, or if the Samsung live chat person has no idea what they are talking about.
I can't get S Voice to wake up at all - Ok Google works fine for Google Now but the default wake up command and my custom wake up command are doing nothing to wake up S Voice.
I'm glad I see no point to S Voice considering the robustness of Google Now.
I'm having same issue, s voice won't wake phone no matter what. I figured eh whatever cause google now is awesome:thumbup:
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I don't mean to bump this thread but I figured it out if anyone is interested.
Turn on Car mode then exit out (make sure you still have the steering wheel notification in the status bar). Now you can say "hi galaxy" whenever.
What makes this good is that you can download "S for switch voice" app on the play store. That opens Google Now instead of Svoice. Works just like a Moto X now
Jeeab said:
I don't mean to bump this thread but I figured it out if anyone is interested.
Turn on Car mode then exit out (make sure you still have the steering wheel notification in the status bar). Now you can say "hi galaxy" whenever.
What makes this good is that you can download "S for switch voice" app on the play store. That opens Google Now instead of Svoice. Works just like a Moto X now
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Cool, but you need to keep Car Mode enabled?
spuniun said:
Cool, but you need to keep Car Mode enabled?
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I guess so. Looks like it's the best we are gonna get
I thought would ask on this thread to keep the spam down.
Can this svoice wakeup thing be achieved now that we have root? I mean the function is already there with car mode, but maybe someone could strip down the car mode to have it only wake up with voice, and not mess with Bluetooth or restrict minimum volume.
I know this requires more work then I can imagine and is probably pretty low on anyone's priority list, but if anyone could tell me how to do it or link me to a fix, that would be awesome.
Thanks
I think u should bump this question again to the main Q&A. I would also love to have this figured out, just not sure if any one is following this post any more.
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[PSA] OK Google works with the screen off!

Just a PSA for all you guys. If you go into the google search settings, tap voice, enable audio history, then set up the OK google training, there's an option for having it listen when the screen is off.
This basically works by using s voice to set up the OK google command, then instead of launching s voice when the command is heard, it launches google now. It works pretty seamlessly and (as far as I can tell) as good as the Moto X.
aooga said:
Just a PSA for all you guys. If you go into the google search settings, tap voice, enable audio history, then set up the OK google training, there's an option for having it listen when the screen is off.
This basically works by using s voice to set up the OK google command, then instead of launching s voice when the command is heard, it launches google now. It works pretty seamlessly and (as far as I can tell) as good as the Moto X.
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thats great news! I really enjoy using that with Nova on my M8, and was hoping it would work on the Note 4.
wase4711 said:
thats great news! I really enjoy using that with Nova on my M8, and was hoping it would work on the Note 4.
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You mean nova launcher? Or is this something that I don't know about? The Note 4 does this like the Moto X with that extra "chip" in the processor.
aooga said:
Just a PSA for all you guys. If you go into the google search settings, tap voice, enable audio history, then set up the OK google training, there's an option for having it listen when the screen is off.
This basically works by using s voice to set up the OK google command, then instead of launching s voice when the command is heard, it launches google now. It works pretty seamlessly and (as far as I can tell) as good as the Moto X.
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How's the battery life with it enabled?
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scoobrel said:
How's the battery life with it enabled?
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No different. It's just like the Moto X in that it uses a separate low power core to listen for that command.
aooga said:
You mean nova launcher? Or is this something that I don't know about? The Note 4 does this like the Moto X with that extra "chip" in the processor.
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yeah, nova launcher enables that on the M8, and I really got used to using it!
aooga said:
No different. It's just like the Moto X in that it uses a separate low power core to listen for that command.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.
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aooga said:
No different. It's just like the Moto X in that it uses a separate low power core to listen for that command.
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Not true, I'm noticing my phone won't go into deep sleep with it on.
It does work with OK Google.
But if you use a custom phrase, that works to wake up the phone but doesn't work on the home screen.
So there you still have to say OK Google.
DrexelDragon said:
Not true, I'm noticing my phone won't go into deep sleep with it on.
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It might be another app that's doing that. The 805 chip has a dedicated always listening chip. The entire point is for it to not affect the battery. Use it the entire day and see if you really get any worse battery life than with it off. I can assure you you won't.
aooga said:
Just a PSA for all you guys. If you go into the google search settings, tap voice, enable audio history, then set up the OK google training, there's an option for having it listen when the screen is off.
This basically works by using s voice to set up the OK google command, then instead of launching s voice when the command is heard, it launches google now. It works pretty seamlessly and (as far as I can tell) as good as the Moto X.
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Thanks for the tip, I would've never found out about it. Awesome little feature.
aooga said:
It might be another app that's doing that. The 805 chip has a dedicated always listening chip. The entire point is for it to not affect the battery. Use it the entire day and see if you really get any worse battery life than with it off. I can assure you you won't.
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Absolutely correct. .. here is a good read if you would like to know about 805 that you are using:
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/audio
What type of commands do you all use for this?
barfingmonkey said:
What type of commands do you all use for this?
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basic stuff like "call____"
"message______"
"email_____"
"listen to ______"
here's a link with tons of other stuff you can say to it..
http://www.greenbot.com/article/2359684/a-list-of-all-the-ok-google-voice-commands.html
Cool, thanks
Not OK Google
I can't get my voice training to work. When I get to the screen where it prompts me to say "OK Google" 4 times to train it, after I press the Mic button it never registers my voice... just sits there at 0/4 attempts. I have rebooted, etc.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
robroy90 said:
I can't get my voice training to work. When I get to the screen where it prompts me to say "OK Google" 4 times to train it, after I press the Mic button it never registers my voice... just sits there at 0/4 attempts. I have rebooted, etc.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Have you by chance disabled the s-voice app?
when the screen is off and i say ok google, the sound pop up but the screen stay off and it doesn't search. when i turned on the screen it just say (say ok google or tap mic)
aooga said:
Have you by chance disabled the s-voice app?
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THANK YOU! I went into the S-Voice settings (because I had done nothing with it since getting the phone) and first went through all the configuration of S-Voice. Left that app, went back into it and turned all of the S-Voice features off, and then went back to the Google Search settings and into the Voice portion. I then was able to train OK Google the required 4 times. It now works great. Uttering an "OK Google" with the screen off (and locked) will invoke it. Works just like I have wanted it to ever since I saw the feature on the Moto X and was always frustrated I couldn't have it on a better phone!
So guys your saying that ok google depends on svoice still? In other words of you freeze svoice with titanium backup, "Ok Google" command will not work with the screen off? Can someone check please?

Note 4 with "Ok Google" While Screen is off

No root, no need to download or install anything.
This work for other devices as well as the Note 4. This enables the Google now "Ok Google" Feature where you can active Google now while the screen is off. This is something like the Moto X feature.
How To:
1) Open Google Now
2) Go to Google Now Settings
3) Click on "Voice"
4) Enable "Audio History"
5) Click "Ok Google Detection"
6)Click "Always on" and follow the remaining directions.
You Can also watch this How To Video if you want:
If you device is unsupported or it just wont work, then there is an app called "Open Mic+ for Google Now" which does this for you.
This also works on the Lg G3, Nexus 5, and Galaxy S5, from what I know. Please feel free to try other devices and let me know if they work as well.
Mod Edit: closed as a duplicate.
I wonder what phone features will work with this.
Piercing Heavens said:
I wonder what phone features will work with this.
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works with text and calling. You have to allow Google to store and access your contacts in order to do it.
Does anyone have any idea as to whether or not you'll be able to change the trigger words to something else? "Okay, google" feels kind of clumsy haha.
Piercing Heavens said:
I wonder what phone features will work with this.
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"Navigate to _____ on car/on walk"
"Set an alarm for tomorrow at 7PM"
"Convert __ inches to meters"
"What's the 17% of 2,000?"
"What's the square root of __?"
"What's a black widow?"
"What actor starred in Mrs. Doubtfire?"
"Call dad"
"Text dad, Hey how are you old man, question mark"
"How far is it from Minneapolis to England?"
"Give me information on flight ____"
"Do a barrel-roll"
etc..
Trinatek said:
Does anyone have any idea as to whether or not you'll be able to change the trigger words to something else? "Okay, google" feels kind of clumsy haha.
"Navigate to _____ on car/on walk"
"Set an alarm for tomorrow at 7PM"
"Convert __ inches to meters"
"What's the 17% of 2,000?"
"What's the square root of __?"
"What's a black widow?"
"What actor starred in Mrs. Doubtfire?"
"Call dad"
"Text dad, Hey how are you old man, question mark"
"How far is it from Minneapolis to England?"
"Give me information on flight ____"
"Do a barrel-roll"
etc..
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You forgot "Beam me up scotty" .. Awesome list.
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You forgot "Beam me up scotty" .. Awesome list.
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"when am i" is also a good one, and i think "ok jarvis" might still work too.
anyone try s-voice with the screen off? or am i one of the only ones that still likes s-voice? on the note 3 it was beautiful, before google's screen off voice recognition came about. on the s4 it's worthless. hoping they might revamp it, but hey, who knows.
derrtydee said:
"when am i" is also a good one, and i think "ok jarvis" might still work too.
anyone try s-voice with the screen off? or am i one of the only ones that still likes s-voice? on the note 3 it was beautiful, before google's screen off voice recognition came about. on the s4 it's worthless. hoping they might revamp it, but hey, who knows.
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I believe you can set it to ""ok jarvis" instead of okay google.
Tested and it works. "Ok Jarvis" is now my go to command.
blackout720 said:
Tested and it works. "Ok Jarvis" is now my go to command.
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okay now how do we get it to talk in a jarvis voice?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D156TfHpE1Q
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okay now how do we get it to talk in a jarvis voice?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D156TfHpE1Q
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closest i could get was a hot british chick. but i'm sure that with root we could probably load the voice synthesis data in place of the stock one. (for the hot british chick, open google now, go to settings, then voice, then choose the different version of english.)
Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
skrubol said:
Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
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Yes I do find it creepy. I also found that Google Now doesn't search what I want, maybe that's just me.
It seems I get best results by simple opening Google search and entering one or two words on my topic of interest.
I also do not like that Now is trying to decide what I like or what I would think relevant. Again that's just me.
I turned it off completely. Each to his own!
skrubol said:
Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
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Google, FBI, Your Mom, Laptop, Tablet, Desktop, Gaming System, Handheld Gaming System. Any one of these can be listening in on you at any time, but why would they? Are you a drug lord? Hahah Jokes.
skrubol said:
Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
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Nope. If anyone is listening, they're probably bored to tears.
blackout720 said:
I believe you can set it to ""ok jarvis" instead of okay google.
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For some reason, I can't get it to recognize anything except "ok google". Tried ok jarvis, and many others. Any trick to getting a different command to work?
I've never really figured out if people think that actual people are "listening" to what we say or "reading" our texts and email.
Nobody is. It's all code. . It's not stored and read by others later, it's not information used by human beings. It's simply information used as variables for function calls in the code. The audio the mic picks up is fed into a stack of information blocks in a first in last out method. Each sample in the stack is analyzed, not by words spoken but by the signal analysis of the detected noises. All of the noises are converted to a spectrum via Fourier analysis and then any pattern that matches the expected pattern will trigger the interrupt condition needed to turn the phone on. "Okay jarvis" has a frequency domain spectrum very similar to "okay google", thats why it works too. Any noise the mic picks up that does not match the expected pattern of noises are simply lost.
A similar process is used for email and text parsing. I know this stuff can seem scary and dubious but it's really just basic computing. Everything is converted to 1s and 0s. It's easy to let our imaginations run wild when we don't understand how something works. Imagine turning on a lighter or using a flashlight a few thousand years ago. Those things would be magical, and most likely destroyed on the spot along with the "demon" that had them.
blackout720 said:
No root, no need to download or install anything.
This work for other devices as well as the Note 4. This enables the Google now "Ok Google" Feature where you can active Google now while the screen is off. This is something like the Moto X feature.
How To:
1) Open Google Now
2) Go to Google Now Settings
3) Click on "Voice"
4) Enable "Audio History"
5) Click "Ok Google Detection"
6)Click "Always on" and follow the remaining directions.
You Can also watch this How To Video if you want:
If you device is unsupported or it just wont work, then there is an app called "Open Mic+ for Google Now" which does this for you.
This also works on the Lg G3, Nexus 5, and Galaxy S5, from what I know. Please feel free to try other devices and let me know if they work as well.
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On a side note, if you disable S Voice, this will NOT work. Also, even if you have lock password or fingerprint it will still work.
bythe said:
On a side note, if you disable S Voice, this will NOT work. Also, even if you have lock password or fingerprint it will still work.
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Yes, I found out the same after disabling S Voice. I have been able to wake the phone up with an "OK, Google" though I must say it hasn't worked consistently.
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Tasker Users on Pixel

I am a relatively new Tasker user but I'm already a Tasker addict. I have like 8 - 10 plug-ins and no clue how to even wrap my brain around what I can do with them all! I do have about 20 profiles already and absolutely love it.
I thought maybe we could have a thread in here devoted to using Tasker with our Pixels. Some phone specific things may apply, considering our Android version and the existence of our Assistant. I'll share some profiles I have and feel free to share ones you find helpful!
1) When I go to Target, it automatically opens up Cartwheel app and my shopping list app, turns off GPS, and increases screen on time to 2 minutes before timing out. When I leave Target, it sets things back to normal and texts my wife that I'm leaving Target.
2) At work, my phone goes to vibrate mode and my WiFi/data are turned off along with location. I can't use my phone during work anyway (I teach) so it just kills my battery all day usually due to bad signal in my room.
3) If I text "FINDME" to my phone, it turns up the volume, blasts a song, turns on the screen and the flashlight. Upon finding it, a quick shake back and forth resets everything to normal.
4) My night mode turns sounds all off and turns on Blue Light filter.
5) If I open up Google Maps, my GPS goes to high accuracy mode and volume is turned up.
This is an awesome thread idea. I'm going to be messing around with it so I'll post once I come up with some good ones. Interesting to see what other people use it for.
For number 5 is it possible to have GPS turn on when opening google maps and then turn it back off when I fully quit the app? I keep my GPS off at all times.
aholeinthewor1d said:
This is an awesome thread idea. I'm going to be messing around with it so I'll post once I come up with some good ones. Interesting to see what other people use it for.
For number 5 is it possible to have GPS turn on when opening google maps and then turn it back off when I fully quit the app? I keep my GPS off at all times.
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Absolutely, you just toggle "Location Services" instead of "Location Mode". You'll need the free plug-in "secure settings" to accomplish this. That's a tremendous app, so I'd get the pro version if you don't mind the $1.50 charge. It opens up so many possibilities.
Speaking of which, I hope to see some awesome integration with the Google Assistant. Between the Assistant and Tasker, that would be an amazing duo.
PsiPhiDan said:
Absolutely, you just toggle "Location Services" instead of "Location Mode". You'll need the free plug-in "secure settings" to accomplish this. That's a tremendous app, so I'd get the pro version if you don't mind the $1.50 charge. It opens up so many possibilities.
Speaking of which, I hope to see some awesome integration with the Google Assistant. Between the Assistant and Tasker, that would be an amazing duo.
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Is there even a free version? I'm only seeing one version for $2.99
aholeinthewor1d said:
Is there even a free version? I'm only seeing one version for $2.99
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Tasker is $2.99. Are we talking about the same app?
Secure Settings is free. I had it for weeks before I bought the pro version this week. I think the pro version was $1.50 though. Definitely not $2.99.
PsiPhiDan said:
Tasker is $2.99. Are we talking about the same app?
Secure Settings is free. I had it for weeks before I bought the pro version this week. I think the pro version was $1.50 though. Definitely not $2.99.
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Ah sorry read your other response wrong I thought it was saying tasker had a free version and the pro version was $1.50
aholeinthewor1d said:
Ah sorry read your other response wrong I thought it was saying tasker had a free version and the pro version was $1.50
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Tasker does have a free trial though. It's not available on the Play Store but you can download the APK on the developer's site. You can Google it and try it out. That's how I got addicted! Bought it within 12 hours. Haha.
PsiPhiDan said:
Tasker does have a free trial though. It's not available on the Play Store but you can download the APK on the developer's site. You can Google it and try it out. That's how I got addicted! Bought it within 12 hours. Haha.
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Haha yup.I just got it. Watching YouTube tutorials now to learn the basics
6) One of my other profiles is when I plug in my headphones, it launched my music app (Gonemad Media Player) and turns the media volume to the level I like. Upon unplugging, the media volume is restored to normal and Tasker kills the app.
PsiPhiDan said:
4) My night mode turns sounds all off and turns on Blue Light filter. .
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How specifically did you use Tasker to turn on the blue light filter?
Hm. I opened secure settings and saw this..
but root works for multiple other apps.
I love using having Tasker on my Pixel! I still haven't made as many plugins as I need to but once I get my head wrapped around its full potential I'll certainly make more tasks.
Right now I have: Off Mobile Data @ Home & On Wifi
Lower media volume after 10pm for my mobile games.
Turn off all sorts of things like bluetooth, wifi, location, when battery is below 25 (kinda defeats the purpose of android's built in power saver right?)
I like your Google Maps idea, and I think I'll do something like that too.
Hope to learn more task tips on this thread!
aholeinthewor1d said:
Hm. I opened secure settings and saw this..
but root works for multiple other apps.
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Systemless root.
Try the fix here, I believe it's the one that worked for me last time I had this issue.
https://dammit.nl/p/962
Edit.
Btw, I haven't had this issue since the original version of SuperSU was released for our phones.
Are you using an old version of root?
Or maybe it's because I'm on custom ROM's lately (selinux = permissive)
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Tasker + Secure Settings = automation heaven.
I want to get into AutoApps someday too. Just haven't really sat down and learned the extra functionality though.
Been waiting for better OK Google functionality to come around before I bother learning anything heavy duty.
As it is, I have six Tasker profiles that meet most of my needs.
aholeinthewor1d said:
Hm. I opened secure settings and saw this..
but root works for multiple other apps.
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Secure settings hasn't been updated in a long time and that's what the problem is here. It doesn't know about systemless root so it looks in the wrong place for it. There is a work around for it but I don't have a link handy at this time. Some say it works for them and some say it doesn't. I haven't tried it yet so I can't say one way or the other. If I can find a link to the thread, I'll post it here unless somebody else does first.
I used to use it all the time for turning on GPS whenever Maps or Ulysee Speedometer was started. It worked great.
Also use Tasker to return to the home screen after hanging up a call. I always hated that hanging up the phone would return me to the phone app and I'd have to press the home or back button to get out of it. A small annoyance, I know but it was just one of those things I got sick of and with necessity being the mother of invention, I took care of it with Tasker.
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[/COLOR]Tasker + Secure Settings = automation heaven.
I want to get into AutoApps someday too. Just haven't really sat down and learned the extra functionality though.
Been waiting for better OK Google functionality to come around before I bother learning anything heavy duty.
As it is, I have six Tasker profiles that meet most of my needs.
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AutoApps is worth it. Opens up so much more. I listen to music all day long and had a profile made up where you could text me "#current" and it would respond back what I was listening to or if no music was playing. Then I found AutoSpotify. So, if nothing was playing you could text "#listento" and a song/artist/album, it would check to make sure headphones were in and that I wasn't in a call, then open whatever was suggested in Spotify. I primarily use Pandora but create playlists in Spotify so had another profile that I could long press volume down and it would pull the track info from Pandora, give me a list of my current playlists on Spotify, and give me an option to add it to one of them or create a new playlist.
I started noticing that I was missing texts (I would get the notification sound but would have no notification and no new text in Textra) so I scrapped anything that needed to intercept new texts. Created a little pop-up with %SMSRF and %SMSRB and sure enough it would display a new text but there'd be no trace of it on my phone.
aholeinthewor1d said:
Hm. I opened secure settings and saw this..
but root works for multiple other apps.
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Look at this, worked for me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...ersu-v2-05-t2868133/post68700891#post68700891
Most of my Tasker use with my previous phone was to save battery for longer standby times, or to automate routine tasks. I've been using the phone for a couple months without Tasker, but these are probably what I'd like to put back on first.
1) Automatically turn off Wifi when not plugged in after a set time with the screen off. I've had the Pixel chew through my battery a few times from accidentally leaving Wifi on, so this is the biggest one to start using again.
2) Turn autobrightness on or off depending on light sensor reading when screen turns on. I'm generally not a fan of autobrightness, so I had my prior phone use a set brightness in lower-light situations and to turn on autobrightness when the light sensor reading exceeded a pre-selected value.
3) Turn off Bluetooth after set parameters. My previous phone couldn't cast to the TV, so my prior routine will need to change to allow casting.
4) Turn on Bluetooth in the car and launch navigation or another app. My prior phone had a phone-specific car dock that I used to launch the car-specific task, so I'll need to come up with some other way to determine the phone is in the car.
5) Automatically sync when plugged in and connected to home Wifi. I have sync turned off, so I just have Tasker automatically sync when charging at home.
6) Toggle 4G LTE on or off to save battery when not needed. I used Gravitybox for this sort of thing previously, so right now I'm not sure what I could use for changing the cellular settings on the Pixel.
aholeinthewor1d said:
Hm. I opened secure settings and saw this..
but root works for multiple other apps.
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robotnikz said:
Look at this, worked for me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...ersu-v2-05-t2868133/post68700891#post68700891
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This is what I found worked as well. Straight from the man himself (ChainFire?).
spursdude said:
How specifically did you use Tasker to turn on the blue light filter?
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You can use AutoTools. Worth the $1 or whatever it costs.
7) If the screen is on, the phone is in landscape mode, and Google Maps is open, the phone kicks into driving mode (not all my cars in the family have BT so I went a different route so I can use this wherever with my universal phone mount). This increases volume, turns on GPS, increases screen brightness, and allows me to wave my hand past the proximity sensor to turn off the screen (not locked though, so it will still open hands-free with my trusted voice plus OK Google). That last part required a shell command and root access. It's awesome though.

Voice recognition issue

Hi,
Voice recognition is not working any more on my OP5. For instance, if I want to speech an SMS text, I press the mike icon, the google speech box appears , but the sound is not registered. Same issue with google Assistant : "OK GOOGLE" not working any more and if I press the micro icon, a dot line appears but no result.
I checked the microphone by registring a file : it's working properly.
I have already tried an hard reset : no success.
My OP5 is not rooted and I am using the official ROM.
Thanks for your help
Settings>Apps>Tap the Gear icon top right>Tap Assist & voice input and make sure you choose Google in Assist app
Thanks for your answer. Google was correctly settled as assist app. Still not working.
I mean if you're stock, completely wiped everything, and it still doesn't work, but Mic still records... that's weird. I assume other apps like Cortana work fine?
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Make sure you do a clean install.. not restore from backup. And make sure your Google privacy settings are okay.
Hi,
I fully wiped the phone. I tried with a brand new email adress. No joy !
And cortana works fine
I downloaded the update (oxygen 4.5.13 android 7.1.1). Still no joy
When I go to activities log on my google account, I can find empty audio files for each time I tried a voice recognition (search mike icon)
You are right : it's weird !!!
Update Google app, then go check through all settings to be sure everything is switched on that you need. Will also need to retrain "ok Google". I had the same problem as you, and some other voice and typing issues.
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Hi,
Already tried. Impossible to achieve. When I try to register my "ok google" 3 times, it's stuck on the first trial.
Same thing if I try to speech a sms or a text.
brck26 said:
Hi,
Already tried. Impossible to achieve. When I try to register my "ok google" 3 times, it's stuck on the first trial.
Same thing if I try to speech a sms or a text.
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Check your app permissions. Go to Apps, then got gear wheel in top right corner. Tap on App permissions, scroll and tap Microphone. Go through list of Apps, make sure switch is turned on for Google and any other app you may need microphone turned on for. Maybe this will help.
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Thanx for your help but already checked ! Honestly... It's so weird. Cortana is ok but not Google Assistant.
All permissions ok.
I am lost ?
brck26 said:
Thanx for your help but already checked ! Honestly... It's so weird. Cortana is ok but not Google Assistant.
All permissions ok.
I am lost [emoji45]
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Sorry it didn't work. I had problems with my OP5 too with the "Ok Google" and speech to text. I looked everywhere in the phone settings and messed with Google Assistant. Even uninstalled and reinstalled Google App and Uninstalled updates to any Play store and services. Eventually, through all of this i finally got mine to work. And, i updated my Oxygen OS from 4.5.5 to 4.5.10 too. Keep trying and don't give up. Good Luck. [emoji3]
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brck26 said:
Thanx for your help but already checked ! Honestly... It's so weird. Cortana is ok but not Google Assistant.
All permissions ok.
I am lost [emoji45]
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If you still haven't had any luck, you might try taking a look at this page from Google. https://support.google.com/websearch/forum/AAAAgtjJeM40g8Ku3a_N4o/?hl=en
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Still not working. Yesterday it worked during one hour. But I did nothing spécial. Then it stopped again. It' becoming paranormal !
brck26 said:
Still not working. Yesterday it worked during one hour. But I did nothing spécial. Then it stopped again. It' becoming paranormal !
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I noticed mine occasionally was working intermittently, regarding the voice typing/speech to text. I have since installed Google Now launcher and switched home launcher, to that instead of the OnePlus 5 home launcher. Now it seems to be working perfectly every time. Maybe give that a try..
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1car2trucks said:
I noticed mine occasionally was working intermittently, regarding the voice typing/speech to text. I have since installed Google Now launcher and switched home launcher, to that instead of the OnePlus 5 home launcher. Now it seems to be working perfectly every time. Maybe give that a try..
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Hi,
I noticed two interesting points :
. Every time I try to use Google voice recognition in an application (SMS for example), there is a short notice telling that the audio file will be registered in my google account
. When I check my activities on line in my google account, I can find short file of few seconds (with no voice) every time related to my voice recognition trials.
brck26 said:
Hi,
I noticed two interesting points :
. Every time I try to use Google voice recognition in an application (SMS for example), there is a short notice telling that the audio file will be registered in my google account
. When I check my activities on line in my google account, I can find short file of few seconds (with no voice) every time related to my voice recognition trials.
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What sms app are you using? I have seen some sms apps show that notice, but the one I'm using right now doesn't ever show me that and it works fine.
I'm thinking you may have an issue with the sms app and/or the virtual keyboard app you're using. You may want to try another sms app and different keyboard, and check all the settings in those when you do. If it doesn't help you can always switch those apps back..
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1car2trucks said:
What sms app are you using? I have seen some sms apps show that notice, but the one I'm using right now doesn't ever show me that and it works fine.
I'm thinking you may have an issue with the sms app and/or the virtual keyboard app you're using. You may want to try another sms app and different keyboard, and check all the settings in those when you do. If it doesn't help you can always switch those apps back..
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Thanks for your answer. In fact, same issue with the search app. The dot line remain still...and there is a recorded file in Google activities. I tried with différent keyboards (Google and SwiftKey). Same issue.
Well. Tonight I managed to use voice recognition with a jack headset (OK google or Google search) :laugh:.
So I think the issue is with the internal microphone impossible to trigger.
brck26 said:
Well. Tonight I managed to use voice recognition with a jack headset (OK google or Google search) [emoji23].
So I think the issue is with the internal microphone impossible to trigger.
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Is it under warranty? Hopefully you can get it swapped out. Good Luck
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1car2trucks said:
Is it under warranty? Hopefully you can get it swapped out. Good Luck
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I just thought of something, before you try to send phone back. Take your phone out of case and turn it off. Take a can of compressed air and use the straw it comes with. Spray it in short bursts. Use it in the mic port and any other ports too. You might have gotten dust or lint in there. Then turn your phone back on and try speech recognition without the headphone plugged into the jack.
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1car2trucks said:
Is it under warranty? Hopefully you can get it swapped out. Good Luck
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I just thought of something, before you try to send phone back. Take your phone out of case and turn it off. Take a can of compressed air and use the straw it comes with. Spray it in short bursts. Use it in the mic port and any other ports too. You might have gotten dust or lint in there. Then turn your phone back on and try speech recognition without the headphone plugged into the jack.
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Thx, I will try. I experienced another way with Bluetooth headset. Impossible to trigger "ok google" with my voice. But after a manual trigger by pressing the icon, I can speak and voice recognition is ok.
So, to resume regarding "ok google" and general Google voice recognition :
. Internal mike : failure
. Wired headset : ok
. Bluetooth headset : no trigger, but voice recognised after.
And remember the microphone is ok for other purposes (phone, cortana, vocal message registering,...)
Seems to be a soft problem
I have the same issue. Google voice services won't register any sound. Is there any fix?

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