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[Q] Android Wear won't send voice replies but everything else works

I've encountered a really strange problem on my watch (Samsung Gear Live) lately. Not a single texting app will let me use the "reply" button with voice.
Example: Friend texts me, text pops up on my watch. I swipe it and click "Reply" and try to reply using my voice. The text will write out on my watch screen, but the red Google mic icon just sits there for about 10 seconds as if its still thinking it's receiving input, and then it takes me to the "disconnected/watch is offline" screen.
But the watch is obviously not disconnected: I can exit that app and tap the screen and say "Okay Google" and then say "Text friend 'hi how's it going'" and the text will send without a problem.
I've encountered this error when using Coffee SMS, WearResponses, and Google Messenger. I've reset the watch, and cleared Android Wear data, and the problem still persists. This makes no sense. Any ideas/suggestions?

I have the same problem on my LG G Watch R.
I received the Watch today, the reply function worked once or twice, but now it does the same as yours

My Gear Live is still under warranty so I've sent it in to Samsung. We'll see if they are able to fix it...

darnocs1 said:
My Gear Live is still under warranty so I've sent it in to Samsung. We'll see if they are able to fix it...
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Update: So, Samsung just replaced the entire watch for me. I'm setting it up now to see if the problem is fixed. Has anyone with the same problem tried factory resetting their *phone*?
UPDATE 2: Well, crap. It still doesn't work. I'm going to try pairing the watch with a different phone sometime in the near future to see if it's my phone. It's obviously not the watch.

Out of curiosity, what version of the Google Search app do you have installed?

Solution
darnocs1 said:
Out of curiosity, what version of the Google Search app do you have installed?
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Okay, I got it working. Obviously, there's probably some degree of magical Googleness that happened, too, but here's what I did:
Background: I had Google 5 installed from the Android M preview, and I had also previously sideloaded a newer version of Google Play Services (still compatible with my phone, of course)
1. Booted watch into recovery; factory reset several times.
2. Meanwhile, uninstalled updates to Google Play Services, and then download update from the Play Store
3. In the Play Store, uninstall updates for Google App (Google Search), then update from the Play Store
4. Turn on watch, pair with phone, and then pray over it
5. Test out an app (I use Coffee SMS), text yourself, and try replying to it. It might tell you that "Google Play Services must be installed" - I rebooted my phone and then manually connected the watch via the Android Wear app, and then tested it and it worked.
YMMV.

Thanks for keeping us up to date
I too, was finally able to get it corrected, but mine was a bit easier. The only real difference between what you first described and my situation - was that I am using the LG Urbaine Watch with the new LG G4. LIke you (and someone else) it worked a few times and I was thinking that would be my most used feature. Later - it stopped working and my research began. I thought it might have something to do w/ my loading up the LG Call companion app - but after taking that off - it still didn't work. Finally, a good friend of mine that is an Android lover - suggested I switch from the Verizon Message plus application - to the generic one provided by LG. As soon as we made the switch - the Text message response option appeared again. In fact, in addition the reply arrow - I also could see a full list of the conversation with that particular party. Very happy in making that little change.

Help Pairing the OUKITEL A28

Ok so I am no dummy. I have an LG G Watch on my LG G4. I am having a problem pairing *COMPLETELY* my Oukitel A28 with the MediaTek Smart app.
I tried this on the LG G4 and LG G2 (thinking because I have my LG G Watch/G4 might be causing the problem). I paired the phone. It is connected. It synced the contacts. I downloaded the App and went through the motions of selecting notification access and bla bla bla.
But the App never connects. All I see is "connecting..." I deleted the BT profile and tried to load this up multiple ways but all end in the same result.
The weird thing is calls and some things actually go through the watch. I can play music and make/take calls. But all of the other features like Messaging and stuff just says "Pair phone first".
I am not sure exactly what is going on. There are 2 A28 devices found on the phones. Both are paired. Seems I am missing something. I tried this on 2 phones with the same results.

Hi Player911,
I was in your same shoes just this morning but Google helped out.
You may follow the step-by-step guide for the watch at China Gadgets Reviews.
All the credit goes to Stefan Danut.:highfive:
After following these steps, I was able to explore 100% of the watch's functionalities. It is definitely one of the best clones out there.
Hope it helps.

Hi Kempest,
Can you post a link to the instructions you are referring to? I'm having the exact same problem with my A28.

Pairing the A28
Just got mine today (A28) and experienced the same problems.
Solution: Install an updated Mediatek App.
I found the update here: Google Chinagadgetsreviews. Search for A28 hands on first impressions. Sorry, but XDA won't let me post the link!
Look for this text
You can also download the latest version v.2015.07.06 of MediaTekSmartDevice.apk & speechengine.apk from here or from here (12 MB)
The "here" and "here" are links. I clicked on the second (using PC) and downloaded the newer App (RAR Format). Unzipped the RAR and then I copied it to my Android and installed.
[email protected]

Hi,
I have a problem installing the mediatek smart device apk on my oneplus running mokee rom. I was able to download the newest version but get a message "app not installed" every time I try installing it. Anyone having the same problem?
Thanks.

Clarification
After downloading the APK file, you must go to your downloads and run the file to install.

Cool suggestions. I just installed the app from the play store as the built in scanner barcode lead me to a chinese website where the Android version was not loading the page properly.
Kind of silly that the newest working app is out there but the play store has a broken non working version. One would think that would be high priority.

Clarification 2
I installed the PlayStore version first, only to find that it wouldn't function correctly. I used a PC to download the newer version, in zipped and transferred it to the Android. Once on the Android, I just had to execute the APK file. Note my instructions of 11/08/2015.

I have the oukitel a28 aswell, and stand alone i have to say its a pretty good watch for the price. BUT i cant get it to sync to healthkit on my iphone running ios 8.4, anyone else using this watch with iphone?, i can pair it as headset and notifications, but what i really bought it for was the health stats. Ive also read somewhere about some other sync app on the phone that would work with mediatek chip devices, but cant seem to find it again? suggestions please, i know about Mediatek smartdevice and Fundo wear, none of those will sync with ios healthkit..

nilly said:
I have the oukitel a28 aswell, and stand alone i have to say its a pretty good watch for the price. BUT i cant get it to sync to healthkit on my iphone running ios 8.4, anyone else using this watch with iphone?, i can pair it as headset and notifications, but what i really bought it for was the health stats. Ive also read somewhere about some other sync app on the phone that would work with mediatek chip devices, but cant seem to find it again? suggestions please, i know about Mediatek smartdevice and Fundo wear, none of those will sync with ios healthkit..
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Hello , first of all sorry for my bad English , to synchronize your iPhone you should get off the next apk . h TTPs : //c3.cli.im/BdF06M found in that link the iPhone and Android apk , Greetings

valvulas3po said:
Hello , first of all sorry for my bad English , to synchronize your iPhone you should get off the next apk . h TTPs : //c3.cli.im/BdF06M found in that link the iPhone and Android apk , Greetings
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Hello there, thanks for the suggestion, thats the QR-code link, have tried both fundo wear and the mediatek sync app, none of those sync the health stats, and fundo's servers are very slow and fail most of the times. Such a shame with the sync, when the watch seems great otherwise.

Ok Google not working...

Guys sorry for new thread but my zenwatch is doing my nut in, since yesterday the ok Google doesn't work and even if I scroll across to app and I tap it it just says off line. My phone is connected to Internet and watch gets notifications ok it's just the Google side that's fu*ked.
Tried factory reset on watch and repairing but no joy.
Any help appreciated.

I have exactly the same problem with my moto 360 (2014)
Hopefully it´s working again soon

Hmmmm not sure to be happy or sad

gingerdude said:
Guys sorry for new thread but my zenwatch is doing my nut in, since yesterday the ok Google doesn't work and even if I scroll across to app and I tap it it just says off line. My phone is connected to Internet and watch gets notifications ok it's just the Google side that's fu*ked.
Tried factory reset on watch and repairing but no joy.
Any help appreciated.
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Data gets stored for Android Wear in "Google Play Services," so even though you factory reset the watch, there may be something left over in the data stored in Google Play Services that's causing trouble.
I'm not sure if this would work, but you could try unpairing the watch from your phone, then go to your phone's Settings, and go to "Application Manager." Go to All apps, and then clear data /cache on Android Wear Companion App, then uninstall it.
Then clear data/cache on your Google App ( this one here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox ).
Now go down to "Google Play Services" and clear cache. Then go into Manage Space and clear All data which should get rid of any leftover Android Wear data.
Now factory reset the watch again.
Reboot your phone and reinstall Android Wear Companion App from the Play Store. Now pair your watch back up with with the phone and set it back up again, including setting the Google App back up. (Your phone and watch should pair up all of the Wear Apps that you left on the phone before you uninstalled Android Wear Companion App... though you may have to go into some of the wear apps to toggle some settings off/on again to get everything to work correctly.
Hopefully this will fix the problem with Ok Google not working. If it does - great... if not, you've not really lost anything. There also may be an easier way to fix this, so maybe someone else will chime in with other ideas.

Update.
I factory reset the watch and phone, and still the OK Google doesn't work and still says off line when I tap the Google icon in apps.
Notification working OK still.
If anyone has any other ideas please share
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gingerdude said:
Update.
I factory reset the watch and phone, and still the OK Google doesn't work and still says off line when I tap the Google icon in apps.
Notification working OK still.
If anyone has any other ideas please share
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I know you factory reset the phone, but did you choose to allow Google to restore apps and data when you were setting it back up? It might have restored data back into Google Play Services. Also... did you ever try wiping cache and data in Google Play Services like I detailed above? I've had trouble with Google Play Services causing other syncing and pairing issues for me... so that's why I'm thinking you could try clearing that out as a possible solution.
If those steps don't fix things for you, it may be worth it to try to revert to an earlier version of the "Google App" and or the Android Wear app. You can get older versions of those apps from the website "APK Mirror."

Hey, thanks for your reply. I've tried all of the above. The back up I restored this time was from my tab s and still no joy. I may try again in a day or two and not restore from any device., though I'll probably wait until Wednesday just to see if it fixes itself.
Thanks again for your time.
Steve
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Quick update just in case it saves someone factory reset their phone (which I did and didn't help).
I have a work note 2 so I installed android wear on it, reset the watch and still no ok Google functionality, so it must be something Google did.
Will post again when fixed, also my 42mm moto 360 arrives today so I'm hoping the issue is zenwatch specific, I'll let you know.
Steve
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Update2.
So my new moto 360 42mm SmartWatch arrived and I love it, has steel band and looks fab.
Ok Google is working for queries and replying to messages if I try to instigate a message say whatsapp or text it can't find the contact, even though it recognises the speech.
Starting to lose faith with Google.
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Nexus Player - Google Assistant

Hi All,
With Google Assistant officially official on Android TV, how to get it on Nexus Player, which technically should be getting it first. Any way, is there a work around to enable it in Nexus Player with Oreo?
Thanks
Prabhu

Any News?

Maxpawner said:
Any News?
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Someone on reddit posted the ARM version, i don't think that will work on x86

Finally it's work
just download this file:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...ndroid-tv-android-tv-3-0-1-172043791-release/
and install it in your Nexus Player
I know its for arm not x86 (nexus player) but its work , I download and install it in my Nexus Player and work 100%
Now I have Google Assistant

thedark1979 said:
Finally it's work
just download this file:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...ndroid-tv-android-tv-3-0-1-172043791-release/
and install it in your Nexus Player
I know its for arm not x86 (nexus player) but its work , I download and install it in my Nexus Player and work 100%
Now I have Google Assistant
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it worked! thank you so much!

Waiting Next Update
Thanks a lot,
I was affraid of try that version until I read your post.
By the way, it works on Nexus Player, but not as good as I wish.
Anyway waiting for the NEXT UPFATE (VERSION) to see if it works better.
It kind of hard to listen your complete Question or Command,
and after frst question you need to close and reopen Google Assintance to maka a new question,
is very lag so far.
Waiting next update of "Google App for Android TV"
thedark1979 said:
Finally it's work
just download this file:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...ndroid-tv-android-tv-3-0-1-172043791-release/
and install it in your Nexus Player
I know its for arm not x86 (nexus player) but its work , I download and install it in my Nexus Player and work 100%
Now I have Google Assistant
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Yesterday, I noticed that the OTA update had added GA, but every time I press the microphone button the device shows the "Meet your Google Assistant" welcome page.
Factor Reset, un-installed and reinstalled the Google App, all without success. :/
Thoughts?

osetivo said:
Yesterday, I noticed that the OTA update had added GA, but every time I press the microphone button the device shows the "Meet your Google Assistant" welcome page.
Factor Reset, un-installed and reinstalled the Google App, all without success. :/
Thoughts?
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I noticed the latest update with November Security Patch is supposed to have Google Assistant now. I recently bought an nVidia Shield TV device which also has Google Assistant (well was the first device to get it anyway) and it works flawlessly on that device (which currently runs 7.1.2).
I'll have to hookup my NP tonight and update it to see how it works. Mine is running Oreo but I disconnected it when I picked up the Shield TV last weekend. My NP is fully stock, and I did read that GA was a little quirky with the Nexus remote and it was suggested to use your mobile device for a better experience with it. Anyway, point is, I'll hook mine up tonight, update it and check it out. Let you know how it goes [emoji6]

P9 Lite unexisting build number, throw away?

Hi there, I wish your expert help please (I'll throw this phone otherwise, too much effort/time lost).
I'm using a P9 Lite with build number VNS-L31C432B417 , Android 7.0.
I can't find any good reference to that number on the Internet.
Since months Google services is not running any longer on my phone, e.g. G's icons all disappeared. Cleared cached of G's apps , made whatever (but rooting), without success as of today (no emails, no youtube, no play store etc).
Now, I wish to upgrade the OS but it keeps saying 'No Updates Available', your phone is already up to date...
Connection Mac desktop-phone via HiSuite fails (despite I enabled HiSuite on HDB, on my phone's settings), "HiSuite quit unexpectedly".
Use of HiCare useless as well, no update found.
Can you please help out here ?
Thanks much for your time

rslite said:
Hi there, I wish your expert help please (I'll throw this phone otherwise, too much effort/time lost).
I'm using a P9 Lite with build number VNS-L31C432B417 , Android 7.0.
I can't find any good reference to that number on the Internet.
Since months Google services is not running any longer on my phone, e.g. G's icons all disappeared. Cleared cached of G's apps , made whatever (but rooting), without success as of today (no emails, no youtube, no play store etc).
Now, I wish to upgrade the OS but it keeps saying 'No Updates Available', your phone is already up to date...
Connection Mac desktop-phone via HiSuite fails (despite I enabled HiSuite on HDB, on my phone's settings), "HiSuite quit unexpectedly".
Use of HiCare useless as well, no update found.
Can you please help out here ?
Thanks much for your time
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Hello,
yes the "phone throw" will be part of the disciplines
of the next Olympics, so train well ...
I state that I am not an expert, just a user like you, perhaps with a little more experience ...
Okay, I checked and your firmware is actually the latest available.
That's weird...
How is it possible that you no longer have the services of big G?
Which big G app did you clear the cache if you no longer have them on the device?

P9 Lite phone throw - G apps
Dadditz said:
Hello,
yes the "phone throw" will be part of the disciplines
of the next Olympics, so train well ...
I state that I am not an expert, just a user like you, perhaps with a little more experience ...
Okay, I checked and your firmware is actually the latest available.
That's weird...
How is it possible that you no longer have the services of big G?
Which big G app did you clear the cache if you no longer have them on the device?
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Hello, hi, thanks for your answer.
I can still see them all listed in Settings > Apps ! That's the point.
I can see them (GMail, Google, Google News, Play Books, Play Games, Play Movies, Play Music, Play services, Google+, Hangouts...), and they are up working.... I cleared the cache mainly for " Google Play services ". Some of their icons are still on my screen but e.g. clicking on GMail or YouTube I get " Gmail won't run without Google Play services, which are not supported by your device " ....... !!!
Of course I logged out and relogged onto my G account .... but nothing changed.
So ?

rslite said:
Hello, hi, thanks for your answer.
I can still see them all listed in Settings > Apps ! That's the point.
I can see them (GMail, Google, Google News, Play Books, Play Games, Play Movies, Play Music, Play services, Google+, Hangouts...), and they are up working.... I cleared the cache mainly for " Google Play services ". Some of their icons are still on my screen but e.g. clicking on GMail or YouTube I get " Gmail won't run without Google Play services, which are not supported by your device " ....... !!!
Of course I logged out and relogged onto my G account .... but nothing changed.
So ?
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Ok, it's clear, google play services for some reason no longer does its job.
Dude, I don't know, something screwed up your device.... once I solved it like this:
Settings> security> device administrator and disable 'android device management':
Go back and access apps, then find and press on
google play services:
Press on uninstall or uninstall updates.
Open the play stores and update google play services as one
any application.
If it doesn't automatically, look for it in the top bar
and update it ...
I hope it works for you too ...

P9 Lite to throw away - reset
Dadditz said:
Ok, it's clear, google play services for some reason no longer does its job.
Dude, I don't know, something screwed up your device.... once I solved it like this:
Settings> security> device administrator and disable 'android device management':
Go back and access apps, then find and press on
google play services:
Press on uninstall or uninstall updates.
Open the play stores and update google play services as one
any application.
If it doesn't automatically, look for it in the top bar
and update it ...
I hope it works for you too ...
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Thank you for your suggestion..... I just did a hard reset and obviously everything got back working...... Not really the way to solve the issue, surely the most effective.

rslite said:
Thank you for your suggestion..... I just did a hard reset and obviously everything got back working...... Not really the way to solve the issue, surely the most effective.
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Solved with a factory reset ?
Well, so it wasn't that bad ...
Regards dude.