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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?

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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.

Google Voice difficulty understanding me

Ever since I got my S7 Edge replacement from the Note 7, Google Voice is being troublesome. I can't get it to recognize my voice correctly, well sometimes. For example if I ask it to list "nearest restaurants near me" it will search for "Near Me" like if it didn't understand my first two words. Or other times It says "if you said something, I didn't understand you". I tried uninstalling and\or cleaning cache from Google apps, but doesn't fix the problem. Can this be a software problem or the phone Mic being defective?

dja2k said:
Ever since I got my S7 Edge replacement from the Note 7, Google Voice is being troublesome. I can't get it to recognize my voice correctly, well sometimes. For example if I ask it to list "nearest restaurants near me" it will search for "Near Me" like if it didn't understand my first two words. Or other times It says "if you said something, I didn't understand you". I tried uninstalling and\or cleaning cache from Google apps, but doesn't fix the problem. Can this be a software problem or the phone Mic being defective?
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Are you saying "Ok google, nearest restaurants near me" or "Ok google..." *Wait for prompt* "nearest restaurants near me"?
I don't know if the wait would help, I know that I wait until I hear it make the noise before I continue to say anything. Give that a shot and see if it helps.
You can test out your microphone but I don't see a need to if you use the phone to talk to others and they don't have any problem hearing you.
What launcher are you using? I use Google now myself and I don't need the pause but am just used to waiting in case it didn't hear me when I say the command.
Also try going into Settings -> Applications -> Default Applications -> Phone Assistance App and see if you have Google App as the chosen app. Not sure if that would help but it's worth a shot.

I am definitely waiting until it gives the tone and then speak right after. I just noticed that the delay is on the Google app and not when using voice typing on the Samsung keyboard which brings up Google Voices well.

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dja2k said:
I am definitely waiting until it gives the tone and then speak right after. I just noticed that the delay is on the Google app and not when using voice typing on the Samsung keyboard which brings up Google Voices well.
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I am having a similar Issue on my S7 Edge. The "Ok Google" prompt works just fine but then the mic cannot hear me at all. If I am on a Bluetooth device it works just fine and all other voice apps including the Google Assistant in Allo work fine. I have done a factory reset, I have disabled S-Voice and all other apps that use voice work just fine. I am at a loss at this point.

rbdavis76 said:
I am having a similar Issue on my S7 Edge. The "Ok Google" prompt works just fine but then the mic cannot hear me at all. If I am on a Bluetooth device it works just fine and all other voice apps including the Google Assistant in Allo work fine. I have done a factory reset, I have disabled S-Voice and all other apps that use voice work just fine. I am at a loss at this point.
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Make sure the Google App has permission to access your microphone. I would assume it does if the hotword detection works but still worth a shot.

I found a workaround that seems to work better on detection....
Have the phone at a distance and the top mic underneath your mouth level. Seems to give me less false positives this way, I have no idea why. Hope this helps.

What I did was uninstall the update for voice recognition and re download it. Helped immediately.

csstamatin said:
What I did was uninstall the update for voice recognition and re download it. Helped immediately.
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can you explain how to do that. im having the same problem for a while now and it really irritating

ajkron said:
can you explain how to do that. im having the same problem for a while now and it really irritating
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Sure, go into setting, then language and input. From there click on google voice typing then click offline recognition and u should be able to uninstall then reinstall the software for it. Hope that helps.

Asking about Ok Google!! from all Grand Prime Users.

Hello all Grand Prime users out there. I am here to ask a few questions about ok google so lets start.
1. As we know that we cannot start google app by saying ok google from homescreen or lockscreen. (on Stock rom or without any app).
2. I want to know something from you all that how many of u can start google app by saying ok google from any screen. ( I am asking because tommorow when i wrongly said ok google from homescreen a setup came it said add your voice. Now my ok google can only activate if i said ok google not by others.)
3. I want to know if u guys can also do the same like above questions without any app or custom rom then it means now ok google command is available for all of us. If u cannot activate ok google like this then tell me I will help u how to do it.
See the screenshots in attachments.
Give answers soon. Dont forget to mention my name so i will be notified.

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you can't ask questions in general section
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Well I can't get Ok Google everywhere. it just work on the Google app but I use assistant enabler xposed module which gives me option to enable ok Google everywhere and it also gets me an option to enable Google assistant
I don't know anything about ok Google, recognizing only one specific person it may be possible that the others person accent is not acceptable for the app or maybe the option really exist
Whatever ,just tell me how do you achieved this
Sent from my SM-G531F using Tapatalk

Hack House said:
First
you can't ask questions in general section
Moving on
Well I can't get Ok Google everywhere. it just work on the Google app but I use assistant enabler xposed module which gives me option to enable ok Google everywhere and it also gets me an option to enable Google assistant
I don't know anything about ok Google, recognizing only one specific person it may be possible that the others person accent is not acceptable for the app or maybe the option really exist
Whatever ,just tell me how do you achieved this
Sent from my SM-G531F using Tapatalk
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Smg531f is lollipop and u using assistant enabler? Its for 6.0 and assistant cannot be enable in lollipop.
About how i get this:-
When i reboot my device i immodeatly said ok google and a new option cime to my screen whoch havent worked before but now i can say ok google from any screen. Only my voice is reconized by google.
If u need it i will upload a backup of my apk+data so u can restore it and get ok google app like me.

OWEN i uninstalled my google play service and all Now i wanted to used google service ,game and store for coc plaese helpppppp My phone Is SmG531f ......... pppppp

Has anyone received the Google Assistant update on their A2017U?

This past week, I've been reading that Google is pushing "Google Assistant" out, to replace the standard "Ok Google", to a bunch of Marshmallow and Nougat phones.
Has anyone received that yet, or know if the Axon 7 is going to get it soon?

Every phone running Android 6.0+ will receive the update but you already knew that. They are running the roll out as we speak but only for English users in US. English users in Australia, Canada and UK and Germany will soon follow. Rest during the course of the year apparently. So if you are in the US you will likely receive it soon or may already have received an update to the app. Hope this clarifies.

I just got the update a few minutes ago! I'm in northern California.
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I literally just got it a few minutes ago, Northeast US here. It's extremely quick, I'm impressed.

Yep, you guys prompted me to check mine, and I have it too!

I hate it. I use long press for Google Now to search like a hundred times a day. Now it is the Assistant and I see no way of typing my query. So now I have no way to do a search in one step. Anything I can do to get it back the way it was? Or a way to get a text field into Google Assistant?

yes!.. its working for me.. but..
dont know how it started working?
dont know where it the got the update from?
dont know where to check the update?... can someone pls help me find the answer?
use to use the long home press to check screen search.. disabled it today and thought because i disabled it, the assistant got kicked in.
Happy its working now coz the only reason wanted to get the pixel is for the assistant. this is great!

It seems like Google just doesn't want me to have assistant lol
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I can force my phone to set up the Google Assistant, naturally, by removing my account and clearing data from the Google App, Play Services, and Play Store, and then holding the home button > then adding my account. But as soon as I back out of the assistant it goes back to On Tap.

How do you update, is this an upgrade to Google home? Presume this is not available to the Chinese version?

swashybrigand said:
dont know how it started working?
dont know where it the got the update from?
dont know where to check the update?... can someone pls help me find the answer?
use to use the long home press to check screen search.. disabled it today and thought because i disabled it, the assistant got kicked in.
Happy its working now coz the only reason wanted to get the pixel is for the assistant. this is great!
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If you have the correct Google app, you already have Assistant. It just wasn't enabled yet. I don't know exactly how it works, but the app sees that you're on Marshmallow or higher in your build.prop and enables it. I currently have a Nexus 6p and before Google decided to enable it for all phones over 6.0, devs figured out that changing a couple of lines in the build.prop tricked the app to think the phone was a Pixel, thus enabling Assistant.
effluent said:
I hate it. I use long press for Google Now to search like a hundred times a day. Now it is the Assistant and I see no way of typing my query. So now I have no way to do a search in one step. Anything I can do to get it back the way it was? Or a way to get a text field into Google Assistant?
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https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ndroid-device-switch-back-google-now-0174676/

Howie Dub said:
If you have the correct Google app, you already have Assistant. It just wasn't enabled yet. I don't know exactly how it works, but the app sees that you're on Marshmallow or higher in your build.prop and enables it. I currently have a Nexus 6p and before Google decided to enable it for all phones over 6.0, devs figured out that changing a couple of lines in the build.prop tricked the app to think the phone was a Pixel, thus enabling Assistant.
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ndroid-device-switch-back-google-now-0174676/
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I found those instructions weeks ago but I'm not rooted and there's no option to add languages so I'm screwed. The update also made do not disturb mode turn on 24/7 unless I completely disable it. What a load of BS.

effluent said:
I hate it. I use long press for Google Now to search like a hundred times a day. Now it is the Assistant and I see no way of typing my query. So now I have no way to do a search in one step. Anything I can do to get it back the way it was? Or a way to get a text field into Google Assistant?
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I feel your pain bro. I hate this fact. I'm still using the Pixel launcher which has the search widget for text. I find myself going to the home screen to do my Google searches. It's horrible.

Avantiel said:
I feel your pain bro. I hate this fact. I'm still using the Pixel launcher which has the search widget for text. I find myself going to the home screen to do my Google searches. It's horrible.
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I'm using Nova so I set it up so that pressing home (once home) or swiping up on the drawer icon takes me to search. Yeah it really sucks to have to go to the home screen. That damn assistant sucks. It forgets my voice training after awhile too and I have to do it again.

I have on my G version, I don't know for sure, but I got so fed up waiting, I tried changing my language to US, rebooted the phone and bam! Within 10 seconds I had it. Also I had updated to the latest google play services. I had done this a million times but nothing happened until the language change. Coincidence?
Mike

Google Assistant?

Has anyone managed to get Assistant to work? I'm in the UK. I read on one of the OnePlus community forums that you need to change device language to English (USA), which I've done. Still no Assisstant. Anyone managed to get it to work/have any ideas?

It is only google now, not google assistant

I needed to clear all data after changing language to English (USA). But I've got it working now.

Here's YouTube video showing steps to setup Google Assistant on OP5. https://youtu.be/-bE8ORPID3U
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Ok Google
saccentekennedy said:
I needed to clear all data after changing language to English (USA). But I've got it working now.
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After you got it working, did you have any issues in retraining your voice. I have a problem where it appears to be listening for me to say Ok Google 3 times but never recognises anything.?

dudiemaroodi said:
After you got it working, did you have any issues in retraining your voice. I have a problem where it appears to be listening for me to say Ok Google 3 times but never recognises anything.?
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No... Haven't had a problem if I'm honest

saccentekennedy said:
No... Haven't had a problem if I'm honest
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Thanks for replying. Must be in if the unlucky ones. :laugh:

i changed to English US, got google assistant started up, then changed the language back to English UK.
google does have issues properly understanding you with the wrong accent from my experience.

I am pretty sure I have google assistant

saccentekennedy said:
Has anyone managed to get Assistant to work? I'm in the UK. I read on one of the OnePlus community forums that you need to change device language to English (USA), which I've done. Still no Assisstant. Anyone managed to get it to work/have any ideas?
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Doesn't work for me either. I have set the language to English USA. Tried to clear Google app cache and data to no avail.

swami.2580 said:
Doesn't work for me either. I have set the language to English USA. Tried to clear Google app cache and data to no avail.
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I got Google Assistant working by following the instructions from the YouTube video in this thread's post #4. All was fine for a while and then GA no longer worked sometime after I applied one of the OTA's. I can't say that was the cause but the timing was coincidental. GA seemed to react but not fully engage. I tried a lot of things including re-training the "OK Google" but nothing worked.
Finally I followed the part of post #4's cache clearing of Google and Google services apps cache (remember there is more than one cache) and then went through the Google Assistant set up as if it had never been working. That fixed my issues and has been working ever since. I'll see if the same problems arise after the next OTA. So I'd trying clearing the cache of those two apps EXACTLY as shown in the video.
Edit: I've applied OTA for v4.5.5 and have not had any Google Assistant issue

swami.2580 said:
Doesn't work for me either. I have set the language to English USA. Tried to clear Google app cache and data to no avail.
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You have to clear the data cache for play services as well.

For those that got Google Assistant working are you having any issues such as those described below?
Trusted voice which enables Google Assistant from the lock screen does not work despite the proper settings in place
Creating a Google Assistant shortcut not works
IFTTT doesn't seem to work as advertised (I'm still working on this one)
I've had no end of small issues trying to customize Google Assistant but the main built in functions (e.g. weather, search, Spotify commands, open app) work perfectly.
Just curious about other people's experience. It leaves me feeling Google Assistant is just a beta program/work-in-progress on a phone or a tease to get you to buy a Google Home despite always having a much more capable device in the palm of your hand (your phone). I don't want an ugly Google Home "air freshener" when I already have an Android SD835/8GB phone.

When you say Google Assistant... Do you mean ok Google from screen off?

loudog3114 said:
When you say Google Assistant... Do you mean ok Google from screen off?
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Google Assistant works with the screen off as long as the OP5 is NOT locked. Working while locked is supposed to work only when Trusted Voice is turned on. Unfortunately I have turned on trusted voice but Google Assistant will not initiate (work) when the OP5 is locked.
OK Google has a different interactive screen than Google Assistant. The OP5 OOS comes with OK Google but you need to manually activate Google Assistant before experiencing its advanced AI features. You would also see new Google Assistant specific settings at the top of the Google app->Settings->Google Assistant->(Settings, What can you do?).
One of the early posts in this thread has the link to manually activate Google Assistant.

Yeah, I have Google Assistant but I am pretty let down by the fact it doesn't work with the screen off and locked. I have heard it's a license that has to be paid to googs

Mine worked with no fuss. What doesn't work is the trusted voice and waking the phone up when the screen is off. That one I can't figure out

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Yeah, I have Google Assistant but I am pretty let down by the fact it doesn't work with the screen off and locked. I have heard it's a license that has to be paid to googs
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Mine worked with no fuss. What doesn't work is the trusted voice and waking the phone up when the screen is off. That one I can't figure out
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I've found a hacky workaround for this issue by using a combination of apps. First off I only use this method when I'm connected to the charger which is no different than the Trusted Voice limitations. Second my lock screen is only enabled when I'm not on a charger.
Use the Caffeine app to block the automatic lock screen. Check settings "Autoactive on USB", "Autoactive on USB type/AC charger", "Enable caffeine at boot".
Buy and install the app Screen Off (No Lock). I couldn't find a free app that turned off the screen but did not also lock it.
Then use the Google Assistant command "OK Google open screen off" to invoke turning the screen off but still having Google Assistant listening for my next command. I also use Tasker and it's Voice Assist plugin connection to Google Assistant so added the "start Screen off" as the last task in my Voice Assist profiles.
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Mine worked with no fuss. What doesn't work is the trusted voice and waking the phone up when the screen is off. That one I can't figure out
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For the most part Google Assistant works for me but important features either lack reliability or don't work at all.
Google Assistant macros don't work at all despite built in GA commands working (e.g. play on Spotify)
I can't seem to make a IFTTT connection work
The connection between GA and Tasker's VoiceAssist is unreliable. Too often GA intercepts a regular Tasker Event phrase and displays a google search screen but the Tasker event for the phrase does not trigger. This despite the Tasker VoiceAssist toast displaying the correct event phrase. I'll try it a second time and this time it'll work despite GA recognizing the exact same phrase (not a variation).
I've been able to create some cool home theater (Harmony Hub) automation profiles but the unreliability has me wondering if I'm wasting my time. I really like the whole Google Assistant and the Tasker extension but am not prepared to continue developing things unless I can increase the overall stability.
It may just be my OP5 which is running OOS 4.5.5, rooted with SuperSU with Viper4Android installed. Other than that I've not altered the stock OOS experience. I've not even removed any bloat ware.
Does anyone have the Google Assistant macros and/or IFTTT working on their OnePlus 5?

I've previously posted that Google Assistant's macros didn't work for me but I received an update to the Google app v7.7.14.21.arm64 (Beta) and Google Assistant's macros are suddenly working. Even macros I'd previous entered but had never worked. I also added new ones and they also worked.
What stopped working was Tasker receiving the OK Google spoken commands, (no VoiceAssist toasts). I need to explore further as the newly functioning macros may be a far better way to integrate with Tasker. I'll likely retry the recommended Google Assistant/IFTTT/Tasker integration which also didn't work prior to this latest update.

It's working perfectly
Just did as it was said on the video. Everything works perfectly, including the "OK Google" detection while the screen is off. No problems whatsoever.
To Note: Even i changed the language back to English(UK) after all was setup, and works like a charm. :good: