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New google maps with voice search

Dont know if anyone realised it but there is a new version of google maps with VOICE SEARCH just go to android market and search for GOOGLE MAPS should be the first app.Also if you have a uk magic with no voice dialing as standard just download the google search by voice app in the market and your all set it also seems to be a lot faster
http://phandroid.com/2009/06/15/updated-google-maps-for-android/

Thanks for that it works like a charm

no voice search?
Strange, i updated my google maps to 3.1 but i've got no voice search option.
i live in sweden.
any idea?

robocik said:
Strange, i updated my google maps to 3.1 but i've got no voice search option.
i live in sweden.
any idea?
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Download the "google search by voice app" in the market,then watch the video link in my first post to activate

The new update doesn't have Street View. Are they discontinuing the project?

it has streetview im using it now!!

You are right, but it is not an option in the map modes like it was before. You have to long press the map on the location, then a window pops up and there you select street view. Don't really care about that since I am in Canada and there are no street views here yet, at least that is what I think. As for the voice recognition/search function, I do not have that option in the search function. Looked all over the place for it but still can't find it. There is suppose to be a mic beside the google search bar in the Search option. Not there on Rogers Canada network. Hopefully they will fix that soon.

deeman said:
Download the "google search by voice app" in the market,then watch the video link in my first post to activate
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can't find this app, when i search for it, only one app appears and it is google maps which is already installed...
still no voice search for me.
strange.

The Roger HTC Magic (I have one) doesn't appear to have libspeech.so installed - I think that is the missing piece. I am not sure why we don't see the google search by voice app that the others are speaking about.
I'm confused why the voice dialer works - I guess that doesn't use libspeech.so?

adrianhensler said:
The Roger HTC Magic (I have one) doesn't appear to have libspeech.so installed - I think that is the missing piece. I am not sure why we don't see the google search by voice app that the others are speaking about.
I'm confused why the voice dialer works - I guess that doesn't use libspeech.so?
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I'm confused to... how can i see which version of magic i have? is'nt it the same phone with different names, roger, ion etc ?

Search by voice
I have the sam problem, dont see the search by voice option and no such app to download on market.

citizennn said:
I have the sam problem, dont see the search by voice option and no such app to download on market.
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When you are in Google Maps, do Menu > Search then select the microphone, which will let you do voice search.

robocik said:
I'm confused to... how can i see which version of magic i have? is'nt it the same phone with different names, roger, ion etc ?
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It's close to the same hardware - different frequencies or something for the different carriers. The other difference is each carrier can customize the Android OS they release. Rogers in Canada, for example, released their Android phones with MS Exchange support. But they obviously left some other things out. That's why I want to root my phone so I can put whatever software I want on there.

bachviet said:
When you are in Google Maps, do Menu > Search then select the microphone, which will let you do voice search.
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That's the issue - there's no such button. Missing libspeech.so is the culprit here I believe. And while I have the file from other sources, I don't have root access to the phone, so I can't install it to the lib folder to make it work.

What a pain.. when I try to update mine, I get the message:
"Installation Error: Package file was not signed correctly."
Any suggestions?

I installed the new version of maps but I can't find the voice search option, it's just not there (same as previously reported) i'm on vodafone australia.
Any idea how we can get the voice working?

Well I upgraded the Maps app and have the voice search. It's rubbish! I've tried speeking as clearly as possible but it's all over the place. Searching Edinburgh comes back as Dayton, Ohio, USA everytime Typing is much quicker anyway.

New update of Google Map has been released, v3.1.1

I've updated and retried, it's still rubbish.

Ya not sure what v3.1.1 fixes, there is still no voice search here in Canada yet.

my I9000m did not come with google voice search.

What app do I need to install to get Google Vioce search. can't seem to find it on the market..

TriC_101 said:
What app do I need to install to get Google Vioce search. can't seem to find it on the market..
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mine too and I can't find on the market.

just run market, and type google voice
click install
done

AllGamer said:
just run market, and type google voice
click install
done
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that will not work..... I have to voice seach in google nav. and my seach bar does not have it as well.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667387
Not available in Canada currently because it only supports English.

found how to get it.. just do a seach on google for "com.google.android.voicesearch.apk" and download and install and it works.. copy it to your SD card to install it.

nevermind it just crashes out. worked on my x10 tho

here this version works

hmm... if you are talking about the Bell version it comes in the stock ROM
it's labelled as "Voice Dialler"
but it is not only voice dialing, when you speak to it, it comes back with search results for both software and contacts, if you execute either one, it launches the app, or it dials the contact

lgkahn said:
here this version works
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thanks it does work

Earlier today I change the sell code to english and ta-daaa: voice search appeared. I'm actually looking for a way to get rid of it right now
You lose all your data though. So if you're gonna try it, go ahead and back up. I use Titanium back up (I don't love it, though: you have to stay by the phone waiting to give the green like* everytime an app is being re-installed).
EDIT: *light

sell code?...

Hmmm, maybe that's not its name. Anyway: *#272*HHMM# change HHMM for your local time, so if it's 12:30 it should look like: *#272*1230#.
Once there, check the codes http: //samsung-firmware . webs . com / samsunglettercode . htm (remove blanks) and apply the english one.

i get only this page when i google sell code samsung... so i'm not sure if such a thing exist.
anyway the 272 trick doesn't work on my i9000.

lgkahn said:
here this version works
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thanks, it works but requires internet,.
Does anyone know how to make it so I can use it offline?
thanks

specr1 said:
thanks, it works but requires internet,.
Does anyone know how to make it so I can use it offline?
thanks
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it has to get internet connection.
i think you're looking for google commands. you can just grab it from the market. but it wont work without google voice search.

ravi84m said:
it has to get internet connection.
i think you're looking for google commands. you can just grab it from the market. but it wont work without google voice search.
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Thanks,
Market didn't have "google commands" but it had "voice commands". Voice commands was listed as free but when i clicked on the link it said "not found"
I tried both appbrain and android market.
Anyone have the apk for voice command or google command?

I'm not exactly sure why voice input was removed, probably a combination of the fact that it doesn't support french and also that Samsung stripped out the default android keyboard (which has the microphone button) and replaced it with 2 far superior keyboards: their own, and swype. I guess that's the one downside of swype is you don't get the voice input button.
However Samsung did include Vlingo for free (I'm aware that Vlingo has since become free for all phones since the updated google voice commands were announced for froyo). Vlingo is actually far better than the google voice input (at least for 1.5-2.1) as it gives you commands as well as the text entry. You can also setup the Vlingo keyboard which is essentially the stock Android 2.1 keyboard including the mic button.
From what I can tell it detects words just as well as the google service. Vlingo lets you put widgets of any size (1x1 to full screen) so this kinda makes up for the missing mic button on the google search widget.
I would imagine when the 2.2 update comes out we will have the google function back with multi language support and commands!

well Nirvana388 beat me to it, i was going to recommend Vlingo as well

Nirvana388 said:
I'm not exactly sure why voice input was removed, probably a combination of the fact that it doesn't support french and also that Samsung stripped out the default android keyboard (which has the microphone button) and replaced it with 2 far superior keyboards: their own, and swype. I guess that's the one downside of swype is you don't get the voice input button.
However Samsung did include Vlingo for free (I'm aware that Vlingo has since become free for all phones since the updated google voice commands were announced for froyo). Vlingo is actually far better than the google voice input (at least for 1.5-2.1) as it gives you commands as well as the text entry. You can also setup the Vlingo keyboard which is essentially the stock Android 2.1 keyboard including the mic button.
From what I can tell it detects words just as well as the google service. Vlingo lets you put widgets of any size (1x1 to full screen) so this kinda makes up for the missing mic button on the google search widget.
I would imagine when the 2.2 update comes out we will have the google function back with multi language support and commands!
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Thanks, but Vlingo requires internet right? My old phones had voice recognition without the requirement of internet.
Ravi84m suggested "google commands" because it doesn't require internet??

A2017G 7.1.1 Google assistant?

Is it possible to get Google assistant on this ROM?
Sent from my ZTE A2017G using Tapatalk

Enter beta Verdion from Google app and Google play services, wait a while and update these apps than change your System language to english us and go to homescreen, you normally should have the assistant now, change language back

Even easier, just change the language to English US and reboot

Choose an username... said:
Even easier, just change the language to English US and reboot
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I tried that but didn't work for me with my A2017G 7.1.1.
The only thing that I noticed is that the navigation in Google Maps started speaking funny... switching back...

padule said:
I tried that but didn't work for me with my A2017G 7.1.1.
The only thing that I noticed is that the navigation in Google Maps started speaking funny... switching back...
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lol the navigation thing happened to me too, but it eventually changed to English altogether
It didn't work? You only have to hold home and the dialog should appear

Choose an username... said:
It didn't work? You only have to hold home and the dialog should appear
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No, I tried, but holding home just brought up the "good old" google app.

Weird... I dunno. I did like 4 clean installs and so far it worked every time i held home...
No idea. maybe you could try getting the app, dunno

Google had announced this in march it was to be activated first in the US and then followed by the UK and several other countries.
Maybe it'll be 2018 for us.

Shipmate said:
Google had announced this in march it was to be activated first in the US and then followed by the UK and several other countries.
Maybe it'll be 2018 for us.
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Well I doubt it detects the country you're in. I'm in Argentina. Last place where you'd think that they would allow assistant. And I have assistant simply by using English US

padule said:
I tried that but didn't work for me with my A2017G 7.1.1.
The only thing that I noticed is that the navigation in Google Maps started speaking funny... switching back...
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Did you remember to also wipe data for Google app and Google play services? That should do the trick

Hamburgle4 said:
Did you remember to also wipe data for Google app and Google play services? That should do the trick
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No, I didn't wipe the data indeed... I'll try that later, thank you.

It doesn't work on the Chinese A2017. Assistant is installed in the Google app but it's still Google home when the ask Google. I think it's because the home button (my voice) only operates when the system language is Chinese. Unless someone writes a piece of code to fix this then it looks like I'm stuffed.

So are you primarily using Google assistant or bixby?

I know the full bixby features aren't available for use yet, but are any of you using it more than Google assistant? Why or why not?

neither. what do you even use these for?

Google assistant is so much more interesting and useful than Bixby !
There is no voice command for bixby yet. And anyway, even when Bixby will get these voice commands, there is no chance that it will be better than Google Assistant.
I disabled almost every Bixby services, I remaped the bixby button to the Google App (I use home button to get the google assistant).

I found use for scanning QR codes with Bixby Vision and that's about it. I want to disable everything related to bixby and remap the button to Google now/Assistant but I don't want to disable and realtime day to day use of the phone. Also, I'm on a non rooted tmobile s8 and doubt it's possible on stock.

My ok google is not working please help

Raphael17 said:
I found use for scanning QR codes with Bixby Vision and that's about it. I want to disable everything related to bixby and remap the button to Google now/Assistant but I don't want to disable and realtime day to day use of the phone. Also, I'm on a non rooted tmobile s8 and doubt it's possible on stock.
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There is an app to remap Bixby button. Works great. Find it in the app store. It's called bxActions. You can make use of it for Google assistant. ?
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Malik828 said:
My ok google is not working please help
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What seems to be the issue mate?

Malik828 said:
My ok google is not working please help
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Have you set it up? The ok Google hotword

Yes I have set but there is no option to set for use in app and ok google does not turn on I say ok google in app and Mic does not come up

Malik828 said:
Yes I have set but there is no option to set for use in app and ok google does not turn on I say ok google in app and Mic does not come up
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Have you gone to :
Settings>applications>default apps>device assistant app and make sure Google is set to be the one. And try again.

Danhack000 said:
Have you gone to :
Settings>applications>default apps>device assistant app and make sure Google is set to be the one. And try again.
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it is set to google but it does not recognize my voice ok google I say and nothing happens

Malik828 said:
it is set to google but it does not recognize my voice ok google I say and nothing happens
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Long click on Google app> when it wiggles click on app info>scroll down to permissions>click and make sure microphone is clicked on. If this doesn't work, you can try deleting cache first then data in Google. Let me know.

Danhack000 said:
Long click on Google app> when it wiggles click on app info>scroll down to permissions>click and make sure microphone is clicked on. If this doesn't work, you can try deleting cache first then data in Google. Let me know.
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it is on permission for microphone is allowed still it does not turn on when I say ok google nothing happensns

Malik828 said:
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it is on permission for microphone is allowed still it does not turn on when I say ok google nothing happensns
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So there are no options within Google app for Google assistant? Try uninstallimg it then install again.

I did that and still ok google not recognize my voice it doesn't work

I use bixby to launch google assistant...

I use Bixby and Google Now. Don't use assistant.

Malik828 said:
I did that and still ok google not recognize my voice it doesn't work
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Weird though. Mine works flawlessly. No problems. ?

I use google assistant to set alarms and turn off my lights at night. I disabled Bixby completely because when I remapped it it either accidentally launched what I mapped it to or it would still launch bixby. Now the button does nothing and i'm happy. If Samsung works around package disabler then I'll crazy glue the button in place. Lets see them patch that ****! ?

Malik828 said:
I did that and still ok google not recognize my voice it doesn't work
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Go on Settings and do the retrain voice model again

Autovoice and Google Now - It looks like your AutoVoice account is not yet linked

I am on a Galaxy S8 and Android 7.0.
Following this guidance, http://lifehacker.com/how-to-create-custom-voice-commands-with-tasker-and-aut-1282209195, I installed Tasker and AutoVoice. Google app already installed. I enabled Autovoice accessibility service and AutoVoice Google Now integration.
OK Google is enabled on all screens.
However, when I say "OK Google, use Autovoice" Google consistantly comes back with "It looks like your AutoVoice account is not linked yet." How do I do this?
When I run AutoVoice Testing with my trigger words, they work. I have another 6.0 Android device where all this (Tasker, Autovoice, Google Now) works seamlessly.
Is there some other step required for S8 / Android 7.0 go get AutoVoice integrated with Google Now?

SomebodySysop said:
I am on a Galaxy S8 and Android 7.0.
Following this guidance, http://lifehacker.com/how-to-create-custom-voice-commands-with-tasker-and-aut-1282209195, I installed Tasker and AutoVoice. Google app already installed. I enabled Autovoice accessibility service and AutoVoice Google Now integration.
OK Google is enabled on all screens.
However, when I say "OK Google, use Autovoice" Google consistantly comes back with "It looks like your AutoVoice account is not linked yet." How do I do this?
When I run AutoVoice Testing with my trigger words, they work. I have another 6.0 Android device where all this (Tasker, Autovoice, Google Now) works seamlessly.
Is there some other step required for S8 / Android 7.0 go get AutoVoice integrated with Google Now?
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There is a difference between using the Google now voice search and using Google assistant. The running service is for Google now. The screenshot you posted is of Google assistant, in which you have to be apart of the Google + community for the app in order for it to work.
If you're just looking for basic usage, use Google now voicesearch and not Google assistant

Acoustichayes said:
There is a difference between using the Google now voice search and using Google assistant. The running service is for Google now. The screenshot you posted is of Google assistant, in which you have to be apart of the Google + community for the app in order for it to work.
If you're just looking for basic usage, use Google now voicesearch and not Google assistant
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Thank you very much! This is the first clue I've been handed to the source of my problem. You are right. On my px5 head unit, there are no settings for Google Assistant. On my S8, there are. However, I don't know why they are there, or how to disable Google Assistant without disabling OK Google. When I disable GA and speak "OK Google", it immediately asks me to turn GA back on to respond. Do you know how I can resolve this? Again, thanks!

Acoustichayes said:
There is a difference between using the Google now voice search and using Google assistant. The running service is for Google now. The screenshot you posted is of Google assistant, in which you have to be apart of the Google + community for the app in order for it to work.
If you're just looking for basic usage, use Google now voicesearch and not Google assistant
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SomebodySysop said:
Thank you very much! This is the first clue I've been handed to the source of my problem. You are right. On my px5 head unit, there are no settings for Google Assistant. On my S8, there are. However, I don't know why they are there, or how to disable Google Assistant without disabling OK Google. When I disable GA and speak "OK Google", it immediately asks me to turn GA back on to respond. Do you know how I can resolve this? Again, thanks!
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Never mind. I found it: https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ndroid-device-switch-back-google-now-0174676/
Problem is, don't have root on Galaxy S8. Google REALLY needs to give us the option for something like this instead of forcing it down our throats whether we like it or not!!!

SomebodySysop said:
Never mind. I found it: https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ndroid-device-switch-back-google-now-0174676/
Problem is, don't have root on Galaxy S8. Google REALLY needs to give us the option for something like this instead of forcing it down our throats whether we like it or not!!!
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You should be able to do it with a shortcut. I use Nova launcher and just use the voice search shortcut and it uses Google now. Or if you have a Google search bar on your screen with the mic in it, that should default to Google voice search and not assistant

Acoustichayes said:
You should be able to do it with a shortcut. I use Nova launcher and just use the voice search shortcut and it uses Google now. Or if you have a Google search bar on your screen with the mic in it, that should default to Google voice search and not assistant
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Whoa! You're right again! Pressing mic in Google search bar allows me to speak autovoice trigger I set up -- and it works! Mucho thanks!

SomebodySysop said:
Whoa! You're right again! Pressing mic in Google search bar allows me to speak autovoice trigger I set up -- and it works! Mucho thanks!
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No problem man. I use tasker, autovoice, and autoremote religiously haha. Too much home automation and laziness not to utilize them. You should look into the natural language it can now use. Takes a while to understand and set up, but after that, it's much better than regular recognize

Acoustichayes said:
You should be able to do it with a shortcut. I use Nova launcher and just use the voice search shortcut and it uses Google now. Or if you have a Google search bar on your screen with the mic in it, that should default to Google voice search and not assistant
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SomebodySysop said:
Whoa! You're right again! Pressing mic in Google search bar allows me to speak autovoice trigger I set up -- and it works! Mucho thanks!
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No problem man. I use tasker, autovoice, and autoremote religiously haha. Too much home automation and laziness not to utilize them. You should look into the natural language it can now use. Takes a while to understand and set up, but after that, it's much better than regular recognize
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I'm having fun, and pulling my hair out, just trying to get this going right now. At least twice this week I was in my car (head unit not installed yet) and really wanted to send time sensitive messages on my s8 using Google Voice. I don't text and drive, religiously. But being able to say "google voice text so-and-so" would have been quite useful.
One last, final question: I've been learning tasker/autovoice on a rooted px5. Just got this galaxy s8 and, of course, it's not rooted. Looks like I shell commands a lot in my profiles, particularly "input keyword" and "input text".
So, if I want to send %avcommnofilter as response to app, do you recommend autoinput for that?

SomebodySysop said:
I'm having fun, and pulling my hair out, just trying to get this going right now. At least twice this week I was in my car (head unit not installed yet) and really wanted to send time sensitive messages on my s8 using Google Voice. I don't text and drive, religiously. But being able to say "google voice text so-and-so" would have been quite useful.
One last, final question: I've been learning tasker/autovoice on a rooted px5. Just got this galaxy s8 and, of course, it's not rooted. Looks like I shell commands a lot in my profiles, particularly "input keyword" and "input text".
So, if I want to send %avcommnofilter as response to app, do you recommend autoinput for that?
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Figured out this issue here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/u/...to-screen-rooted-device-t3620540#post72644822

SomebodySysop said:
Figured out this issue here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/u/...to-screen-rooted-device-t3620540#post72644822
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My apologies for not responding! Got caught up with root searching and things of the sort. But im glad you figured it out!

Acoustichayes said:
There is a difference between using the Google now voice search and using Google assistant. The running service is for Google now. The screenshot you posted is of Google assistant, in which you have to be apart of the Google + community for the app in order for it to work.
If you're just looking for basic usage, use Google now voicesearch and not Google assistant
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FINALLY! This is how you link AutoVoice (or any 3rd party app) to Google Assistant: https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/websearch/HwJUpkrHPr4/xIJACIlEAwAJ
So, you have to say "OK, Google, ask Autovoice to...." followed by your AutoVoice command. Still wish I could just say "OK, Google" then command, but this will do for now.