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I was looking through the Nexus 7 manual in the Play Books app and one of the things it says for gestures is swiping up from the bottom on any screen and saying the word "Google" then your search will search for you. I've swiped up and said it, swiped then paused briefly before saying it but nothing works. Is this something that was taken out with the 4.1.1 update or has it always been missing? Failing that am I doing something wrong?
To clarify things I'm not talking about voice search. I can tap the microphone icon and get search results that way but that isn't what the manual says or what I'm talking about.
Did you elect to turn on Google Now at the first boot? If not, find it in settings and tick the box
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Dyonas said:
I was looking through the Nexus 7 manual in the Play Books app and one of the things it says for gestures is swiping up from the bottom on any screen and saying the word "Google" then your search will search for you. I've swiped up and said it, swiped then paused briefly before saying it but nothing works. Is this something that was taken out with the 4.1.1 update or has it always been missing? Failing that am I doing something wrong?
To clarify things I'm not talking about voice search. I can tap the microphone icon and get search results that way but that isn't what the manual says or what I'm talking about.
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I'm guessing you're not based in the US? Google now is pretty crippled when not using the US version. One of the missing features (at least in the UK) is the ability to activate the voice search by saying Google, also the pretty search results with pictures etc are not there too.
kboya said:
Did you elect to turn on Google Now at the first boot? If not, find it in settings and tick the box
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Yup, I liked the idea of it when I heard about it so I enabled it.
Rovman said:
I'm guessing you're not based in the US? Google now is pretty crippled when not using the US version. One of the missing features (at least in the UK) is the ability to activate the voice search by saying Google, also the pretty search results with pictures etc are not there too.
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This seems to be the problem then. Curses! Thanks for letting me know.
I am US based, and have been unsuccessful with the "say google" voice command as well.
I launch google now.
I say google, and it starts listening for search and I can talk to it.
Works fine for me.
thats because in the second update on the nexus 7 it was taken out due to the court case!
but heres a fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762570
movieaddict said:
thats because in the second update on the nexus 7 it was taken out due to the court case!
but heres a fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762570
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That's a US court case though and only applies to the US. It's similar to how I can buy a Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1 if I want to regardless of what happens in the US. I would hope that Google would leave it in for all non-US countries.
Bielinsk, have you updated? Are you using the stock ROM? If you're using the stock ROM and have updated then something else must be causing it. If you haven't updated then it's clearly been removed.
Swipe from Home button, "Google", "[query]".
Works fine. Hello from Canada.
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You have to activate it in the settings menu.
Works now, I must have been doing it wrong
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You have to activate it in the settings menu.
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Where exactly in the settings menu? Google Now's settings? General settings? I've looked in all of them and unless I'm missing something it should be enabled.
Same question for those saying it works, have you updated? Stock or custom ROM? I'm on 4.1.1 stock
It worked for me in the UK, but not with the detail of USA
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It worked for me in the UK, but not with the detail of USA
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Just a bit of info i have found from research -
If you're in the UK and the pictures aren't displaying, you have to tick - 'search from google.com' in the Google Now settings, and not use google.co.uk.
Same thing stands if you want the cute female voice - You have to change the language to English US
Hope this helps
p.s - the only thing i am stuck with is how to set up 'my locations' - i have enabled this within the Google Now settings but on the Maps app, i cannot add 'my locations', which makes that part of Google Now pretty much useless. I want Google Now to give me prompts to leave, etc etc, its a pretty nifty thing they showed off. Anyone know?
To set your Home and Work locations you have to go to maps.google.com (or .co.uk or wherever you live) on your PC and log into your Google account. You should see the links under the Create Map button on the left.
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Come on guys.. I've asked a simple question of anyone saying "it works" but none of you are replying. I'm glad it works for you but I need to know if you're using stock ROM and 4.1 or 4.1.1 so I can troubleshoot. Help me out
Dyonas said:
Come on guys.. I've asked a simple question of anyone saying "it works" but none of you are replying. I'm glad it works for you but I need to know if you're using stock ROM and 4.1 or 4.1.1 so I can troubleshoot. Help me out
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It works for me and I'm running 4.1.1 with the 2nd small "D" update. It also worked before and after the first update to 4.1.1
To turn on the "Say Google" feature open Google Now
Click Menu(3 dots lower right corner) -> Settings -> Voice -> Hotword Detection
Enjoy
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movieaddict said:
thats because in the second update on the nexus 7 it was taken out due to the court case!
but heres a fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762570
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Second update on the Nexus 7 doesn't remove any search functionality. I can still search and see results for apps and contacts when searching from the search box. This issue only applies the the Sprint version of the Galaxy Nexus.
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dch921 said:
It works for me and I'm running 4.1.1 with the 2nd small "D" update. It also worked before and after the first update to 4.1.1
To turn on the "Say Google" feature open Google Now
Click Menu(3 dots lower right corner) -> Settings -> Voice -> Hotword Detection
Enjoy
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Well that confirms it, I have no "Hotword Detection" in Voice. At least now I know where it should be and I can quiz other UK peoples, thanks!
Dyonas said:
Well that confirms it, I have no "Hotword Detection" in Voice. At least now I know where it should be and I can quiz other UK peoples, thanks!
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Here's what I have found
UK nexus 7 on stock 4.1.1
Voice language set to English UK
Search set to Google.co.UK
Offline files for voice recognition for UK English downloaded.
No hot word option in menu. No response to "Google"
Change language to English us at Google now. Change search to Google.com exit from Google now go back in Google hot word works menu option there.
BUT voice recognition way off (was almost perfect before)
Change language back to English UK, exit, back into Google now, no response to "Google" no menu hot word option.
Seems to be the language rather than the search that triggers it.
Guess it will come when they have analysed enough voices to get it right. Although it seems a strange thing to leave out given the rest of the recognition stuff works OK.
So. I loaded up the Nexsys 5, Google home, PrebuiltGmsCore and Velvet apks on the Hyper 1.1 Rom. All works fine, except, I don't get the "say Google" on the google search bar.
I tried the moving off English US to UK and back.. but that didn't help.
Also, one iteration of me playing around, it was there for a brief time and then gone when I reloaded... so I know its possible, just don't know enough about the way its setup to know what to look for.
Any help would be great!
TIA
PaulG
Do you have Google text to speech enable and downloaded?
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Southern_mind said:
Do you have Google text to speech enable and downloaded?
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No... That's what initiates it?
I'll try and let you know..
Thanks!
PaulG
Didn't work.. still no "hey google"
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On the Google launcher, MENU > SETTINGS > VOICE > HOTWORD DETECTION - set Enabled.
Thanks saw that.. but it's already checked.
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paulsg63 said:
So. I loaded up the Nexsys 5, Google home, PrebuiltGmsCore and Velvet apks on the Hyper 1.1 Rom. All works fine, except, I don't get the "say Google" on the google search bar.
I tried the moving off English US to UK and back.. but that didn't help.
Also, one iteration of me playing around, it was there for a brief time and then gone when I reloaded... so I know its possible, just don't know enough about the way its setup to know what to look for.
Any help would be great!
TIA
PaulG
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Let me ask this question...
Others that have loaded these files and are using the Google launcher... Does the "say Google" come up on your search bar?
No matter what Rom. Just wanted to know if its working at all.
Thanks
PaulG
paulsg63 said:
Let me ask this question...
Others that have loaded these files and are using the Google launcher... Does the "say Google" come up on your search bar?
No matter what Rom. Just wanted to know if its working at all.
Thanks
PaulG
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OK FIXED!!!!!!!!!
This is what I did...
Under Language and Input, > Google voice typing, >settings >Offline speech recognition.
Go to the all tab and make sure English (US) is the only option and re-download it.
Thanks for all the suggestions...
PaulG
paulsg63 said:
OK FIXED!!!!!!!!!
This is what I did...
Under Language and Input, > Google voice typing, >settings >Offline speech recognition.
Go to the all tab and make sure English (US) is the only option and re-download it.
Thanks for all the suggestions...
PaulG
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Thanks,
This fixed it for me.
I finally rooted and OTA'd today and I thought I borked it somehow.
hoyter said:
Thanks,
This fixed it for me.
I finally rooted and OTA'd today and I thought I borked it somehow.
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Awesome.. glad it helped.
The phrase is ok Google lol
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paulsg63 said:
OK FIXED!!!!!!!!!
This is what I did...
Under Language and Input, > Google voice typing, >settings >Offline speech recognition.
Go to the all tab and make sure English (US) is the only option and re-download it.
Thanks for all the suggestions...
PaulG
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I did that and my phone would not go into deep sleep. Checked my wake locks and Google search was keeping the phone up. Un installed the language pack update and my phone is deep sleeping again. Might just be me, but you might Check. It was killing my battery.
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I updated to the newest search and now no matter what I do I can get OK Google to work. I've tried everything in the past post.
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I installed the GEL and search pulled from the nexus 5 that others use and say it works but the "ok Google" at anytime on the home screen doesn't work for me. I have it on English us and changed it then changed back cause I heard that helps but still no avail. Even when inside Google now I can't say ok Google, and I do have voice activation checked in settings. Any idea?
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Can't figure it out I've tried Everything thing.
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I haven't messed with it but are you running the newest Google search that was released on the playstore (not the one pulled from nexus 5) if you have the new version released to everyone and the launcher it should work. I know people had issues with the pulled one from nexus 5
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I installed the GEL and search pulled from the nexus 5 that others use and say it works but the "ok Google" at anytime on the home screen doesn't work for me. I have it on English us and changed it then changed back cause I heard that helps but still no avail. Even when inside Google now I can't say ok Google, and I do have voice activation checked in settings. Any idea?
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"Ok google" is hit and miss right now. Works on some devices but not the G2. You would think with the Snapdragon 800 it would surely work but not with this update, wait till the next one boss.
Walter21026 said:
"Ok google" is hit and miss right now. Works on some devices but not the G2. You would think with the Snapdragon 800 it would surely work but not with this update, wait till the next one boss.
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That's odd, "Ok Google" always seems to work perfectly for me. Just had to re-download the English(US) language pack and it worked.
scififan68 said:
That's odd, "Ok Google" always seems to work perfectly for me. Just had to re-download the English(US) language pack and it worked.
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Your talking about using "OK google" from the home screen and not the google now screen right? i just tried your steps to no avail unfortunately
Walter21026 said:
Your talking about using "OK google" from the home screen and not the google now screen right? i just tried your steps to no avail unfortunately
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Yeah I am, I used the guide here, http://phandroid.com/2013/11/14/how-to-install-google-experience-launcher-with-ok-google-command/ before it refused to work for me at all, now it works every time it seems. Look for the first picture before the following paragraph:
"Once in Google Now, scroll all the way to the bottom and press the 3 dot menu to select Settings. From there, select “voice” > “offline speech recognition” (manage downloaded languages). Now, we’re going to work our way from the right tab, all the way to the left." Then follow what it says. If it still won't work, then you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531512 As the OP person claims this worked on their G2 out of the box.
scififan68 said:
Yeah I am, I used the guide here, http://phandroid.com/2013/11/14/how-to-install-google-experience-launcher-with-ok-google-command/ before it refused to work for me at all, now it works every time it seems. Look for the first picture before the following paragraph:
"Once in Google Now, scroll all the way to the bottom and press the 3 dot menu to select Settings. From there, select “voice” > “offline speech recognition” (manage downloaded languages). Now, we’re going to work our way from the right tab, all the way to the left." Then follow what it says. If it still won't work, then you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531512 As the OP person claims this worked on their G2 out of the box.
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This worked. Thanks.
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So I just jumped in to google search since updating to KK, spoke out OK GOOGLE, and nothing. Checked all my settings, made sure voice is english US, hotword detection is ON, but nothing....if you hit the microphone it wakes up and works, but it no longer has hotword detection any more for me.
Any one else?
stevessvt said:
So I just jumped in to google search since updating to KK, spoke out OK GOOGLE, and nothing. Checked all my settings, made sure voice is english US, hotword detection is ON, but nothing....if you hit the microphone it wakes up and works, but it no longer has hotword detection any more for me.
Any one else?
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It does not work like that, if you are on the goggle search app and say ok google it activates the voice command but if you grab the google launcher apk from here (http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-and-gpe-devices-apk-mirrored-for-all-others/ ) it might work (haven't tried it so don't know)
XxZombiePikachu said:
It does not work like that, if you are on the goggle search app and say ok google it activates the voice command but if you grab the google launcher apk from here (http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-and-gpe-devices-apk-mirrored-for-all-others/ ) it might work (haven't tried it so don't know)
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Lol, Im sorry, I guess I wasnt clear, I mean in the google search app, you would say OK GOOGLE and it would activate. It no longer does for me. And I have cleared data/cache for google search as well as downgrading the app, still wont activate hotword detection
stevessvt said:
Lol, Im sorry, I guess I wasnt clear, I mean in the google search app, you would say OK GOOGLE and it would activate. It no longer does for me.
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have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling?
XxZombiePikachu said:
have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling?
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Sorry, I updated my last post with that info, yes I downgraded the app, didnt help. I cleared cache/data, didnt help, updated again, nothing.
I don't know what's wrong maybe someone else running 4.4.2 on t-mo can offer some help
It does work under googles 'voice search' app, but not the google search app.
Yes I know the search app
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Also running 4.4.2 on T-Mobile LG G2 (D801) and having the same issue. Worked before the 4.4.2 upgrade, now it doesn't. Still works if you click the mic icon and talk, but doesn't recognize "OK google" as a hotword anymore. Hopefully there will be a patch soon, as the update was only just released 5 days ago (not even OTA yet). If anyone knows how to fix, let me know as well. I have tried the same steps (uninstalling updates, clear cache, re-install updates). Checked settings and hotword is enabled. Thanks!
Make sure to enable Google Now and Hotword Detection.
Also make sure your system language is English (US).
Already checked that. Turned Google Now off and back on as well as hotword detection to see if it fixed it which it did not. I sent feedback to Google that is was not working via the send feedback button. Hopefully it is just a bug and will be patched soon.
Fix for hotword detection!
Go to system settings/General/Accessibility,
Turn off On-Screen Phone,
Google Hotword detection will work again.
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jon_williamson said:
Already checked that. Turned Google Now off and back on as well as hotword detection to see if it fixed it which it did not. I sent feedback to Google that is was not working via the send feedback button. Hopefully it is just a bug and will be patched soon.
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ejf529 said:
Go to system settings/General/Accessibility,
Turn off On-Screen Phone,
Google Hotword detection will work again.
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And I thought on-screen phone was a really cool feature. Was looking forward to using it. Until they work together I guess I will just have to make sure I turn off on-screen phone when not in use. Thanks for the tip! You are a gem to the community.
jon_williamson said:
And I thought on-screen phone was a really cool feature. Was looking forward to using it. Until they work together I guess I will just have to make sure I turn off on-screen phone when not in use. Thanks for the tip! You are a gem to the community.
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Just updated to kitkat on my Tmobile LG G2 - when to settings, general, accessibility... I don't see any "on-screen phone" to turn on or off... Anyone that can assist, I'd appreciate it.
Google now screen. Settings. Voice. Offline speech. Download the English file.
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Sfkn2 said:
Google now screen. Settings. Voice. Offline speech. Download the English file.
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Thanks, but that didn't make okay google work from home screen. (Works fine if I go into google now, but that kinda defeats the purpose).
Learnerspermit said:
Thanks, but that didn't make okay google work from home screen. (Works fine if I go into google now, but that kinda defeats the purpose).
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Let me guess, you aren't using the nexus launcher, which is the only launcher that allows you to use 'OK Google' from main screen.
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Sfkn2 said:
Let me guess, you aren't using the nexus launcher, which is the only launcher that allows you to use 'OK Google' from main screen.
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No, I'm not I was using the LG launcher that came with the rooted kitkat I just installed... I like the LG UI, so if it requires changing that, I'll pass. Thanks for the info.
However, I'm still confused as to why "on screen phone" doesn't show up in my settings/general/accessibility. That doesn't have anything to do with a launcher.
Learnerspermit said:
No, I'm not I was using the LG launcher that came with the rooted kitkat I just installed... I like the LG UI, so if it requires changing that, I'll pass. Thanks for the info.
However, I'm still confused as to why "on screen phone" doesn't show up in my settings/general/accessibility. That doesn't have anything to do with a launcher.
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You know on screen phone doesn't come preinstalled for non-factory 4.4.2 t mobile G2s, right? You would have to install it yourself.
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You know on screen phone doesn't come preinstalled for non-factory 4.4.2 t mobile G2s, right? You would have to install it yourself.
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Probably sounds stupid here, but what do you mean non-factory 4.4.2?
I'm using the current OTA 4.4.2 that was just modified to allow rooting, other than that it's the same as anyone that updated OTA.
But again, if it's a required install to get, why would not having it stop the "okay google" from working on the google mic ribbon on the home page? If I click the mic it works fine.
hi, i have a note 3 with stock rom 4.4.2, i can't write messages dictation, When I bought the phone this feature was there, now I can't find the key, can you help me to solve?
In settings may u have selected hangout as default messaging app instead of stock messaging app.
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jdomadia said:
In settings may u have selected hangout as default messaging app instead of stock messaging app.
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There is no longer the key to write from dictation.
1st:
Then:
Let's hope that fixxes it, but let us know. It might help others.
HanZie82 said:
1st: View attachment 2717852
Then: View attachment 2717853
Let's hope that fixxes it, but let us know. It might help others.
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i don't have "google voice typing"
ipernexus said:
i don't have "google voice typing"
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Hmm but that might be the problem then. I hope its available on Google Play.
HanZie82 said:
Hmm but that might be the problem then. I hope its available on Google Play.
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can you give me the link of the app?
ipernexus said:
can you give me the link of the app?
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Have you disabled Google Search?
If so, try enabling it and see if the Voice thingy is back.
HanZie82 said:
Have you disabled Google Search?
If so, try enabling it and see if the Voice thingy is back.
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i solve the problem enabling google search
thx!!!