OK Google from screen off requires PIN. How to turn that off? - Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have set up "OK Google" to recognize my voice from screen off.
This works great, however, when I use it, it requires me to enter my PIN/fingerprint to show the results.
Is there any way to turn this off? I find it kind of silly that I have to do that every time.
And as far as security reasons, the phone won't respond to anyone else, so it's not like someone would be able to "OK Google" and unlock my phone, unless they sound exactly like me.

mgorman said:
I have set up "OK Google" to recognize my voice from screen off.
This works great, however, when I use it, it requires me to enter my PIN/fingerprint to show the results.
Is there any way to turn this off? I find it kind of silly that I have to do that every time.
And as far as security reasons, the phone won't respond to anyone else, so it's not like someone would be able to "OK Google" and unlock my phone, unless they sound exactly like me.
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I've been having this issue as well, I've been meaning to start a thread about it. It seems that trusted voice isn't working correctly - this is meant to unlock the device when it responds to your voice. Well that's my understanding anyway.

Ah I see what is missing. You have to enabled "Trusted Voice" in the security settings for smart lock. Once I did this, it now unlocks with OK Google.

mgorman said:
Ah I see what is missing. You have to enabled "Trusted Voice" in the security settings for smart lock. Once I did this, it now unlocks with OK Google.
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I've already got this enabled yet 90% of the time it still brings up the PIN screen.

I too was confused by this. I was like.. well google now from screen off is totally useless if I have to unlock the phone after making my request. lol
All is good now. Thanks for the tip.

Tung_meister said:
I've already got this enabled yet 90% of the time it still brings up the PIN screen.
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Unfortunately, trusted voice matching is still hit and miss. It can depend on the environment when you talk to it, or even on you if you have a cold or something else that effects you. The best option is to try retraining the voice recognition in the ok google settings; I had to do that once when I had a particularly poor match up.

cbowens said:
Unfortunately, trusted voice matching is still hit and miss. It can depend on the environment when you talk to it, or even on you if you have a cold or something else that effects you. The best option is to try retraining the voice recognition in the ok google settings; I had to do that once when I had a particularly poor match up.
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Surely though if the phone responds to my "OK Google" and wakes it up it has recognised it as me though so should work?

Tung_meister said:
Surely though if the phone responds to my "OK Google" and wakes it up it has recognised it as me though so should work?
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While I don't have documentation to support my understanding, the best I've been able to put together is that "trusted voice" and "hotword detection" operate on different levels of accuracy. When you train it to recognize "Ok Google" in order to launch voice commands, it's attempting to better recognize you based on your enunciation and potential accent, where as the trusted voice is actually trying to match further, perhaps with things such as tone and pitch, in order to authenticate that its really you. For example, after training my phone, I can use "Ok google" to launch into voice commands when the phone is unlocked, or to bypass the unlock requirement when the phone is locked and execute a voice command. My wife, if she tries to immitate the way I say the phrase, can get my phone to launch into voice commands when the phone is unlocked, but if she tries while the phone is locked, it will require a PIN entry. It seems to be the same situation as what you're describing.

To me, this is exactly how it should work.

Tung_meister said:
I've already got this enabled yet 90% of the time it still brings up the PIN screen.
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You should retrain your voice model then. Be sure to speak naturally and at a distance that you'd be speaking at the phone normally. I always practice a few times before hand to make sure I don't sound robotic like I am talking to an automated operator. "Speak to a representative..... Speak to a representative.... SPEAK TO A REPRESENTATIVE!"

You can use this app to pass that policy: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luutinhit.doubletapscreenoff

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