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Sorry if this is the wrong place but:
What's the difference between the S-Voice from the S4 and Google Now?
I watched sum comparison videos on youtube, but they seem a little bit inaccurate. For example, it said that "google voice" can't open apps, but it can on my Nexus 4.
S voice is Samsung's own personal assistant developed for Galaxy devices . I guess it has been used in GS3, Note 2 and GS4 as well.
Google Now is vast new concept started by Google. It's more than just a personal assistant. It's like improved version of Google Voice..
for ex. if you are entering any highway, GN will warn about traffic
you are entering into a tube station, GN will alert you about the next trains lined up..
Google voice can certainly open apps.
Google now is better .S voice sucks that's the difference. Half the time s voice doesn't function right or gets s##t wrong that you ask for.
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imeem said:
Sorry if this is the wrong place but:
What's the difference between the S-Voice from the S4 and Google Now?
I watched sum comparison videos on youtube, but they seem a little bit inaccurate. For example, it said that "google voice" can't open apps, but it can on my Nexus 4.
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S-Voice is like another apps on Samsung Device that begins with "S", and i prefer to put S as Silly except Samsung
Silly apps that u can find all of them for free in play store but samsung preinstall them on galaxies device!!! on Android OS that it has its own preinstalled apps......................!
of course Google Now is better.
Ok, this is turning into a fanboys sort of thread.
Back to the OPs question:
Essentially, theyre the same thing. Its like iOS' Siri versus Google Now, theyre both designed to do the same things but by different companies
And S-Voice is part of a proprietary framework called Touchwiz, so it can only be installed on devices running a Touchwiz ROM. Google now on the other hand, relies on no underlying framework and so could be installed on any Android device, as long as the Android version supports it
thx for the reply. The reason i ask this question is i installed S Voice on my Nexus 4 from here: http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/26/samsung-galaxy-s-4s-s-voice-apk-now-available-to-download/
Is there any reason to have both? I just downloaded it for fun.
With further testing, it seems like the Google now can't open sum apps. Such as PPSSPP, CloudOn, Office Suite, and GTA Vice City. While S voice.apk from the S4 can do this and can do stuff like "turn off wifi" and "turn on bluetooth".
imeem said:
thx for the reply. The reason i ask this question is i installed S Voice on my Nexus 4 from here: http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/26/samsung-galaxy-s-4s-s-voice-apk-now-available-to-download/
Is there any reason to have both? I just downloaded it for fun.
With further testing, it seems like the Google now can't open sum apps. Such as PPSSPP, CloudOn, Office Suite, and GTA Vice City. While S voice.apk from the S4 can do this and can do stuff like "turn off wifi" and "turn on bluetooth".
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Not really, just use whichever is best for what you do, no point in really having 2 of the same sort of utility app
And obviously one will have more features than the other, it just depends on which features are most important to the user
Question, did the s-voice install properly and isnt giving you any force close issues? Strange because I was sure it would rely on the Touchwiz framework
CNexus said:
Not really, just use whichever is best for what you do, no point in really having 2 of the same sort of utility app
And obviously one will have more features than the other, it just depends on which features are most important to the user
Question, did the s-voice install properly and isnt giving you any force close issues? Strange because I was sure it would rely on the Touchwiz framework
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Nope. It installed properly. It only crashes when i go to language & input , select samsung for voice recognizer, and then press voice search.
imeem said:
Nope. It installed properly. It only crashes when language anD input , select samsung for voice recognizer, and then press voice search
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Interesting....thanks, gonna check it out now!
It would seem that it would rely on the TW framework since its an assistant sort of app...
imeem said:
Nope. It installed properly. It only crashes when i go to language & input , select samsung for voice recognizer, and then press voice search.
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How are you getting it to work? For me it kept saying "network connection error"?
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How are you getting it to work? For me it kept saying "network connection error"?
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Did u turn on ur wifi or data? It needs internet. Other than that, i didnt do anything
imeem said:
Did u turn on ur wifi or data? It needs internet. Other than that, i didnt do anything
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Tried with both. Could you upload yours since i know it's working? Thanks
CNexus said:
Tried with both. Could you upload yours since i know it's working? Thanks
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what phone do you have?
https://hotfile.com/dl/201722708/fd3276b/S-Voice_Android_phone_J.apk.html
imeem said:
what phone do you have?
https://hotfile.com/dl/201722708/fd3276b/S-Voice_Android_phone_J.apk.html
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Evo shift, I'm on AOSP 4.2.2 though, so it should be fine. Strangely, that's where I downloaded it from and no luck.
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Evo shift, I'm on AOSP 4.2.2 though, so it should be fine. Strangely, that's where I downloaded it from and no luck.
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try your evo 4 g
CNexus said:
How are you getting it to work? For me it kept saying "network connection error"?
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I used it for a day then got the network connection error also. Samsung (actually Vlingo/Nuance) reads the incoming device ID and blocks the connection if it's a mismatch with the device ID the app's intended to work with. Same thing happened when people were using bootleg copies of the SGS3's S Voice APK before it was released.
As for S Voice vs. Google Now I use S Voice more. To send a text message for example, Google Now opens up the recipient from the address book but you can't dictate the message, at least not from within Google Now. Same thing with e-mail. Dialing's also kind of clunky where if there are multiple options for your request you have to pick one manually. S Voice also repeats the number back before dialing where Google Now just dials and can miss digits you dictate pretty easily. Using a BT headset you can pretty much completely accomplish things hands free with S Voice while quite a few require a second manual action with Google Now.
Here are some examples
If you're in an app like the browser you also can't get Google Now to launch from the menu key because it's now serving the open application and doesn't recognize the "long press" command to open Google Now. Some people have disabled S Voice and remapped the home key to either Google Search or Voice Dialer. S Voice allows you to post to FB and Twitter too. Also, a lot of Google Now's neatest features (flight departure, package shipping, etc.) require you to use Gmail because Google's servers scrape your messages looking for pertinent data. I don't use Gmail and don't like the idea of Google's servers searching my data, even with my permission so to anyone not exclusively on Gmail certain feature don't mean very much.
Voice controls are also tied to S Voice. I use them pretty frequently; especially with the camera, music player, and to launch apps from the lock screen by voice.
I played with Google Now for a short time when I got my N2 so if it's improved or I'm being too hard on it someone speak up.
CNexus said:
How are you getting it to work? For me it kept saying "network connection error"?
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i think my S voice stopped working, says no network connection
imeem said:
i think my S voice stopped working, says no network connection
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It's being blocked because the device ID from the APK you downloaded doesn't match the device ID the server's reading from the actual device.
I love Samsung devices but I can't stand S voice. Unless there has been MAJOR improvement over the S3's/Note2 S voice I will still dislike it. First thing I do when I set up my Galaxy phones is disable it and get rid of the home button delay.
I think google now is better, faster, much more accurate and much more unique ( S voice is a clear copy of Siri).
barondebxl said:
I love Samsung devices but I can't stand S voice. Unless there has been MAJOR improvement over the S3's/Note2 S voice I will still dislike it. First thing I do when I set up my Galaxy phones is disable it and get rid of the home button delay.
I think google now is better, faster, much more accurate and much more unique ( S voice is a clear copy of Siri).
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Yup. HTC Speak is on its way as well.
Just a PSA for all you guys. If you go into the google search settings, tap voice, enable audio history, then set up the OK google training, there's an option for having it listen when the screen is off.
This basically works by using s voice to set up the OK google command, then instead of launching s voice when the command is heard, it launches google now. It works pretty seamlessly and (as far as I can tell) as good as the Moto X.
aooga said:
Just a PSA for all you guys. If you go into the google search settings, tap voice, enable audio history, then set up the OK google training, there's an option for having it listen when the screen is off.
This basically works by using s voice to set up the OK google command, then instead of launching s voice when the command is heard, it launches google now. It works pretty seamlessly and (as far as I can tell) as good as the Moto X.
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thats great news! I really enjoy using that with Nova on my M8, and was hoping it would work on the Note 4.
wase4711 said:
thats great news! I really enjoy using that with Nova on my M8, and was hoping it would work on the Note 4.
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You mean nova launcher? Or is this something that I don't know about? The Note 4 does this like the Moto X with that extra "chip" in the processor.
aooga said:
Just a PSA for all you guys. If you go into the google search settings, tap voice, enable audio history, then set up the OK google training, there's an option for having it listen when the screen is off.
This basically works by using s voice to set up the OK google command, then instead of launching s voice when the command is heard, it launches google now. It works pretty seamlessly and (as far as I can tell) as good as the Moto X.
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How's the battery life with it enabled?
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scoobrel said:
How's the battery life with it enabled?
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No different. It's just like the Moto X in that it uses a separate low power core to listen for that command.
aooga said:
You mean nova launcher? Or is this something that I don't know about? The Note 4 does this like the Moto X with that extra "chip" in the processor.
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yeah, nova launcher enables that on the M8, and I really got used to using it!
aooga said:
No different. It's just like the Moto X in that it uses a separate low power core to listen for that command.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.
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aooga said:
No different. It's just like the Moto X in that it uses a separate low power core to listen for that command.
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Not true, I'm noticing my phone won't go into deep sleep with it on.
It does work with OK Google.
But if you use a custom phrase, that works to wake up the phone but doesn't work on the home screen.
So there you still have to say OK Google.
DrexelDragon said:
Not true, I'm noticing my phone won't go into deep sleep with it on.
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It might be another app that's doing that. The 805 chip has a dedicated always listening chip. The entire point is for it to not affect the battery. Use it the entire day and see if you really get any worse battery life than with it off. I can assure you you won't.
aooga said:
Just a PSA for all you guys. If you go into the google search settings, tap voice, enable audio history, then set up the OK google training, there's an option for having it listen when the screen is off.
This basically works by using s voice to set up the OK google command, then instead of launching s voice when the command is heard, it launches google now. It works pretty seamlessly and (as far as I can tell) as good as the Moto X.
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Thanks for the tip, I would've never found out about it. Awesome little feature.
aooga said:
It might be another app that's doing that. The 805 chip has a dedicated always listening chip. The entire point is for it to not affect the battery. Use it the entire day and see if you really get any worse battery life than with it off. I can assure you you won't.
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Absolutely correct. .. here is a good read if you would like to know about 805 that you are using:
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/audio
What type of commands do you all use for this?
barfingmonkey said:
What type of commands do you all use for this?
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basic stuff like "call____"
"message______"
"email_____"
"listen to ______"
here's a link with tons of other stuff you can say to it..
http://www.greenbot.com/article/2359684/a-list-of-all-the-ok-google-voice-commands.html
Cool, thanks
Not OK Google
I can't get my voice training to work. When I get to the screen where it prompts me to say "OK Google" 4 times to train it, after I press the Mic button it never registers my voice... just sits there at 0/4 attempts. I have rebooted, etc.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
robroy90 said:
I can't get my voice training to work. When I get to the screen where it prompts me to say "OK Google" 4 times to train it, after I press the Mic button it never registers my voice... just sits there at 0/4 attempts. I have rebooted, etc.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Have you by chance disabled the s-voice app?
when the screen is off and i say ok google, the sound pop up but the screen stay off and it doesn't search. when i turned on the screen it just say (say ok google or tap mic)
aooga said:
Have you by chance disabled the s-voice app?
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THANK YOU! I went into the S-Voice settings (because I had done nothing with it since getting the phone) and first went through all the configuration of S-Voice. Left that app, went back into it and turned all of the S-Voice features off, and then went back to the Google Search settings and into the Voice portion. I then was able to train OK Google the required 4 times. It now works great. Uttering an "OK Google" with the screen off (and locked) will invoke it. Works just like I have wanted it to ever since I saw the feature on the Moto X and was always frustrated I couldn't have it on a better phone!
So guys your saying that ok google depends on svoice still? In other words of you freeze svoice with titanium backup, "Ok Google" command will not work with the screen off? Can someone check please?
No root, no need to download or install anything.
This work for other devices as well as the Note 4. This enables the Google now "Ok Google" Feature where you can active Google now while the screen is off. This is something like the Moto X feature.
How To:
1) Open Google Now
2) Go to Google Now Settings
3) Click on "Voice"
4) Enable "Audio History"
5) Click "Ok Google Detection"
6)Click "Always on" and follow the remaining directions.
You Can also watch this How To Video if you want:
If you device is unsupported or it just wont work, then there is an app called "Open Mic+ for Google Now" which does this for you.
This also works on the Lg G3, Nexus 5, and Galaxy S5, from what I know. Please feel free to try other devices and let me know if they work as well.
Mod Edit: closed as a duplicate.
I wonder what phone features will work with this.
Piercing Heavens said:
I wonder what phone features will work with this.
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works with text and calling. You have to allow Google to store and access your contacts in order to do it.
Does anyone have any idea as to whether or not you'll be able to change the trigger words to something else? "Okay, google" feels kind of clumsy haha.
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I wonder what phone features will work with this.
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"Navigate to _____ on car/on walk"
"Set an alarm for tomorrow at 7PM"
"Convert __ inches to meters"
"What's the 17% of 2,000?"
"What's the square root of __?"
"What's a black widow?"
"What actor starred in Mrs. Doubtfire?"
"Call dad"
"Text dad, Hey how are you old man, question mark"
"How far is it from Minneapolis to England?"
"Give me information on flight ____"
"Do a barrel-roll"
etc..
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Does anyone have any idea as to whether or not you'll be able to change the trigger words to something else? "Okay, google" feels kind of clumsy haha.
"Navigate to _____ on car/on walk"
"Set an alarm for tomorrow at 7PM"
"Convert __ inches to meters"
"What's the 17% of 2,000?"
"What's the square root of __?"
"What's a black widow?"
"What actor starred in Mrs. Doubtfire?"
"Call dad"
"Text dad, Hey how are you old man, question mark"
"How far is it from Minneapolis to England?"
"Give me information on flight ____"
"Do a barrel-roll"
etc..
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You forgot "Beam me up scotty" .. Awesome list.
blackout720 said:
You forgot "Beam me up scotty" .. Awesome list.
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"when am i" is also a good one, and i think "ok jarvis" might still work too.
anyone try s-voice with the screen off? or am i one of the only ones that still likes s-voice? on the note 3 it was beautiful, before google's screen off voice recognition came about. on the s4 it's worthless. hoping they might revamp it, but hey, who knows.
derrtydee said:
"when am i" is also a good one, and i think "ok jarvis" might still work too.
anyone try s-voice with the screen off? or am i one of the only ones that still likes s-voice? on the note 3 it was beautiful, before google's screen off voice recognition came about. on the s4 it's worthless. hoping they might revamp it, but hey, who knows.
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I believe you can set it to ""ok jarvis" instead of okay google.
Tested and it works. "Ok Jarvis" is now my go to command.
blackout720 said:
Tested and it works. "Ok Jarvis" is now my go to command.
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okay now how do we get it to talk in a jarvis voice?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D156TfHpE1Q
J3ff said:
okay now how do we get it to talk in a jarvis voice?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D156TfHpE1Q
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closest i could get was a hot british chick. but i'm sure that with root we could probably load the voice synthesis data in place of the stock one. (for the hot british chick, open google now, go to settings, then voice, then choose the different version of english.)
Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
skrubol said:
Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
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Yes I do find it creepy. I also found that Google Now doesn't search what I want, maybe that's just me.
It seems I get best results by simple opening Google search and entering one or two words on my topic of interest.
I also do not like that Now is trying to decide what I like or what I would think relevant. Again that's just me.
I turned it off completely. Each to his own!
skrubol said:
Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
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Google, FBI, Your Mom, Laptop, Tablet, Desktop, Gaming System, Handheld Gaming System. Any one of these can be listening in on you at any time, but why would they? Are you a drug lord? Hahah Jokes.
skrubol said:
Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
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Nope. If anyone is listening, they're probably bored to tears.
blackout720 said:
I believe you can set it to ""ok jarvis" instead of okay google.
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For some reason, I can't get it to recognize anything except "ok google". Tried ok jarvis, and many others. Any trick to getting a different command to work?
I've never really figured out if people think that actual people are "listening" to what we say or "reading" our texts and email.
Nobody is. It's all code. . It's not stored and read by others later, it's not information used by human beings. It's simply information used as variables for function calls in the code. The audio the mic picks up is fed into a stack of information blocks in a first in last out method. Each sample in the stack is analyzed, not by words spoken but by the signal analysis of the detected noises. All of the noises are converted to a spectrum via Fourier analysis and then any pattern that matches the expected pattern will trigger the interrupt condition needed to turn the phone on. "Okay jarvis" has a frequency domain spectrum very similar to "okay google", thats why it works too. Any noise the mic picks up that does not match the expected pattern of noises are simply lost.
A similar process is used for email and text parsing. I know this stuff can seem scary and dubious but it's really just basic computing. Everything is converted to 1s and 0s. It's easy to let our imaginations run wild when we don't understand how something works. Imagine turning on a lighter or using a flashlight a few thousand years ago. Those things would be magical, and most likely destroyed on the spot along with the "demon" that had them.
blackout720 said:
No root, no need to download or install anything.
This work for other devices as well as the Note 4. This enables the Google now "Ok Google" Feature where you can active Google now while the screen is off. This is something like the Moto X feature.
How To:
1) Open Google Now
2) Go to Google Now Settings
3) Click on "Voice"
4) Enable "Audio History"
5) Click "Ok Google Detection"
6)Click "Always on" and follow the remaining directions.
You Can also watch this How To Video if you want:
If you device is unsupported or it just wont work, then there is an app called "Open Mic+ for Google Now" which does this for you.
This also works on the Lg G3, Nexus 5, and Galaxy S5, from what I know. Please feel free to try other devices and let me know if they work as well.
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On a side note, if you disable S Voice, this will NOT work. Also, even if you have lock password or fingerprint it will still work.
bythe said:
On a side note, if you disable S Voice, this will NOT work. Also, even if you have lock password or fingerprint it will still work.
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Yes, I found out the same after disabling S Voice. I have been able to wake the phone up with an "OK, Google" though I must say it hasn't worked consistently.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS6/comments/339zyv/ok_google_crippled_and_per_samsung_no_longer_a
I don't know if this is related to the recent Google Play Services updates or not, or if this really came from Samsung or not. But the options are definitely gone and were there when the phone was first released:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1rC3Pne6YD1bHFRc2ZXRm53RmF1T2NjUmZLX3J0TjhMWE93/view
Normally you'd see the options for using it from any screen and using it while the screen is off and charging, and those options were definitely there when the phone was first released. There's a Note 4 user on G+ that might be seeing the same, but hasn't confirmed for sure yet.
Edit: I'm on the Verizon variant, but have seen a few others that are not Verizon seeing the same thing.
It's gone for me as well. ATT variant.
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It's gone for me as well. ATT variant.
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It seems to be a widespread problem. People aren't noticing it since it was an option not everyone turned on. Those that did are missing it and pissed. The fact that the Retrain Voice option is missing makes me believe this is more an error than deliberate, but you never know.
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Sprint. Gone for me now too. I used this all the time too.
it makes me wonder if there is some sort of security concern. like the ability for someone to walk up, say OK Google and then say a command that could execute an unwanted command. like maybe wipe the phone, or email all your money to my account! ha ha
Both are unrealistic examples...but you catch my drift.
It wouldnt surprise me if it werent removed due to some battery bug or otherwise.
I'd expect it to come back like the Google Fit support did after an update of sorts
Anyone know if the Exynos chip inside the S6 supports low-power hotword detection, similar to the Moto X and Nexus 6?
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Anyone know if the Exynos chip inside the S6 supports low-power hotword detection, similar to the Moto X and Nexus 6?
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Yes it's there and already works with s voice. There was a way to make it work with Google now but now that Google has removed that feature no longer works. To me this is a big deal and needs more noise than it's getting. This was done on purpose not a mistake. Whether was Samsung or Google its jacked up.
I got tired to working with a crippled phone, so decided to do something about it. I did a little research on the internet and found a workaround. It involves dumping the Touch Wiz launcher. And, since neither Google nor Samsung will acknowledge this as I problem, I was NOT about to use the Google Now Launcher. Therefor, I have now installed and configured the Nova Launcher and now have "Ok Google" working from all pages! It still does not launch with the phone in standby, but at least I have the majority of "Ok Google" restored.
bikerbrent said:
I got tired to working with a crippled phone, so decided to do something about it. I did a little research on the internet and found a workaround. It involves dumping the Touch Wiz launcher. And, since neither Google nor Samsung will acknowledge this as I problem, I was NOT about to use the Google Now Launcher. Therefor, I have now installed and configured the Nova Launcher and now have "Ok Google" working from all pages! It still does not launch with the phone in standby, but at least I have the majority of "Ok Google" restored.
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it works from the home screen, but it does not work from anywhere. JUST when you are in nova launcher. So it's not really a fix. Everyone wants it from ANY screen no matter what app.
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it works from the home screen, but it does not work from anywhere. JUST when you are in nova launcher. So it's not really a fix. Everyone wants it from ANY screen no matter what app.
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Right, it may be just a work around, but at least it restores some functionality until Google or Samsung fixes this issue!
zathus said:
Yes it's there and already works with s voice. There was a way to make it work with Google now but now that Google has removed that feature no longer works. To me this is a big deal and needs more noise than it's getting. This was done on purpose not a mistake. Whether was Samsung or Google its jacked up.
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I feel the same. I feel honestly like it was Samsung not wanting competition for its garbage s-voice crap, and worked it out with google. I hope i am wrong but this is samsung and i wouldnt put it past them.
The problem I had with the setting was if it was on detection for all apps then and hangout video or calls would not work. On my S4 before this phone I had it turned off even though I liked the "OK Google" from any screen.
frettfreak said:
I feel the same. I feel honestly like it was Samsung not wanting competition for its garbage s-voice crap, and worked it out with google. I hope i am wrong but this is samsung and i wouldnt put it past them.
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That would make sense if this feature was also not working on other TW devices with wake-up S-Voice. That's not the case however, as it works flawlessly on my Note 10.1 2014. What I'm hoping is that Samsung is working with Google to give the Google app access to the cpu Samsung uses in the S6 for screen off voice control. Then we'll have 'ok google' voice controls with no battery drain.
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That would make sense if this feature was also not working on other TW devices with wake-up S-Voice. That's not the case however, as it works flawlessly on my Note 10.1 2014. What I'm hoping is that Samsung is working with Google to give the Google app access to the cpu Samsung uses in the S6 for screen off voice control. Then we'll have 'ok google' voice controls with no battery drain.
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Makes sense! That would be nice for sure. I didnt think about it working on other phones that had s-voice (duh lol). good catch. :good:
Love svoice that launches from any screen even the locked one and you can tell whatever name you gave it (could just be 'OK Google') to open Google. And voila you have Google from any screen.
It was with great horror that I discovered that Google is now forcing the effin' Google Assistant down our throats. Home long press now launches this abomination of an app. Quickly figured out how to disable the crapware, but nowong press of home does nothing. So Google, of you are reading this....
I DON'T WANT TO BE TALKING TO MY PHONE ALL THE TIME, I HAVE A LIFE AND PEOPLE TO TALK TO.
Is there a way to recover the old functionality? I want long press to launch the old style Google app. If no, what is the version of the last update that does not include this POS software? I had not updated for a while and now this...
Apologies for fuming, it is just so freaking invasive on Google's part to ot even ask if I want to opt in.
PS setting ro.opa.eligible_device=false does NOT do the trick. Grrrr, this is getting more annoying by the minute
Someone on Reddit says you can change your language to US Virgin Islands to get the old now on tap back if that's what you're wanting. I haven't tried this myself though.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/5y578g/psa_if_you_found_old_now_on_tap_more_helpful_than/
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swallowingled said:
Someone on Reddit says you can change your language to US Virgin Islands to get the old now on tap back if that's what you're wanting. I haven't tried this myself though.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/5y578g/psa_if_you_found_old_now_on_tap_more_helpful_than/
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Yes, this works, the original source may be here
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ndroid-device-switch-back-google-now-0174676/
Unfortunately editing the build.prop does not seem to do the trick for me. I have to wonder how long before Google screws up that workaround.
I am curious, is there ANYONE out there who wants to ALWAYS talk to their phone and have the phone talk to them. Say you are in the middle of a meeting and want to quickly check on something. What is Google thinking? Or am I missing something?
GroovyGeek said:
Yes, this works, the original source may be here
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ndroid-device-switch-back-google-now-0174676/
Unfortunately editing the build.prop does not seem to do the trick for me. I have to wonder how long before Google screws up that workaround.
I am curious, is there ANYONE out there who wants to ALWAYS talk to their phone and have the phone talk to them. Say you are in the middle of a meeting and want to quickly check on something. What is Google thinking? Or am I missing something?
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You can still type in searches using the Google search bar without talking. I prefer Google Assistant to the old functionality but I guess everyone uses their phone differently. Most people likely consider GA an enhancement rather than an intrusion like you do. Many people were unhappy that it was only offered officially on the Pixel but you can't please everybody.
All you have to do is turn GA off within settings.
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All you have to do is turn GA off within settings.
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Sadly this is not true. When you disable it in settings and long press home it pops up and says, Google Assistant is currently disabled, would you like to enable it? Options for yes or no. Yes pops up with assistant and no just disabled the window with no further actions. It doesn't revert to the old now on tap functionality.
i want to delete Google Assistant permanently, any clue ?
I'm surprised this thread doesn't have more attention. Before I had assistant I was trying to get it early on my device but now I am trying to go back to now on tap just because of the ease of use and time it takes to get to google.
The best workaround I found was this SwipeUp utility app. You can press and hold either your home button or fingerprint scanner to open straight to the Google app instead of the popup assistant (which is basically a blank screen until you say something or press on the keyboard symbol to type a search) it works really well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AdrianCampos.swipeuputility
No solution's to this yet? This is absurd.
@tolol @applePhx in this thread someone recommends deleting the Google Home App folder from /system using twrp to get completely rid of Google Assistant. Haven't tested it though