Hi,
I've just bought a new S6 Edge which is supposed to be one of the best Android smartphones around, yet I am unable to get the coolest android feature, the 'Ok Google' hotword to work on it when the phone is charging. When the phone isn't connected to a charger, the hotword works on any screen, with exception when the phone is locked and screen is off.
I use this feature a lot while driving and it appears it is crippled on the S6 which I find most frustrating. Can you please advise if I have configured something wrong, or whether it's a known issue or has Samsung intentionally disabled this feature?
Thanks
S.
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Anyone else seen this. I upgraded my Google search and enabled "ok google" for voice search. Since then the search app is using 36% of the battery a day. We when from going being able to make it through the day will about 50% battery left to getting the low battery warning each night. I have disabled the feature but actually miss is. Anyone else see this? Thanks.
Running fre3 and I use that ok Google feature everyday. Depending on what job site I'm at some days I have 80%+ left. If I'm at a jobsite with piss poor service I'll be at 65% after my 8 hour work day.
I've seen this only if I check the box 'From Lock Screen' option. Otherwise battery drain was normal for me. I don't think the Qualcom chip was designed for type type of always listening unlike the Moto X.
geebee1932 said:
Anyone else seen this. I upgraded my Google search and enabled "ok google" for voice search. Since then the search app is using 36% of the battery a day. We when from going being able to make it through the day will about 50% battery left to getting the low battery warning each night. I have disabled the feature but actually miss is. Anyone else see this? Thanks.
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Did you enable the Ok Google from any screen and then also Ok Google even when the screen is off? These two features do not seem to use the on board voice recognition chip and instead keeps the phone in a listening mode (uses lots of battery). If you can go without the searching from screen off, your battery should improve. I put in a request for Google to integrate the "OK Google" into the samsung "Hi Galaxy" wake up code, they're working on it now as it would have battery benefits for all galaxy android users on S5 and note 3 (devices with Audience Stand Alone Voice Processor).
Just wondering if my experience matches others:
I have factory reset my device three times in an attempt to triage waking my device by voice. Using both S-Voice and "OK Google" configurations. This is what I have seen:
S-Voice is still touch and go. Seems to work when it wants and other times not. Confirmed that it does respond best if you do not launch -or- configure Google Now Voice Detection. Once you have activated Google Now, you have less likelihood of having S-Voice respond properly, let alone wake the device.
Google Now "OK Google" seems to work flawlessly as long as the device is in any one of the following states:
on a wireless charging pad
plugged in
screen on
This last configuration/reset S-VOICE was stable and responsive until I launch Google Now and configured Voice Detection. Even turning off Voice Detection, clearing cache, uninstalling did not restore S-VOICE to waking the device consistently. I chose to just press-on without S-VOICE and live with the configuration. Hoping for a future patch or fix.
SeeBeatty said:
Just wondering if my experience matches others:
I have factory reset my device three times in an attempt to triage waking my device by voice. Using both S-Voice and "OK Google" configurations. This is what I have seen:
S-Voice is still touch and go. Seems to work when it wants and other times not. Confirmed that it does respond best if you do not launch -or- configure Google Now Voice Detection. Once you have activated Google Now, you have less likelihood of having S-Voice respond properly, let alone wake the device.
Google Now "OK Google" seems to work flawlessly as long as the device is in any one of the following states:
on a wireless charging pad
plugged in
screen on
This last configuration/reset S-VOICE was stable and responsive until I launch Google Now and configured Voice Detection. Even turning off Voice Detection, clearing cache, uninstalling did not restore S-VOICE to waking the device consistently. I chose to just press-on without S-VOICE and live with the configuration. Hoping for a future patch or fix.
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Can't speak for s voice but Google now is only supposed to work when you have it charging or the screen on.
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Google Now works perfectly fine to wake my device by voice on my Nexus 6 and OnePlus one.
I do believe it is the Snapdragon processor,... However, I know that SVoice works on he Exonose to wake,... So that tells me the device is listening.
I used S-Voice to wake the phone a few times. Sometimes it works very well and sometimes it doesn't. I use "Galaxy" as the wake up command and it works 50/50 depending on how I say it when the phone is off. So you can definitly wake the phone with s-voice. I actually like how they implemented s-voice in the s6 as an overlay.
If the phone is locked you don't even need to wait for S-Voice to activate. You can say for example "Galaxy...what time is it" and it will recognize "what time is it". If it does not recognize anything it will say that it's listening and you need to speak (again).
Google Now is supposed to only wake the phone on Nexus Devices. Google has not implemented it to work on all devices.
I can confirm that with activated google now s-voice does not work or only sometimes. I think only one app can listen all the time.
For this kind of situation "OK Google " is working fine for most of the phones.
Currently when Doze activates (not sure if light or deep idle, my guess would be deep) the portable hotspot stops working, it doesn't turn off, so in order to get it working again you have to turn it off and then on again. Because of this there is no way to share your internet access indefinitely if you let our phone idle. Is this an oversight from Google in the way that doze activates? I see no reason why you would want your phone to doze while hotspot is active.
And in accordance to the "Android Compatibility Definition Document" OEMs are not allowed to alter Doze, meaning that this problem carries over to almost all phones in the west.
The way I've been doing it now is disabling doze when I turn on hotspot using tasker. Unfortunately this requires root. Not a problem on my 6P, but a much bigger problem if I decide to get the S8 (trigger KNOX = no Samsung pay, probably).
What would be the best way to get Google to fix this? Am I the only one that cares for portable hotspot? Does this work differently for others?
Any sort of response would be much appreciated.
Honor 9 EMUI 8.0 - "Smart Lock" with Flipscreen not locking & Unlocking phone.
So i really thought that EMUI 8.0 would fix this, but apparently did not.
In nutshell, the screen wont close & open when the flip is off & on. I have "Smart Lock" on, but it just doesn't work.
I have used apps from google play that use proximity sensor to do this, and they work perfectly. However with these apps, i cannot use my fingerprint which pisses me off.
Mind you, that when im IN CALL the screen on & off works perfectly with the flip, but on idle it does not.
Any ideas what could be wrong?
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So i really thought that EMUI 8.0 would fix this, but apparently did not.
In nutshell, the screen wont close & open when the flip is off & on. I have "Smart Lock" on, but it just doesn't work.
I have used apps from google play that use proximity sensor to do this, and they work perfectly. However with these apps, i cannot use my fingerprint which pisses me off.
Mind you, that when im IN CALL the screen on & off works perfectly with the flip, but on idle it does not.
Any ideas what could be wrong?
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Incompatible cover? Do you have a link with info about the cover?
Hey. PLEASE, does anyone know of any way at all, to disable okay Google detection, only for when the screen is off?
I am using wear OS, have the Fossil Gen 5, the assistant access is brilliant, but Jebus Cripes, it is useless when literally every time I try to use it on my watch, both it and my phone respond. I still want it to work on my phone, but when it is in my hand, there is no detection on my watch while it is showing the AOD so it works fine that way round. But I can't believe there is no way to disable it on a phone while it's screen is off. I believe there used to be, but they got rid of it fairly recently.
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Also another viable option would be an app or something that simply mutes the mic when the screen is off. I see hundreds of mute mic apps in the play store. but, they're all apps you need to open and toggle the mic system wide until you turn it back on. I don't want to have to do that every single time I put my phone down and pick it up.