I've connected an old Android phone to a bluetooth speaker and installed the Google Assistant Launcher, effectively creating a FAUX Google Home. I THINK I finally got it to work, but having one major issue... it only seems to respond to my voice. When my wife says "Okay Google," it doesn't respond. I see that Google Home just got an update for multiple users, but it doesn't appear like that has come to the phone. Anyway to have it recognize anyone's voice? Even with a 3rd party app or something? I leave the phone plugged in all the time, so just need something to hand off to Google Assistant.
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After going to 2.3.4 another google voice bug has come up.
Previous continuing bugs include no picture on outgoing calls, sometimes calling my name (with the correct outgoing phone number), incoming calls as me (but not me) and the new bug is the 'calling via google voice' popular at the start if a call now has either white on white or no text at all.
Is the Motorola dialer screwing this up?
Any solutions?
Edit: mods please move to q and a... xda app messed up, seemed to have posted in the wrong section... crashes on new topic... stupid browser.
I use GV exclusively for all my texting and calling. My GV will have a pending message sending forever until i go into the applications and force close it and re open frequently (at least once per day).
I have experienced several other bugs also. I have had many different Android Phones and it seems to be a fairly common problem.
The Google Voice app needs a large update, it is sad to see Google putting out sub-par Apps for their own Operating System.
Google Maps and Gmail are superb apps and continue to get better with frequent updates. I just hope that some more Google development time goes into apps like Google Voice, and Google Docs to bring them up to speed.
Also, GOOGLE RELEASE A HONEYCOMB GOOGLE VOICE APP!!!!
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I use GV exclusively for all my texting and calling. My GV will have a pending message sending forever until i go into the applications and force close it and re open frequently (at least once per day).
I have experienced several other bugs also. I have had many different Android Phones and it seems to be a fairly common problem.
The Google Voice app needs a large update, it is sad to see Google putting out sub-par Apps for their own Operating System.
Google Maps and Gmail are superb apps and continue to get better with frequent updates. I just hope that some more Google development time goes into apps like Google Voice, and Google Docs to bring them up to speed.
Also, GOOGLE RELEASE A HONEYCOMB GOOGLE VOICE APP!!!!
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Main reason I keep a task killer around.
Trolling from my ATRIX 4G on probably the crappiest main US carrier
I'm on CM10, and a while ago, I used to be able to go through Google Now, say "Google" which would bring up the voice input. Then I could say something like "call >restaurant< in >city<" and it would call them.
Now, it always brings up only people from my contacts list. And it gives me web results that show the restaurant below that. Is there any way to get the original function back? It was awesome.
I've been using voice commands for years on my Nexus S from the Gingerbread incarnation of Google Search all the way until 4.1.2 and Google Now. One of my most frequently used commands is Call. For example, if I wanted to call the nearest Best Buy, I would simply say "Call Best Buy." This always worked perfectly up until a few days ago. Before, it would bring up a card with the nearest one or two Best Buys and a phone icon to call them instantly. Now, whenever I use the Call command to search, it only returns people from my contacts who may have one or two letters in common with what I searched for.
I find that if I wipe the data for Google Search, the problem goes away temporarily. Usually within the next day, however, it stops working again. I am syncing Google Now with my Gmail account, so I'm not sure if there is some setting being restored by the sync that is breaking this functionality.
Here's my setup:
OS: CM10 Stable (4.1.2)
Phone: Nexus S AT&T (i9020a)
Google Search: Latest version w/ Google Now
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. I use this feature all the time, and it's very annoying when it doesn't work.
I know more people than us our having this same issue. Wish there was a solution!
Weird. I don't have this issue. :|
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Hey guys, about two weeks ago I was wondering why my mom hadn't called (we use Hangouts) and I thought it was weird. It was only until she called my cell phone that I realized that Hangouts wasn't working at all (even though it was open in the background).
I always used to get the call sound and the notification tray flashed saying that I was getting a video call. Same thing for messages (not SMS), even if I hadn't opened Hangouts all day at all, I would still receive SMS and video call invites. I accidentally Greenified Google Voice (since you can't Greenify Hangouts) and I thought that might be the culprit, so I degreenified it, and restarted my phone. That didn't work. I also Disabled a whole bunch of useless apks (or so I thought) with NoBloat and I'm pretty sure it was around this time that Hangouts stopped working and incidentally also any alarm app that I tried to use (I have to use stock alarm now). I re-enabled all of the disabled apks, and restarted my phone once again. This also did not work.
I have also posted on the official Google Hangouts Help forum about this issue, but I'm pretty sure they're just going to tell me that Hangouts just suddenly **** itself because I'm not on 4.4 and probably because I'm rooted. I have gone back on any changes I made that might have caused this issue. Google Voice is not greenified anymore, and I don't have ANY apks disabled at all. I even turned ChatOn back on thinking that maybe that was why.
Here is a list of things that I have already done that I have found on other forums:
Clear cache of Hangouts and Google Voice
Make sure Show Notifications is checked (it is).
I have uninstalled Hangouts updates, and reinstalled them.
I have restarted my phone numerous times.
I've shut off my laptop, tablets, and desktop so it would HAVE to go through my phone. It didn't.
"Whitelisted" Google Voice and Hangouts on any application that could possibly be closing it.
I have a SG S3 SGH-T999 T-Mobile (Unlocked) with baseband version T999UVUENC2. I don't remember how exactly I rooted my phone but I just know it's rooted. I'm on 4.3 and I have been for ages. It kind of feels like, even if I physically open Hangouts it's hard for any application to recognize that's it's running in the background, and in fact, some applications don't recognize it at all even if I just opened the application.
I don't know what's wrong, does anyone have a similar problem?
Wrong forum this is for the i9300 only, but you've broken your firmware by disabling system components. Reflash your firmware then factory reset, don't use any guides or files from this forum.
I got Moto 360 last Friday and I'm already "meh" about it. All it really does is show the notifications and give you the default actions. Gear S looks really sexy and after watching some videos, it seems it can do a lot more. However, there are a few things I can do with my Moto 360 that are very useful to me:
1. While driving/in a meeting, I can text/reply to e.g. my girlfriend. I can say simply "Ok Google, text my girlfriend I'm on my way". Can I do that with Gear S (don't care if it's S Voice)?
2. Can I retain the same functionality from Android wear in terms of notifications? I.e. reply to a text message, dismiss a Hangout message, etc?
2. I use Google Keep for note taking - does tha work on Tizen/Gear S? If not, what are some good Note taking apps?
Thanks a ton!
1. You can use S Voice and say "Hi Gear" to get it going.
2. If you get the app Gear Notification Extender (GNE) from the Play Store you can reply to and dismiss Hangout messages. GNE also lets Google Maps update to your watch and vibrate every time there is an update. Like when I'm driving and using Maps every time the directions update my Gear S will vibrate and display the new directions on the watch. I find this useful when I'm using my phone to stream music and don't have the maps on the screen at the time. So it's like having a second screen for your phone while your using it.
3. Don't know about note taking as I don't take notes on the Gear S. I saw some note taking apps in the Samsung store tho. It sucks we have to use a separate Samsung store. None of my Google Play credits transfer over.
Thanks for the answers. How is S Voice? I've used it only a few times on my Note 4, it seems to take much longer to recognize what I'm saying (e.g. I'd say "weather tomorrow", then wait 3-4 seconds for it to recognize my voice vs. Google that seems to recognize it immediately).
I've heard of this GNE app, hope it works fine. Anyway, I just ordered the Gear S from Amazon and it'll be here tomorrow.
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1. While driving/in a meeting, I can text/reply to e.g. my girlfriend. I can say simply "Ok Google, text my girlfriend I'm on my way". Can I do that with Gear S (don't care if it's S Voice)?
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Yes. When the G-S' display is on you can say "Hi, Gear" and tell it what you want it to do. Also, if you're trying to input something using the keyboard you can invoke voice by long-pressing the settings button and selecting it as a text input option. Coming from a Gear I I'm impressed (so far) with S Voice's performance (speed and accuracy) compared to the OG.
2. Can I retain the same functionality from Android wear in terms of notifications? I.e. reply to a text message, dismiss a Hangout message, etc?
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Sort of. All the G-S' inbuilt apps are designed to work with their Samsung equivalents on your phone (EG: Samsung's Mail client, Messaging client, etc.). If you're using those the comprehensiveness of managing, creating, and responding to notifications is light years better on the Gear. If you're using GMail, Hangouts, etc., you'll get notifications in the same generic way all non-Samsung apps get them. They appear in a list you swipe left from the home screen to access. You'll see them and sometimes with great detail. But you won't be able to respond from your Gear. There's a "show on phone" icon in the notification message (as well as Smart Relay which displays what you're looking at on your Gear on your phone when you pick the latter up) but if you're a Google Apps user you're better off with Android Wear.
2. I use Google Keep for note taking - does tha work on Tizen/Gear S? If not, what are some good Note taking apps?
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You can launch the voice memo app with S-Voice and it starts recording immediately. Whatever it records it transfers to the phone and also transcribes it. If I need to use whatever the note is in another app I just paste it there. For getting lists on my phone I use Exchange tasks. They show up in the calendar app. A lot of note/task apps for the Gear require their own companion app which I loathe. I want to use notes/tasks where I normally use them and not have to introduce another app to keep track of just to get notes/tasks to my Gear. For those using Google's apps there are some third party apps in Samsung Gear Apps store but none seem too highly rated.
Bottom line is if you're an "all in" user of Google's stuff you're better off with Android Wear. If you're a MS/Samsung user you'll get a lot more functionality with the Gear family.
3) "Notepad+" app have keyboard and voice input to take note in Gear.
almost every other note app have a keyboard and voice input.
With "GearTasks" you can add Task/Note by keyboard or voice in Google Tasks.
I got the moto 360 for a few days then returned it to the store. Personally i think its a joke compared to the GS
In every way! Sure more google apps no doubt. But its a watch!!!
And the android wear system is horrible in my opinion. Tizen u get more controll. Gs beeing a phone on its own is a winner for me
Just the fact that i can leave my phone at home and get all my notifications and calls fowarded to the watch is what makes the Gear S miles ahead of any other wearable in my opinion...including the apple watch. And if set up correctly it does it all seamlessly