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I recently got a Google Pixel and one of the first things it does is map your voice to "OK Google", so not just anybody will trigger it. It has you say the phr
by legohead 10y ago
I recently got a Google Pixel and one of the first things it does is map your voice to "OK Google", so not just anybody will trigger it. It has you say the phrase several times.
My previous android phone didn't do this. The side effect is it doesn't catch all my different inflections of "OK Google". When I first said it, I said it in a super dull, boring voice. Now that's the only way I can trigger it. However, I haven't looked into training it further.
- Retr0spectrum 10y agoMy friend had a phone that did this, but apparently my voice was similar enough to be able to trigger it too.
- shostack 10y agoCan you change this to something else? One of my big frustrations with Google's assistant is that I have to say "Ok Google" which is long and clunky. I'd rather just say "Google" or even rename it to something else. Voice input should be fast and fluent. A four syllable activation phrase that doesn't quite roll off the tongue is neither.
- eli 10y agoNope. And I don't think you'd want it switching on every time you use the word google as a verb.
- LeifCarrotson 10y agoYou can on my 2014 Moto X. Mine is trained to "Listen up, phone!"
- Glyptodon 10y agoMy phone let me change it. It listens for "personal assistant." I also have some version of Moto-X.
- ghaff 10y agoA problem with doing this on an Echo is that a Google Pixel has quite a bit of local processing power. I expect the trigger pre-processing on the Echo is fairly limited. It's also intended to be a shared device. I also don't know how big a problem any of this is. Sure, it could be an issue but the fact that there are news stories about individual cases implies it's not rampant.
- grkvlt 10y agoOne thing I hate is when I say 'OK, Google' and my watch, phone and tablet all try and respond! I wish it was possible to customise the trigger phrase between devices in some standard way, e.g. 'OK, Watch', 'OK, Phone', or a shout-out to Radiohead with 'OK, Computer' and maybe even something like automatically recognising 'OK, ${HOSTNAME_OR_BLUETOOTH_IDENTIFIER}'...
- nextweek2 10y agoAssuming that you use the same account on each. They should just decide between them which has better clarity and respond accordingly.
- GavinMcG 10y agoI have the opposite problem re: what voice I use. When I say it "normally" the phone doesn't respond. Then, I say it in my "WTF why don't you understand" voice and it responds instantly. I never remember to start off being angry at my phone, so it always takes me two tries.