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Doesn't Chrome do this on desktops for "OK Google", I know Android does with Nexus Devices. I've turned it off for everything aside from my Xbox One which I fi

Doesn't Chrome do this on desktops for "OK Google", I know Android does with Nexus Devices. I've turned it off for everything aside from my Xbox One which I find myself trusting for some reason.

raverbashing 12y ago
Don't you have to click something before saying "Ok Google"?
- chrisrhoden 12y ago
  No
- JamesBaxter 12y ago
  It doesn't look like it. https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2940021?hl=en-GB https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2940021?hl=en-GB
- Filligree 12y ago
  That's a config option. Regardless, the recognition is done locally.
- pluma 12y ago
  I have the impression that this may be a regional thing. Apparently it's an option in the US (but not the default?). Considering it wasn't even available in Germany for quite a while, I wouldn't be surprised if there are legal requirements surrounding this feature.
jMyles 12y ago
I think that the difference is that "OK Google" is discerned locally, and only then is audio uploaded for remote processing.
- sp332 12y ago
  Something to remember about that - the last few seconds of audio before you say "OK Google" are also uploaded. The extra data helps filter out background noise etc. and it's something you might want to keep in mind.
- spyder 12y ago
  Looks like Samsung TVs too have a trigger word that can be changed, (and the whole voice recognition can be turned off) see settings: http://youtu.be/arsAs9pGrBk?t=52s http://youtu.be/arsAs9pGrBk?t=52s I don't know for sure that the tigger word is processed locally on SmartTVs too, but it's likely because Samsung said: 'voice data is provided to a third party during a requested voice command search', so you have to request it's happening probably with the trigger word. And technically it would not make too much sense to constantly stream audio from every SmartTV because the trigger word recognition is a simple enough task to do it locally and also the continuous stream would consume lot of bandwidth for the users and probably for the servers too. But it's still very concerning that we have more and more devices with microphones and internet connections and in the case of SmartTVs proprietary OS with questionable security.
nivla 12y ago
I always wondered this about Xbox one, how much of the processing is done locally? Given that it relies on a beefy dedicated device (Kinect) for audio/visual processing, has it got to a point where it doesn't need a central server? The funny thing is that ever since Xbox one I have gotten so used to voice commands for playing/pausing/muting videos that I ended up building one on raspberry pi to control the tv, lights and other devices.

Doesn't Chrome do this on desktops for "OK Google", I know Android does with Nexus Devices. I've turned it off for everything aside from my Xbox One which I find myself trusting for some reason.

raverbashing 12y ago

Don't you have to click something before saying "Ok Google"?

chrisrhoden 12y ago
No
JamesBaxter 12y ago
It doesn't look like it. https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2940021?hl=en-GB https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2940021?hl=en-GB
Filligree 12y ago
That's a config option. Regardless, the recognition is done locally.
pluma 12y ago
I have the impression that this may be a regional thing. Apparently it's an option in the US (but not the default?). Considering it wasn't even available in Germany for quite a while, I wouldn't be surprised if there are legal requirements surrounding this feature.

jMyles 12y ago

I think that the difference is that "OK Google" is discerned locally, and only then is audio uploaded for remote processing.

sp332 12y ago
Something to remember about that - the last few seconds of audio before you say "OK Google" are also uploaded. The extra data helps filter out background noise etc. and it's something you might want to keep in mind.
spyder 12y ago
Looks like Samsung TVs too have a trigger word that can be changed, (and the whole voice recognition can be turned off) see settings: http://youtu.be/arsAs9pGrBk?t=52s http://youtu.be/arsAs9pGrBk?t=52s I don't know for sure that the tigger word is processed locally on SmartTVs too, but it's likely because Samsung said: 'voice data is provided to a third party during a requested voice command search', so you have to request it's happening probably with the trigger word. And technically it would not make too much sense to constantly stream audio from every SmartTV because the trigger word recognition is a simple enough task to do it locally and also the continuous stream would consume lot of bandwidth for the users and probably for the servers too. But it's still very concerning that we have more and more devices with microphones and internet connections and in the case of SmartTVs proprietary OS with questionable security.

nivla 12y ago

I always wondered this about Xbox one, how much of the processing is done locally? Given that it relies on a beefy dedicated device (Kinect) for audio/visual processing, has it got to a point where it doesn't need a central server? The funny thing is that ever since Xbox one I have gotten so used to voice commands for playing/pausing/muting videos that I ended up building one on raspberry pi to control the tv, lights and other devices.