When launching google now, yesterday I could either type in the search, or click on the mic and start talking OR saying "Google" and the phone will automatically start hearing my search inquiry.
Today, it seems that "Say Google" is completely removed? I haven't done any updates, what's going on?
Anyone facing this problem or know how might I get the "say Google" back?
As far as I know, it only works if Google Now is open...
it doesn't work from the home screen or other places.
I know that it only works for US English. Ensure that you are in fact on US English for your language.
I understand that, the problem is, it's even removed from there! The settings is also removed !
Please guys check your phones to confirm.
PS: The language is English(US), check 2nd picture
PeritoX said:
I understand that, the problem is, it's even removed from there! The settings is also removed !
Please guys check your phones to confirm.
PS: The language is English(US), check 2nd picture
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A lot of people reported many problems with Google Now being fixed once you download the offline engine. You try that?
mine are also gone. i never tried pressing the voice button when starting google now but this time there is not even an option that instruct us to say google now anymore. on 4.1 it was there. 4.1.1 has none.
I still have the option to say "Google" and it works just fine.
Yep, me too. Still able to say Google on US English that is (it sucks how UK English lacks features).
Did you perhaps turn it off?? It's under settings in Google now.
Google now
Menu
Settings
Voice
Hot word
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I have the same issue as OP.
I'm running Android Revolution HD 5.0.1, but the same thing happened with AOSP JB. When I flashed it I could say 'Google' in Google Now but some time after getting the phone set up I lost that ability. I've also lost the 'Hot word' menu option in the Google Now->Voice settings.Everything is Default US English. And I have the offline engine downloaded and I can still tap the microphone icon to voice search.
Weird thing is: I was showing it off to a few friends in a restaurant last night and it was working again. Now this morning, it's gone again.
craigbailey1986 said:
Did you perhaps turn it off?? It's under settings in Google now.
Google now
Menu
Settings
Voice
Hot word
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it used to be there on 4.1. on 4.1.1 everything is there except the Hot Word.
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it used to be there on 4.1. on 4.1.1 everything is there except the Hot Word.
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Not sure why... what region are you in??
I also read somewhere on here someone lost google now voice but it was because they changed a setting in accessibility... did you by chance??
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It worked once for me.
I backed out, went to try again and it didn't work.
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hi guys, im the OP. just want to say, the problem is solved.
I simply rebooted the phone and it magically reappeared. I didn't touch anything. This is very weird.
I think it has to do with the language selection right inside Google Now's settings under Voice.
If you tap on English it gives you the various types of English to choose from.
When I select "English Canada" the ability to say "Google" is missing.
However if I specifically select "English US" it reappears instantly.
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I tried all English version available. No luck. Well of course, as a heavy flashers, I rebooted many times.
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It's always been there for me. On BAMF2.0 right now.
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I just want to say that it's randomly getting removed after a while and I hard reboot will sometime bring it back. I have no reason why this is happening, if anyone has a clue, please share.
hey guys I just found out, after I reboot everything works fine, the "say google" is there, but lightflow doesn't work. However, after I went into accessibility and turn light flow off and on again (it was on) lightflow works again, but the "say google" disappears.
yea, check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778659
Light Flow is probably causing the problem
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Well, I was having the notorious "voice to text" issue with gingerbread. Not the Google Search issue. That was resolved by uninstalling then reinstalling the app.
I just flashed this mod from the MikMik.com forum. The " Stock_v2.3_HTC_IME_Revert-signed.zip". It instantly fixed the issue and haven't had any problems since. Both on my phone and my wife's.
Just thought I would share this for those of you that have had the same problems as me.
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Thank you
Great...thank you.....going to try right now....most annoying thing with my phone recently
OK...spent the last hour over at MikMik and could not find file...Stock_v2.3_HTC_IME_Revert-signed.zip
could post link...
1. Boot into recovery.
2. Wiped cache & dalvik/cache.
3. Flashed zip from sdcard.
Put www in front of the link.
mediafire.com/?he1b1x63tyq6xd2
Thanks for the prompt response.....let me ask you...I've read that checking "Personalized Recongnition" in voice input settings will help or fix....have you tried that before...or know....???
I tried everything I could think of. As mentioned in the OP, the voice to text was an independent issue from the Google Search issue. So none of the Google Search solutions work for this problem.
I even unistalled then re-installed the voice search.apk. I noticed that the only time it didn't work was when I was using the keyboard then pressed the voice button. That is what gave me the idea of using a keyboard mod.
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I tried everything I could think of. As mentioned in the OP, the voice to text was an independent issue from the Google Search issue. So none of the Google Search solutions work for this problem.
I even unistalled then re-installed the voice search.apk. I noticed that the only time it didn't work was when I was using the keyboard then pressed the voice button. That is what gave me the idea of using a keyboard mod.
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Thanks again for the response, advice and tips....I did download and flash the mod....and sorry to say no real difference...other than my only keyboard choice now is the sywipe....which is OK...it works perfectly at home, office and modest sound, but did not work today in the car....not at all...did work when I stopped, like at a light....my main use of the voice to text was "texting or emailing while driving"...ha-ha....apparently I shouldn't do that anyway.....I suppose a "real" fix like a modified mod will come along...by the way I have a Sprint EVO that's rooted with the latest Fresh Rom...hardware version 0003...
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I tried everything I could think of. As mentioned in the OP, the voice to text was an independent issue from the Google Search issue. So none of the Google Search solutions work for this problem.
I even unistalled then re-installed the voice search.apk. I noticed that the only time it didn't work was when I was using the keyboard then pressed the voice button. That is what gave me the idea of using a keyboard mod.
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I may point out....to give light on this....muted mic background noise theory......I have a blueAnt bluetooth headset with "noise cancellation high" as an option.....in the car, the voice to text works OK with my blueant on....meaning...the"mic" doesn't hear the background noise....the new fancy bluetooth ear pieces work pretty good...
does anyone else have this problem? I have the language pack enabled. I've tried it with and without personalized recognition. just doesn't seem to work. It happens when I'm online or offline randomly it seems.
If I'm using voice to text it will just show the microphone and just get to a picture of a microphone, never turns red, never says tap to talk.
same thing for me
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does anyone else have this problem? I have the language pack enabled. I've tried it with and without personalized recognition. just doesn't seem to work. It happens when I'm online or offline randomly it seems.
If I'm using voice to text it will just show the microphone and just get to a picture of a microphone, never turns red, never says tap to talk.
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was running fine last night but now its no longer working.
i did install some files today that may have broken it? (or server issue?) but i cant remember which programs i installed or i dont know how to reverse it.
let me know if you get a fix. i'd rather not format and reinstall everything again.
I've got a nexus 7 16GB, stock ROM, unlocked rooted, (was all this yesterday while it was working)
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was running fine last night but now its no longer working.
i did install some files today that may have broken it? (or server issue?) but i cant remember which programs i installed or i dont know how to reverse it.
let me know if you get a fix. i'd rather not format and reinstall everything again.
I've got a nexus 7 16GB, stock ROM, unlocked rooted, (was all this yesterday while it was working)
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not sure if this fixed it... uninstalled Tasker, rebooted and it started working again. (not sure if its the reboot, or tasker.... reinstalled tasker and its still working)...
.maybe the reboot
wahooza said:
was running fine last night but now its no longer working.
i did install some files today that may have broken it? (or server issue?) but i cant remember which programs i installed or i dont know how to reverse it.
let me know if you get a fix. i'd rather not format and reinstall everything again.
I've got a nexus 7 16GB, stock ROM, unlocked rooted, (was all this yesterday while it was working)
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not sure if this fixed it... uninstalled Tasker, rebooted and it started working again. (not sure if its the reboot, or tasker.... reinstalled tasker and its still working)...
.maybe the reboot
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Interesting.
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phydo said:
does anyone else have this problem? I have the language pack enabled. I've tried it with and without personalized recognition. just doesn't seem to work. It happens when I'm online or offline randomly it seems.
If I'm using voice to text it will just show the microphone and just get to a picture of a microphone, never turns red, never says tap to talk.
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I noticed the same problem and read somewhere that you can download the "offline speech recognition" language pack to see some improvement. That didn't work for me but so far what seems to be working is changing the setting for "Choose input languages" by deselecting "Automatic" and selecting "English (US)" only. Not sure if this will fix the problem in the long term but for now it seems a lot more spiffy.
ferrari355f1 said:
I noticed the same problem and read somewhere that you can download the "offline speech recognition" language pack to see some improvement. That didn't work for me but so far what seems to be working is changing the setting for "Choose input languages" by deselecting "Automatic" and selecting "English (US)" only. Not sure if this will fix the problem in the long term but for now it seems a lot more spiffy.
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Thanks for this. You know I've really meant to do some logcat work and see what it is but it seems to happen so randomly. My nexus seven doesn't do it. I'll let you know how it makes out in the long term
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I've been having this same issue, but it only seems to happen when my phone is docked with Bluetooth on. I thought it possibly might be something to do with the phone trying to enable the Hands Free Profile for the voice input, but that's just a wild guess at this point. It comes right up when the phone is undocked/bluetooth off.
I also found this related issue:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=35737
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I've been having this same issue, but it only seems to happen when my phone is docked with Bluetooth on. I thought it possibly might be something to do with the phone trying to enable the Hands Free Profile for the voice input, but that's just a wild guess at this point. It comes right up when the phone is undocked/bluetooth off.
I also found this related issue:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=35737
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Interesting also. I do use Bluetooth for a car - cell link. It will happen whether or not Bluetooth is connected, I know that much. As for if it only happens when Bluetooth is *enabled*, I don't know.
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Interesting also. I do use Bluetooth for a car - cell link. It will happen whether or not Bluetooth is connected, I know that much. As for if it only happens when Bluetooth is *enabled*, I don't know.
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Star this issue http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=35737
Solved!
Still no fix coming from Google, but at least one nice guy made a temp fix while they do it.
Look for "Voice Command" app on Google Play. Developer's name is IT-DEV-CROWD or code(dot)google(dot)com/p/android/issues/detail?id=42178#c37
It worked for me, after trying a lot of different configurations.
I have been searching everywhere and have not found a solution to this, so I apologize if I missed it somewhere. As I've learned and have read from others, S-Voice is crap! Google Now is much MUCH better at voice recognition, particularly with names. The problem is, over bluetooth, my voice commands are only picked up by S-Voice. Google Now gets stuck at the "Initializing" then says "Didn't catch that" and closes. I've gotten it to intermittently work with Utter!, but I can't rely on that. Google Now works great over headphones or from the phone itself. It's just over Bluetooth when it doesn't work. After researching I'm almost convinced Samsung (or Vlingo) set it up that way; it's as if the mic is disabled with any app other than S-Voice. My question is, has anyone figured out how to get Google Now, or any other voice app for that matter, to be recognized over bluetooth?
I'm running stock JB with root (fyi, this was going on before I rooted). I know it'll probably work just fine if I flashed CM10, but I actually like the setup I have.
Edit: After looking more, I found this thread. I tested out turning off the "Media Audio" and Google Now works, but in further investigating when I click the button on my bluetooth, it's the voice dialer that pops up and that is what doesn't work, not Google Now. I can't see, to figure out how to get Google Now to show up and not voice dialer.
Edit 2: I forgot to mention I'm using a Motorola Roadster bluetooth speaker, but I don't think that's the problem.
Same issue here. Exists on every rom I try. Bluetooth in general is buggy as heel on the S3. It's really disappointing. I don't see many answers here on XDA...
Same here and I am on a new s2 ROM sbean v12 any fix would be great
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Try going into google voice search and downloading the language you want to use
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Google search is no longer speaking results back to me! It was fine yesterday?
I did have 'speak to it assistant' installed. But i uninstalled it... yesterday.
I have re-installed 'assistant', but still get no voice from google search.. i do get voice from 'assistant'
I've looked in settings & it says 'speech output - always speak'
Anyone had a similar problem before
Do you have selected a voice in settings - text-to-speach?
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Do you have selected a voice in settings - text-to-speach?
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I do yes.
Although when i go into the settings on 'assistant' it says i have no language on the phone?!
And when i pick to install it.. no English?!
thanks for the quick reply
*EDIT*
Seems to be affecting other people..
Google now giving me silent treatment.!
Hello,
perhaps it'll be some similar problem like that, I've posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096446
My workaround to install two voices of different developers solved my problem with my dumb OneX.
Now it speaks to me fortunately.
Good luck
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Hello,
perhaps it'll be some similar problem like that, I've posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096446
My workaround to install two voices of different developers solved my problem with my dumb OneX.
Now it speaks to me fortunately.
Good luck
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Thanks for the info :good:
I'll try that.. at some point, see if it fixes the problem for me.
Although i've also just noticed (yesterday evening) that the little mic icon has disappeared from my keyboard!
Apparently they both need an internet connection to work.. although i DO have a good connection (wi-fi & 3G)
The mic icon DID re-appear this morning as i began to type out an email, but disappeared as i was typing?!?
It's normally over the fullstop..
*edit*
Ha Ha! :laugh: typical..
Just tried google search, and it's working again.. she just told me that tomorrow morning will be cold
Also the mic icon is back on the keyboard :victory: .. for how long i don't know though
It was a google problem
http://m.androidcentral.com/google-now-apparently-giving-silent-treatment-morning
Try it now
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bombaybadboy said:
It was a google problem
http://m.androidcentral.com/google-now-apparently-giving-silent-treatment-morning
Try it now
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Just did & it's back working.. panic over.. for now at least
Sometimes silence is golden. My wife stopped speaking to me yesterday and I'm at peace.
he probably got angry...:laugh:
I can't seem to enable "OK Google" as a hotword to activate Google Now. I've searched and tried going into Google Now settings and downloading the new US language pack but it never enables. Enable Hotword is checked but I get nothing when I try say OK Google.
What am I doing wrong?
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Id like to mnow as well
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Mine works. But you do know it only works when you are on google search right? It won't work on your launcher.
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Yes, I'm talking specifically about when I'm in Google search... I even tried installing the new GEL launcher which should have enabled "always on" like the Moto X. It worked on my Galaxy Nexus but not my GN3. Now the hotword won't work even on Google search.
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There was a fix a while back that said you needed to change language to english (UK) , perform a search, then Change it back to English (us). Hot word should then work. Try it out. It may or may not work, but worth it anyways .
tweaking my note 3-alpha style
I just reset my phone as nothing else I tried would work. Working fine now.
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ofsinreno said:
Yes, I'm talking specifically about when I'm in Google search... I even tried installing the new GEL launcher which should have enabled "always on" like the Moto X. It worked on my Galaxy Nexus but not my GN3. Now the hotword won't work even on Google search.
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There was a fix a while back that said you needed to change language to english (UK) , perform a search, then Change it back to English (us). Hot word should then work. Try it out. It may or may not work, but worth it anyways .
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I'm having the same problem. Hotword activation won't work at all on my T-Mobile GN3. Using GEL it wont work at all. Tried the US to UK then back to US but no luck. G Now worked flawlessly on my S4. Anyone have any solution???
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I'm having the same problem. Hotword activation won't work at all on my T-Mobile GN3. Using GEL it wont work at all. Tried the US to UK then back to US but no luck. G Now worked flawlessly on my S4. Anyone have any solution???
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I've noticed that something toggles it on and off, but I haven't figured out what. After I performed a reset it worked fine, then all of a sudden the hot word wouldn't work anymore. I messed around with the settings and it enabled again. Right now however, I checked after reading your post and it's not working. I think it's connected to some setting, I'm trying to figure it out.
edit: I just figured something out. I use a smart watch, and when I enable the Sync in Settings-Device-Accessibility the hotword disables. When I disable the sync in Accessibility, the hotword enables again... Not sure why this happens but I've just tested it and it works for me.
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I've noticed that something toggles it on and off, but I haven't figured out what. After I performed a reset it worked fine, then all of a sudden the hot word wouldn't work anymore. I messed around with the settings and it enabled again. Right now however, I checked after reading your post and it's not working. I think it's connected to some setting, I'm trying to figure it out.
edit: I just figured something out. I use a smart watch, and when I enable the Sync in Settings-Device-Accessibility the hotword disables. When I disable the sync in Accessibility, the hotword enables again... Not sure why this happens but I've just tested it and it works for me.
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i don't use any smart watches yet & i also don't see a Sync option in Accessibility. Went thru the entire Accessibility menu to see if there was anything in there that could possibly be disabling it but i haven't found a thing.
Figured out the fix. I just needed to update the offline language (English-US). After that all worked fine.
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