We discuss that aspect as well as our review process for lacking coverage in that specific aspect and, of course, Burger King. All in this week's show!
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The circus surrounding Burger King's ingenious, if troubling advertisement has settled down, but we don't know if the fast food chain will pull the plug.
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You can trigger the on-board Emy or Amazon Alexa assistant, but you can't call out "OK Google" and expect Google search to pop up unless you hack it.
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You know what’d be a great feature for a smart head unit of a car? Voice controls. You know why Android Auto didn’t include the “OK Google” trigger phrase to launch a command until now? We don’t either, but that’s apparently what Reddit is hot about today.
The November 29 release of the app does not list the new ability in its changelog, but apparently, the feature works. Whether you’re using the app on your phone or on said head unit, you should now be able to ask Google to change up your jams without pressing the microphone button.
The odd irony is that for all this time, you could still trigger “OK Google” from outside the Android Auto app.
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So, you’re travelling to somewhere you don’t know. Easy to figure out the point A to point B of things — just set Google Maps to navigation mode, clip your device to the dashboard or vent (really, we do suggest getting a clip device) and have that Google voice tell you where to turn.But if you need to grab a pit stop or some flowers along the way, you now have the ability to yell ...
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We love finding cool stuff on the internet.Voice assistants have a small (and growing) problem. They’re collectively capable of some pretty in-depth phone controls, but the way we interact with them still isn’t quite as sophisticated as talking to a computer in Star Trek. If you don’t format your command in the right way, you might end up with a plain-Jane web search instead of the action you wanted.We get regular updates from developers, adding additional commands, but often the documentation is lacking when trying to find a comprehensive list. This led web developer ...
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Talking to my phone is probably one of my favorite things to do with it. Asking my phone’s voice assistant to perform tasks such as giving me the weather, texting my wife, or looking up information is pretty cool, and so much more convenient than doing it “the old fashioned way.” What I mean is, launching an app from the app drawer, or typing I-L-L-B-E-H-O-M-E-I-N-2-0-M-I-N-U-T-E-S. People do crazy stuff on phones these days, and talking makes everything so much easier. So why don’t more people talk to their phones? I’ve asked that question and decided to delve.Childlike ...
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This is the place where you and only you can listen to every single request you made. Well, supposedly. And if supposedly is what you’re worried about, read on to find out how to protect yourself.Each utterance of “OK Google,” every tap of that red mic icon, your phone records a clip of you saying whatever you’re saying (savory or not). It then sends it off to Google’s servers to process your command ...
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The Nexus 9 has its fair share of quirks, as we noted and expounded upon in our full review, but it doesn’t stop there. Many users of Google’s stock Android tablet have begun reporting issues with the “OK Google” voice recognition features, and their failure to operate under certain circumstances. Is this Nexus 9 OK Google bug serious? Let’s examine it.To be clear, not everyone’s unit is facing ...
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Update: Edited podcast with download links has been added below the YouTube embed, courtesy of our excellent podcast editor, Jules Wang! Get to downloadin’, folks!The big guys have enough time in the limelight. It seems every week we’re spending 80% of the podcast talking about the huge players in the mobile space, along with their commensurately huge smartphone and tablet offerings. While we’re not ignoring those established forces in this episode, we are devoting a bit more time to newcomers: from Amazon to ...
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“OK Google” is a pretty neat tool. It lets you search for virtually anything — as long as you’re on your homescreen. A recent update to Google Search unlocked that limitation and allowed users to enable OK Google everywhere, even on the lock screen!The update requires Android 4.3+ (or 4.4+, depending on who you ask), it also needs the latest version of the Google Search app and the latest update to Play Services. Head out to the Play Store and make sure you’ve got all the latest updates installed before you continue.Next, from your homescreen, simply say ...
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One of the coolest features we find in Google Now is the ability to activate a voice search by simply using the hot word “Ok Google”. Those of you lucky enough to be using the Google Now launcher have an even better experience, since this works from any area in the Home Screen, and those of you using a
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Most of you already know that I began my digital life as a Newton guy. To this day my MessagePad 2000U could do things that even the latest smartphones running the most customized ROM still can’t do. When it was later rolled back into Apple then killed off, I switched to Pocket PC. It was hobbled together and didn’t come close to how well integrated Newton was. Not until Voice Command came along. Instead of a feature, MS Voice Command was a purchased app that you could install on your PDA. This had advantages and disadvantages, but brought with it a whole new way of interacting ...
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