[Q]can the moto x do these things? - Moto X Q&A

First I am curious about the always on mic and bluetooth does this work? Second can you make it do commands like this... For example change to the next song in Spotify.
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JustusIV said:
First I am curious about the always on mic and bluetooth does this work? Second can you make it do commands like this... For example change to the next song in Spotify.
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Fr what I have read the spotify action won't work. I think Google play music or whatever is the only supported app for music stuff and probably not even the skip to the next song part you asked about.
The BT stuff works but you have to press the button on your Bluetooth headset them talk into to activate the touches controls
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jayboyyyy said:
The BT stuff works but you have to press the button on your Bluetooth headset them talk into to activate the touches controls
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Not with mine. I just say "OK Google now" and it launches, same as it would without a BT headset
Edit*** it has come to my attention that I was incorrect... BT cannot initiate touchless without pressing a button on the headset... And the moto x has one killer mic.
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theraffman said:
Not with mine. I just say "OK Google now" and it launches, same as it would without a BT headset.
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Are you close enough to your phone that it's actually just basing the command off what you are saying as opposed to what the Bluetooth device is transmitting to the phone?
Clearly if you are close enough to the phone or the phone is not somewhere that it cannot hear you then the phone will launch touch less controls. But I was under the impression if it were stuffed away in your bag so it couldn't hear you, you would need to press a button on your BT device before saying the command for it to work. But I could be wrong. Just trying to be more clear on what I meant earlier to make sure we are talking about the same thing.
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I guess we are both right... Touchless control doesn't work when the proximity sensor thinks it's in a pocket or bag. In that case, you do need to use a button on Bluetooth, though, it doesn't use Motorola's"touchless control" just standard voice search.
When the phone is out of my pocket and across the room, I can speak normally in my BT and activate touchless control, assuming that my phone isn't flipped over or covered.
Also, while driving in my truck I noticed, with BT, I can speak normally to activate and issue commands, where as, without BT I need to raise my voice.
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theraffman said:
I guess we are both right... Touchless control doesn't work when the proximity sensor thinks it's in a pocket or bag. In that case, you do need to use a button on Bluetooth, though, it doesn't use Motorola's"touchless control" just standard voice search.
When the phone is out of my pocket and across the room, I can speak normally in my BT and activate touchless control, assuming that my phone isn't flipped over or covered.
Also, while driving in my truck I noticed, with BT, I can speak normally to activate and issue commands, where as, without BT I need to raise my voice.
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couldn't remember where i read the info I was spouting out but I just found it on moto's website
Touchless Control will work with most Bluetooth and wired headsets. To launch Touchless Control simply touch on the talk (Multifunction) button for the accessory, and speak your command, you do not need to say OK Google Now.
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interesting that yours is picking up without you even pressing any buttons.

Does yours not? That statement by moto seems more like "another solution" as it is easier to activate with a single button (in some cases) than speaking the activation phrase.
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theraffman said:
When the phone is out of my pocket and across the room, I can speak normally in my BT and activate touchless control, assuming that my phone isn't flipped over or covered.
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Are you sure the Moto X's mic isn't picking your voice up from across the room? I just tried it from the other side of my room without a bluetooth headset and was able to activate Touchless Controls.
A true test would be to see if it still activates via bluetooth from another room.

clankfu said:
Are you sure the Moto X's mic isn't picking your voice up from across the room? I just tried it from the other side of my room without a bluetooth headset and was able to activate Touchless Controls.
A true test would be to see if it still activates via bluetooth from another room.
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Well, I feel like a horses patoot...
I tested this out and you guys are in fact correct, just always appeared to have worked through BT. I guess the good ol placebo effect worked, as for me feeling like BT was more accurate while in my truck.
Now I am astonished as to how accurate the mic is from far distances and with background noise... It always appeared as though the BT was enhancing distance and noise cancelation... Apparently, it's all the moto x... Color me impressed.
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playing music thru bluetooth in car speakers?

basically i have a nexus one. and a bmw x3 with the Bluetooth. i can connect it to see the contacts and calls but how can i get it to play my music thru the cars speakers. it has an aux port but dumb bmws got the port in the worst location. also i dont want to keep connecting it with the wire everytime. so is there a solution. thank you
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I don't know about BMWs but in my F150 w/sync I hit my voice command button and say "Bluetooth Audio". Then after it recognizes my n1 I hit the button again and say "Play All". If your car has voice commands you may try some variation of that. If not, buy American next time
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thanks but it did not help. i was wondering more if their is an app or something to enable this feature.
The problem isn't the phone its the car then. There are some aftermarket head units (car stereos) that may have the features you looking for.
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Your stereo must support A2DP to pass the music through. Check the website to confirm.

Bluetooth Audio Issue

Today I noticed a bug with BT audio and Navigation.
I have BT in my car so I connected my phone and started up my tunes like I always do and everything worked fine.
I needed to use Google Maps Navigation and on my previous phones using Nav with music playing (google play music streaming) worked fine.
Today I noticed that when ever Nav had an instruction for me, the music volume would drop, but no audio from Nav would play.
On my bluetooth profile on the phone I have phone and media audio running through bluetooth.
Anyone have a solution for me?
Unrelated question. How is the audio quality over bluetooth? Any noticeable difference when it's wired as opposed to over bt?
I can't speak on the potential bluetooth through car issue, but I have no issues with using a Supertooth 'visor' device, and at least in my opinion, the audio is of reasonable quality (though I've not tried to play music over it, just nav, and the occasional notification noises while on the drive).
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Unrelated question. How is the audio quality over bluetooth? Any noticeable difference when it's wired as opposed to over bt?
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Dude, lol, start your own thread. Don't hijack someone elses.
Nobody? If my replacement does this too the phone will have to go back. I use bt audio and Navigation together all the time
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gunnyman said:
Nobody? If my replacement does this too the phone will have to go back. I use bt audio and Navigation together all the time
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In an effort to apologize for highjacking your thread:
If no music is playing, do you hear the nav instructions?
Maybe try toggling the voice instructions from the menu of the navigation app while it's running?
I don't think this will work, but maybe going into the settings page that has the three volume sliders and try moving those around to see if you get different results?
Maybe there's an issue with text-to-speech, but I'm not positive on how to fix this. I know there's some stuff in the settings section and you can install a third party TTS system, but no idea if that would help.
I think it goes without saying, have you tried re installing google maps?
Nope. Oddly enough the problem went away. Everything is fine now
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I simply rebooted the phone
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gunnyman said:
I simply rebooted the phone
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Awesome! Good to hear. Now about that BT audio quality?
No better or worse than any other device I've had
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[Q] Touchless Control While Biking?

I am trying to determine the usefulness of the touchless control app while I am biking with the phone in my backpack - can anyone answer these questions?
I wear a bluetooth headset and listen to music/podcasts - will it listen and answer my "okay google now" commands via bluetooth microphone?
Can it be configured to read me incoming emails/texts automatically?
If so, does it pause the music?
If it pauses music, does it play it again when it's done reading aloud?
Is it frustrating to use the device when you aren't looking at the screen at all?
Does anyone else use this phone and it's unique features in interesting ways while biking?
I am a cyclist also, on Verizon, and was told via their online chat that touchless control would only work with a wired headset, not Bluetooth. I would verify this with your provider. I am looking at this phone to replace my old Incredible. I like its size and capabilities, if it only had 32GB...
kudy said:
I am trying to determine the usefulness of the touchless control app while I am biking with the phone in my backpack - can anyone answer these questions?
I wear a bluetooth headset and listen to music/podcasts - will it listen and answer my "okay google now" commands via bluetooth microphone?
Can it be configured to read me incoming emails/texts automatically?
If so, does it pause the music?
If it pauses music, does it play it again when it's done reading aloud?
Is it frustrating to use the device when you aren't looking at the screen at all?
Does anyone else use this phone and it's unique features in interesting ways while biking?
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I seem to remember getting a dialog pop up when I connected to my car bluetooth saying that the multi function button could trigger the touches control option. Could be wrong though.
Re: your auto reading option should work. My Moto X will automatically detects when I am driving and does just that it reads my texts and tellsbme who is calling. The built in app is called assist
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BoKnows? said:
I am a cyclist also, on Verizon, and was told via their online chat that touchless control would only work with a wired headset, not Bluetooth. I would verify this with your provider. I am looking at this phone to replace my old Incredible. I like its size and capabilities, if it only had 32GB...
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That makes sense since I don't think the mic on a bluetooth headset is always listening like the Moto X does.
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bmxchampga said:
I seem to remember getting a dialog pop up when I connected to my car bluetooth saying that the multi function button could trigger the touches control option. Could be wrong though.
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The multi-function button can trigger Google Now.

[Q] When making a call from my phone have the call audio on the phone by default

I looked around for an answer, but can't seem to find one. Whenever i make or answer a call with my watch connected, it defaults to the speaker and mic on my watch, which can sometimes get annoying. Any way to make it so that if i initiate the call, or answer the call using my phone, it uses my phone's audio without having to switch it? I'm wondering if tasker or something can do this, override the default device to phone if the answer action or call action was initiated from the phone.
Thanks
If you are using gear manager, it should default to whichever device is initiating the call
Brendo said:
If you are using gear manager, it should default to whichever device is initiating the call
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I am, but i'm using it on a Nexus 4 and i had a lot of trouble getting it running. I might try a different version i guess. Good to know that's how its meant to behave.
Thanks a lot for the reply
I don't think Tasker can control the default there, but it can help some. Using Tasker with Bluetooth AutoConnect, I can enable/disable the phone handling part of the Bluetooth connection. If I am at home, or connected to my car's built in Bluetooth, I don't want to talk to my watch, so I disable then. When I'm out walking around, I'm more likely to want to answer with the watch, so I enable then. When its disabled, I use a custom Tasker scene to do caller id as well as answer and hangup buttons on the watch.
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I don't think Tasker can control the default there, but it can help some. Using Tasker with Bluetooth AutoConnect, I can enable/disable the phone handling part of the Bluetooth connection. If I am at home, or connected to my car's built in Bluetooth, I don't want to talk to my watch, so I disable then. When I'm out walking around, I'm more likely to want to answer with the watch, so I enable then. When its disabled, I use a custom Tasker scene to do caller id as well as answer and hangup buttons on the watch.
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That sounds really interesting and like a good solution, would mind going into a bit more detail on how you did it? I'm not very familiar with tasker.
Thanks!

[Q] Car Mode Alternative?

Let me preface this by saying that I wanted to post this in the apps section but there's only 4 threads there LOL...
My Note 3 and my wife's S4 (if I remember correctly) had Handsfree Mode which would read aloud texts while connected to the bluetooth in the car. Since the S5 does not have this feature on AT&T, I'm looking for alternatives? There's one app that I used a long time ago called Text By Voice. What I didn't like about that is it kept the bluetooth connection in "listening" mode all the time, so you couldn't listen to the radio, or anything else... Or maybe there could be a way to get this working with Google Now a la Moto X style?
Check out Agent. It's driving mode does what you are asking and is quite smart about it. It will enact automatically. It can do other phone controls, too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tryagent
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natefish said:
Check out Agent. It's driving mode does what you are asking and is quite smart about it. It will enact automatically. It can do other phone controls, too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tryagent
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Seems flawed... I sent the developer the following message:
While I do like the driving agent. I don't like the fact that I can only have one Bluetooth profile though. I have 3 vehicles and would like it to work on all of them not just some. I have been somewhat able to work around this with trigger. When an SMS comes through the driving agent, it will play through the vehicles audio but then switches to the phones speaker for replies. It also seems to be killing the battery somehow. In the battery settings, android system stays on even when the agent is not active.
Any other alternatives?
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