[Q] How to launch Google Voice with the home button - Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I managed to install google apps on my phone, and I must say Google Now/Voice is fantastic!
I was wondering if we could set the home button to launch Google Voice, like how Apple launches Siri. I have the app 'Tasker' although I'm not afraid to admit that I don't know how to use it
thanks a bunch.

MCChang said:
Hi guys,
I managed to install google apps on my phone, and I must say Google Now/Voice is fantastic!
I was wondering if we could set the home button to launch Google Voice, like how Apple launches Siri. I have the app 'Tasker' although I'm not afraid to admit that I don't know how to use it
thanks a bunch.
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Yes, simply hold and swype up from the home button

Great! Thanks, I didn't know that

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Don't you hate the seacrh button on android?

I think the capacitive search button on android is pretty worthless, it doesnt work in all apps, some apps already have a search icon, i think it's redundant, i REALLY hope google gets rid of it in the wave of ice cream sandwich devices
I like the search button. Saves me time to go and search for something. You can also root your phone and install CM7 and have the search issue to do something else. Or if you are on CM7 then push hold the search button and it can be to compose a text or whatever
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I never use that or the Search/Voice Search widgets personally. I notice too that Samsung ditched it on the Galaxy S2.
Let's see how it's implemented in ICS when that comes out, with it's 'virtual buttons'. I'm guessing by virtual they just mean context sensitive?
I use it for voice search. Mostly for navigation. I just say "Navigate to Davenport hotel in Spokane, WA" or something and it just pulls the map up and starts telling me where to go. Other than that I don't use it much. I could honestly make a shortcut for it on my home screen though, so getting rid of it wouldn't hurt me much.
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I never use the search button on my captivate, no need for a search button really if you have a neat layout on your phone.
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I only use it for market or maps.
m0jo said:
I only use it for market or maps.
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same for me
I think the search button is just plain redundant .
Forever living in my Galaxy Ace using XDA App
What search button?
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I trained myself to use it, adding all the apps I needed to it, especially the IMDB app. Now I don't have a search button, cos I use MIUI and it's in the menu instead. (I have a SGS2, so no button - it used to be long-press on the menu button).
I think it's cool, useful for market, music,... I could live without it though
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johncmolyneux said:
(I have a SGS2, so no button - it used to be long-press on the menu button).
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Well, you learn something new everyday......
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S Voice > Google on Note 4

I've used S Voice and Google for 4 days each and in my opinion S Voice is the clear winner. Here's my top 5:
1) S Voice has very reliable always-on service whereas Google occasionally will glitch and stop responding to the wake up command until I reboot the Note 4.
2) S Voice accepts way more commands.
3) S Voice can perform functions and execute them instead of just bringing you to them. For example if you say "wake me up at 6:30AM" it will set the alarm for you, whereas Google brings up the page and you have to click "set alarm."
4) S Voice has a funny AI. You can say "Will you marry me?" and it will reply with "I would make a terrible spouse" or say "yeah baby" and it will respond with "I'm not your baby." Funny stuff.
5) S Voice has more secure always-on service because it allows you to pick the wake command so you can make your command,"I like pie" and it will work, whereas Google currently only supports "OK Google" which everyone knows from the commercials, and if you want to set it to work even if your phone is locked, you want a wake command that people are less likely to know.
What have your experiences been thus far?
To be honest I haven't given S Voice a try yet. I was surprises than Google Now works because in Poland it had very little support, but now it let me set an alarm and everything, nice. But I can't set Google Now to wake the phone - for some reason the option for it is turned off, maybe S Voice will work like that.
The new pop-up window is nice too, any app will stay open and S-Voice just pops up and closes down. Makes more sense than opening up a whole new page. Quite accurate understanding English as well.
Oh, nice. Does it affect battery?
Nice to know they improved s voice. It used to be inferior to google voice on the note 3. I might give it a try again.
Rippley05 said:
Oh, nice. Does it affect battery?
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Nope. I had S Voice a and Google Now always listening and had no noticable effect on battery life. I didn't really use'em but it did come handy at one or two occasions. I think it's efficient operation comes down to that extra chip both the SD805 and I think the Exynos variant has.
I love the S-voice and wanna use it all the time but I wish I can pull up the S-voice anytime with voice. I know it's easy double tapping the home button but Google can be pulled up anywhere with voice.
FuzzRaven said:
I love the S-voice and wanna use it all the time but I wish I can pull up the S-voice anytime with voice. I know it's easy double tapping the home button but Google can be pulled up anywhere with voice.
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So can s-voice. It's in the settings. You can also turn on voice wake while locked.
For voice to wake. In my experience, it only halfway works to. Maybe it's because I use a custom command...but voice rarely wake it up.
Rippley05 said:
So can s-voice. It's in the settings. You can also turn on voice wake while locked.
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Maybe I'm missing it but the only option I can find is waking it up with voice while locked (voice wake-up option) nothing for when the screen is on, even on the home screen. The only way to pull it up is by double tapping home button.
FuzzRaven said:
Maybe I'm missing it but the only option I can find is waking it up with voice while locked (voice wake-up option) nothing for when the screen is on, even on the home screen. The only way to pull it up is by double tapping home button.
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Huh? Look at that picture I posted. Check that option, then say "hi galaxy" or whatever you set your command to be and it'll wake up. It doesn't work all that well when you use a custom command.
Here
Rippley05 said:
Here
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Thanks for posting those photos and instructions! But I already have both enabled even before I came to this post and it still would NOT take voice commands when you have the screen on, as in not on the lockscreen (or as I found out, also when you're using any app) but when you're in the home screen. Both those options are only for use when you're on the lockscreen or when the phone is sleeping. Now that I think about it, maybe it's because of my use of Nova Prime that's hindering the S-Voice to be invoked on the main home screen though...
The thing that i don't like is even though svoice turns on when i say hi galaxy, i still have to push the mic button to say my command. Google voice doesnt so that
Patch7 said:
The thing that i don't like is even though svoice turns on when i say hi galaxy, i still have to push the mic button to say my command. Google voice doesnt so that
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You don't need to push the mic button to issue your command. If you ran out of time to say your command, all you have to do is to say your wake up phrase again and it should accept your voice command then.
FuzzRaven said:
You don't need to push the mic button to issue your command. If you ran out of time to say your command, all you have to do is to say your wake up phrase again and it should accept your voice command then.
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Thanks! That works great. Love it!!
I use svoice for making calls through by bluetooth headset. It works much much much better than google voice. Google voice is no more than a joke when you have non-english names, whereas svoice still does a great job. Another thing I love with SVoice is that it also utilizes the nicknames in your adress book. So you can use either the full name or the nickname.
This is very interesting. I must admit I completely ignored S-Voice when I bought the Note 4, as it wasn't brilliant on the Note 3. I also had got so used to Google's voice functions which did impress.
I just caught this thread and whoa! Samsung really have made some great changes to S-Voice on the Note 4 and I think I might actually start using it a bit more. So thanks for posting your observations
Samsung S-Voice command examples
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I took the trouble to type out all the available S-Voice examples, along with a few added examples for UK or International users. I hope you find it useful.
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apprentice said:
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I took the trouble to type out all the available S-Voice examples, along with a few added examples for UK or International users. I hope you find it useful.
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Awesome stuff! Thanks man. This confirms my suspicions that you cannot use s-voice to switch on mobile hotspot

How to turn off home button hold google search

When you hold the menu button it opens the google search. Is there a way to disable this? Or at least change the button delay time.
Settings/apps/advanced/default app settings/assistance and voice input/assist app
There you can change it. Probably the "deepest" setting on the phone :silly:
I set it to turn the screen off Btw, with an app called screen off and lock.
clouds5 said:
Settings/apps/advanced/default app settings/assistance and voice input/assist app
There you can change it. Probably the "deepest" setting on the phone :silly:
I set it to turn the screen off Btw, with an app called screen off and lock.
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Oh my god thank you. Amazing. For some reason xda didn't email me your reply, but now I checked and your answer is beautiful.
clouds5 said:
Settings/apps/advanced/default app settings/assistance and voice input/assist app
There you can change it. Probably the "deepest" setting on the phone :silly:
I set it to turn the screen off Btw, with an app called screen off and lock.
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Apologies for revisiting an old thread but this was the only place I found this solution.
Might be common knowledge for some but I wanted to highlight for other Huawei owners to try this.
In particular, this works also for a Huawei Y6 2017 !!
[NB: system is EMUI 4.1 on the MYA-L11 version of Huawei Y6-2017]
I recently bought my dad a Huawei Y6(2017) and installed easy-to-use apps for basic functions but the smallest delay in releasing the home button (maybe 1/4 sec or so!) was opening Google Search -- this was potentially going to drive hime crazy -- exactly the type of thing that would make him give up on his first smartphone!!
Being much more used to stock Android settings, I just couldn't find an option to stop or disable the long-press of the home button
tldr; As per the instructions, I set the buried option "Assist app" to "None". Job done.
Many, many thanks

Bixby Voice Wake up Set up?

Does anyone use Bixby? How do you set up it up to use Bixby voice to open up the phone?
In California, we can't use the phone while driving. I want to access the phone with voice using Bixby voice command to call someone in case of emergency without pulling to the sideroad to touch the phone.
RyanSe7en said:
Does anyone use Bixby? How do you set up it up to use Bixby voice to open up the phone?
In California, we can't use the phone while driving. I want to access the phone with voice using Bixby voice command to call someone in case of emergency without pulling to the sideroad to touch the phone.
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I just say Hi Bixby and it works.
Jammol said:
I just say Hi Bixby and it works.
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Thank you. It works now. I did not work yesterday when i try it
RyanSe7en said:
Thank you. It works now. I did not work yesterday when i try it
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Voice only seems to work when she feels like it. I just keep using Google Assistant.
SiNJiN76 said:
Voice only seems to work when she feels like it. I just keep using Google Assistant.
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I put up with her only because of the Samsung Pay perks
Jammol said:
I put up with her only because of the Samsung Pay perks
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Ha ha ha. Same here. After I get those 3000 points. I'm turning her off!
SiNJiN76 said:
Ha ha ha. Same here. After I get those 3000 points. I'm turning her off!
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I don't like to use any type of phone assistant (I do use and love my Echo/Alexa, though), but I'm going to use Bixby to get those points, too.
not had any issues unlocking my phone with bixby - the voice password thing works extremely well.
man bixby briefing, voice unlock, opening apps... all that ish works just fine!
i used to use the IFTTT but now with action commands, i dont need to do this. I just say "hi bixby , office" and she does exactly what i want her to do.
she is even smart enough to know if some of the actions i ask her to do are already set. she will say "hmm seems you are already using that.."
so, i have no qualms about this skirt.. :fingers-crossed:

How to make Google Now the "primary" Voice command

Is there a way in settings the make the google now feature the primary voice command. According to alpine thats how I get my radio to work with voice command again.
Download bxactions and remap the bixby button to Google now.
brunotuga said:
Download bxactions and remap the bixby button to Google now.
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Lol I was about to recommend the same thing
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Downloaded it and hopefully that helps the radio issue
bjballar41 said:
Is there a way in settings the make the google now feature the primary voice command. According to alpine thats how I get my radio to work with voice command again.
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Thisis what i originally did on my Note 8 ( and then later Note 9.)
to get my car radio to launch Google Assistant as Bixby kept popping up.
I also have bxActions installed on my phone, but what i originally did, regarding my car radio (Google voice commands) is..
Device /Settings /Advanced settings /Device Assistant app/set to Google and next to Google press settings cog icon
and set voice.... Google Assistant.
So if i press and long press /hold my car phone button
Google Assistant answers.
(Same as home button on device (function) for me)
So take a look and see if it works for you.?
willcor said:
Thisis what i originally did on my Note 8 ( and then later Note 9.)
to get my car radio to launch Google Assistant as Bixby kept popping up.
I also have bxActions installed on my phone, but what i originally did, regarding my car radio (Google voice commands) is..
Device /Settings /Advanced settings /Device Assistant app/set to Google and next to Google press settings cog icon
and set voice.... Google Assistant.
So if i press and long press /hold my car phone button
Google Assistant answers.
(Same as home button on device (function) for me)
So take a look and see if it works for you.?
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Ok I think I got it all marked hopefully this works. Thanks
willcor said:
Thisis what
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Font name ? Thanks.
willcor said:
Thisis what i originally did on my Note 8 ( and then later Note 9.)
to get my car radio to launch Google Assistant as Bixby kept popping up.
I also have bxActions installed on my phone, but what i originally did, regarding my car radio (Google voice commands) is..
Device /Settings /Advanced settings /Device Assistant app/set to Google and next to Google press settings cog icon
and set voice.... Google Assistant.
So if i press and long press /hold my car phone button
Google Assistant answers.
(Same as home button on device (function) for me)
So take a look and see if it works for you.?
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Cheers. Slightly off topic how does one turn it off completely? I don't think it's possible.
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Dejan Sathanas said:
Font name ? Thanks.
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See screenshot
(XDA/Wings font pack, no root, ADB installed)
Limeybastard said:
Cheers. Slightly off topic how does one turn it off completely? I don't think it's possible.
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Not sure, as i always had it preferred.
However , if you tap on the last setting page you can either enable or disable?
See screenshot
willcor said:
Not sure, as i always had it preferred.
However , if you tap on the last setting page you can either enable or disable?
See screenshot
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Cheers. Mine was already off, I believe even with it off it remains as a basic voice search enabled.
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