I was trying to do a search on my phone, when I noticed that in Google Now, the filler text said “Search, or say Ok Google”. \u00a0That was surprising, since when did that come about? \u00a0The previous hotword or activation phrase was just plain “Google” with the language set to US-EN.<\/p>\n
A quick search on the Interneck revealed that a roll out happened around 25 Sep 13 and this was one of the changes. \u00a0You will need Google Search app 2.8.7 , mine was 2.8.8. \u00a0This brings the hotword activation nearly in line with Moto X. “Ok Google” vs “Ok Google Now”.<\/p>\n
The really nice result of this change is that the hotword detection works even in the search results.<\/p>\n
Try saying “Ok Google” twice. \u00a0It displays all the possible uses of Google Now.<\/p>\n
Support link<\/a>\u00a0 Moto X videos<\/a>\u00a0Play link<\/a><\/p>\n Update: Update 25 Apr <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ok Google<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222],"tags":[241,232,294,234],"class_list":["post-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-android","tag-google","tag-jelly-bean","tag-smartphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2880,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions\/2880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFurther testing reveal that this update disables playing of music local to the phone \/ handset. \u00a0Play and Listen command returns web results instead of launching the default music player. \u00a0The list of apps in the Google Now Settings does not show any music player either.<\/p>\n
\nTo get Google Now to play locally stored music, you need to have the app Google Play Music. \u00a0This app will play both local and Play Store music. \u00a0I found that this app was a RAM hog and I have since uninstalled and use Rocket Player. \u00a0Live and let live.<\/p>\n