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Moment of truth: This phone may have to go.

Papamalo

Android Enthusiast
Basically, the way google apps function with this phone, or perhaps Dis-function might be a better expression, may lead to me getting rid of it altogether.
Hands free use is actually impossible since I cannot wake up the phone using my "Ok google" phrase, and also, when I tell OK Google "take a picture" it opens the app but does not take a picture.

These features are found on phones as old as 5 years.
My last ditch will be to find a ROM that solves these issues.
Other than that I think I may be beginning a massive campaign of warning the public not to buy this phone.
It is the opposite of "daily driver"

More at 11.
 
Basically, the way google apps function with this phone, or perhaps Dis-function might be a better expression, may lead to me getting rid of it altogether.
Hands free use is actually impossible since I cannot wake up the phone using my "Ok google" phrase, and also, when I tell OK Google "take a picture" it opens the app but does not take a picture.

These features are found on phones as old as 5 years.
My last ditch will be to find a ROM that solves these issues.
Other than that I think I may be beginning a massive campaign of warning the public not to buy this phone.
It is the opposite of "daily driver"

More at 11.

"OK Google" is not something I've ever considered, and I've never used that myself anyway. Possibly the apparent lack of functionality of "OK Google" with Xiaomi's MIUI, maybe something to do with its country of origin?

I have used the stock voice control(HiVoice) with a Huawei phone, although I found it does work much better if one speaks to it in Mandarin rather than English. And was similar with an Oppo phone I had.
 
This was REALLY disappointing, because I can't really do ANYTHING hands-free. I am looking for a ROM and Kernel that will restores some of these functions. I'll let you know! Thanks!
 
Have to say seems like a nice device, the selection with most carriers these days is either Apple or Samsung in the states
 
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