Protip: Want Okay Google Now everywhere on your phone? Try searching it

[phandroid]

Click to play GIF There’s a good chance that, by now, most of you have received the Google Search app’s new ability to enable the “Ok Google” hotword detection everywhere on your Android device, even while it’s sleeping (as long as it’s charging). It’s a super useful feature and one that, up until now, only […]

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[funkylogik]

Hey peeps.
Anyone who uses Banks Minimal Gapps will have realised this won't work with them.
A buddy of mine has hacked Banks to make it work so PM if you want the zip.

All credit to JR Jones (G+)

 

[nickdalzell]

also, the detection seems to happen off charger with screen off, too. kinda annoying to intend it to work on the Nexus 10 and end up having all ten or so tablets and one phone go off all at once. so i can only enable it on one device.

also, even if you untick 'from lock screen' it goes off still even with the screen off. happens both plugged in and unplugged.

 

[John Bean]

I had exactly the same problem with my two devices (N4 and N7), and in addition the N7 was triggering spuriously from things like the radio in the background.

More trouble than it's worth for me, I turned it off.