[Q] Google Now Hotword Detection Not Working - RESOLVED

[a.child]

It used to be that when I opened Google Now, the search bar would say "Say 'Google' to Search". But now that option has gone away. I checked my settings and hotword detection is on, so it should be working. I have tried just saying "google" but that didn't work. I tried reverting back to an older verion of the google searchapp, but that didn't solve the problem. I'm running CM10.1 Jan 25 Nightly. It was working a week ago when I was still running CM10.1, so it may just be that something about the newer versions of CM10.1 aren't working. I've tried reinstalling the app from the play store, but that didn't fix it either, and I'm out of ideas.

 

[korgmotif]

It used to be that when I opened Google Now, the search bar would say "Say 'Google' to Search". But now that option has gone away. I checked my settings and hotword detection is on, so it should be working. I have tried just saying "google" but that didn't work. I tried reverting back to an older verion of the google searchapp, but that didn't solve the problem. I'm running CM10.1 Jan 25 Nightly. It was working a week ago when I was still running CM10.1, so it may just be that something about the newer versions of CM10.1 aren't working. I've tried reinstalling the app from the play store, but that didn't fix it either, and I'm out of ideas.

is speech recognition in general working for you?

 

[a.child]

is speech recognition in general working for you?

Yes, if I press the mic button, it picks up everything I say just fine.

 

[CAYCE_VII]

What was done to fix this? I am having the same issue.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

 

[a.child]

What was done to fix this? I am having the same issue.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

The issue for me was using the voice notify app. I contacted the developer and this is what I got

"I was able to reproduce the issue and have narrowed
it down to the Accessibility feedback type for VN being set to 'spoken'. With
that, it's kind of obvious that Google Now is designed not to listen for
"Google" when an accessibility service might be speaking.

I tried to work around it by setting the feedback type to generic and only
setting it to spoken while VN speaks, but it prevented VN from speaking at all.
That said, I don't believe there is anything I can do. Probably for the best
since it's usually not a good idea to circumvent design."

So if you're not using voice notify, i'm guessing it's some other accessibility app that's screwing it up. It's very annoying.

 

[twitchcity]

I think the hotword also only works if your language is set to English (US). My phone is set to English (UK) and "Google" doesn't work.

 

[bmag360]

on my Nexus 7 the hotword detection has never worked and I cannot figure it out.

 

[yahoowizard]

Not working for me currently, not sure why.

 

[Travel_Mate]

Set the language to english US. After setting this, for me it's working

 

[yahoowizard]

Set the language to english US. After setting this, for me it's working

I already have that setting.

 

[kylebrothers]

Not using CM right this second, but I had this problem today. One of the keyboard/input options was "Google voice typing". When I turned that OFF, Hotword detection started working again. Just an idea.

 

[kokesh]

I'm on 4.2.2 CM10.1 on S2 (i9100).

It worked like a charm, but few days back I've noticed, that despite the fact that I have the feature turned on, I am using US English, my voice recognition works perfect, it doesn't work.

---------- Post added at 11:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:57 AM ----------

Android settings
-> Language & Input -> Selection notification: Off is what helped me to solve the problem

 

[Beerad875]

Re-check it.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

 

[bayusuputra]

I had this issue as well.

In order to make it work again:
1. Turn on Google voice typing in the keyboard setting
2. go to Google Now setting and then Voice
3. Set the language to English... and choose english (US)

You should be getting hotword recognition now.

 

[Cygnusis-X1]

I had this same issue and this is what I did to fix it:

In Google Now go to

Settings>Voice>Download offline speech recognition>under ALL tab select English (US)

Enjoy your Hotword detection once again! :good:

 

[Deenybird]

I had this same issue and this is what I did to fix it:

In Google Now go to

Settings>Voice>Download offline speech recognition>under ALL tab select English (US)

Enjoy your Hotword detection once again! :good:

This worked for me. Thanks.

 

[Cygnusis-X1]

This worked for me. Thanks.

No problem, anytime.

 

[shemantis]

I had this same issue and this is what I did to fix it:

In Google Now go to

Settings>Voice>Download offline speech recognition>under ALL tab select English (US)

Enjoy your Hotword detection once again! :good:

Also worked for me after trying about four *other* suggestions. Thank you!

 

[Cygnusis-X1]

Also worked for me after trying about four *other* suggestions. Thank you!

No problem. Now tell Google to do a barrel roll.

 

[AbuYazeedUK]

I've tried everything that's mentioned in this thread but Google Now still doesn't work by saying 'Google' I have to keep pressing the mic. Any other solution?