OK Google: How About OK Jarvis, OK Android, Or Even OK Barry

By Barry Schwartz

Published: November 8, 2013 at 9:00 am

okay-google-android Android Community noticed that some other phrases outside of “OK Google” trigger the voice search on the latest Android operating system, KitKat.

So I tested this on my Nexus 5 and discovered that OK Google has alternatives. I tested the following phrases that seemed to work:

OK Glass
OK Jarvis
OK Android
OK Barry

Now, I am not sure if Google confused Barry with Google and I tested it several times afterwards and sometimes it activates voice search and sometimes not.

Here is a video of this in action:

I suppose Google’s voice search trigger is pretty flexible when matching on “OK Google”.

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Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.

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