OK Google: How About OK Jarvis, OK Android, Or Even OK Barry
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, […]
Barry Schwartz on November 8, 2013 at 9:00 am | Reading time: 1 minute
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 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.
In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
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In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
Barry can be followed on X here and you can learn more about Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site.