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, […]
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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