How to change OK Google to something else
Microsoft has Cortana, Amazon has Alexa, Apple has Siri, and Google has, well, Google. Rather than come up with a human name for its assistant, Google chose the no-nonsense name “Google Assistant” for its AI assistant. You turn to the Google Assistant by saying “Hey Google” rather than the nicer approach “Alexa” or “Hey Siri”.
Others might say the product name lacks imagination, but there is certainly no shortage of features in the Google Assistant service itself. The Google Assistant is a pure software tool that offers many features, such as the ability to start programs on your computer or smartphone, start TV programs or music playlists, even dim the house lights or turn various appliances on and off.
You can use your voice to communicate with friends and family, give directions, plan your next trip, set alarms and reminders, translate languages, and more. The possibilities and features are endless!
Despite the many things the Google Assistant can do, it can’t make major changes in its voice activation command. Google will allow you to set it to “OK Google” or, on some later devices, to “Hey Google”.
For whatever reason, possibly a branding decision made by marketing, the company wants you to say its name before the assistant does anything for you. Having people repeat your company name multiple times a day is a clear brand, but not necessarily that fun for Google Assistant users.
Fortunately, the very nature of Google’s software architecture is that it is hackable and editable. So what Google hasn’t added as a feature, third parties have eagerly seized the opportunity to add features to Google Assistant.
Using additional software, you can change the Google Assistant voice activation phrase to whatever you want. In this article, we’ll show you the various methods of doing this and walk you through each of them. There are two main methods to change Ok Google or the name of Google Assistant.
The first method involves using Mic +, an application that works quite well but is no longer under development at the time of this writing.
The second method we discuss involves changing the Google Assistant name using the Autovoice app. This second approach (described later in this article) is probably better than the first approach, but we’ll give you that instructions on how to use both.
While the company doesn’t natively support the option, there are some tried and true workarounds to change “Ok Google”. We’ll start by showing you how to change the “wake word” for Google Assistant with Mic +, then we’ll show you how to do the same thing with Autovoice (probably the best approach). Let’s begin!
Open Mic + is an app that integrates the Google Assistant, adding a variety of features such as offline speech recognition and integration with Bags , an extremely powerful Android automation system. For our purposes today, however, we are more interested in the Open Mic + feature which allows you to replace the voice command used to activate the Google Assistant.
For Open Mic + to work, you need to disable hot word detection in Google Now. This is easy to do, although Google has done its best to hide the required functionality within its prohibitive and near-random UI hierarchy. First, you will need to disable the Google assistant. To do this, follow these steps:
For our demonstration, we will use Captain Picard. When you’re done typing your new phrase, simply tap the “OK” button. Press the Enter button in the upper left corner to exit preferences.
You should now see a large green button labeled “Start”. Tap it and let it run, and you can say your chosen word instead of “OK Google” and your Google Assistant will be right there, ready to receive your voice command.
Open Mic + works fine to change the OK Google command to something else. A more reliable way to change the assistant keyword is to download and install theapp Bags very popular. Tasker is not free it costs € 3.69.
Tasker handles all kinds of tasks. Automate everything from settings to photos. It allows you to customize over 350 actions and, when loaded with the right plugins, can allow you to change your Google Assistant keyword.
After downloading Tasker, you will also need to install theapp AutoVoice by the same developer. This download is free, but AutoVoice is ad-supported.
First, you need to go to “Settings” and then choose “Accessibility”. In the list of options, find “AutoVoice Google Now Integration” and “Tasker” and turn on the switches next to those items to enable the feature. You need to link your AutoVoice app to your Google account. Fortunately, the Google Assistant can do it for you.
How to activate Ok Google on Android and some useful voice commands
Following these steps may seem complicated enough for most users. If you still have questions about Google Assistant wake-up commands, read on.
Unfortunately, as of October 2021, there is no official news from the company that this native feature is in the works. However, there is power in the numbers. You can provide feedback to Google requesting this feature a this link.
Yes. If you’re not having fun with the Google Assistant or don’t want it to answer you, open the Google Assistant app and tap Settings. Then, tap Voice> Ok Google Detection. Here you can disable the slider and Google will no longer respond to your activation word.
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