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Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by thekyle »

arwineap wrote: post #438
pradn wrote: post #157

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As a Google employee, I really don't want to be saying "Ok, Google" in my home all the time. It's totally possible for me to go to work in a subway that has Google ads, waste time on my Pixel, work at the Google office for eight hours, waste time on my Pixel, walk past the same ads on the way home, watch YouTube videos and do Google searches about random topics, and ask Google to set an alarm before I go to sleep. It…

It'll all answer to "heyyy goo goo" - I like pretending I'm yogi bear

Also "heyyy boo boo" works for me

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by nmstoker »

colejohnson66 wrote: post #47
reaperducer wrote: post #31

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It keeps playing a song called "My Likes" Meanwhile, here in Siri Land... Me: Hey, Siri, add "tomatoes" to my Groceries list. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapredu…

Siri is hit and miss, but setting timers (for cooking) always works. > Hey Siri, set a timer for 8 minutes. > Ok. 8 minutes and counting.

Google Assistant on my phone just got better at handling timers.

It used to do a cheesy "Starting your timer.... Now", which would have been okay if a bit tedious repeatedly, apart from the fact that actually you could see that the timer started immediately, so the whole delayed "now" thing was completely misleading. It was like that for well over a year until I noticed it was fixed just recently.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by Tyr42 »

fullstop wrote: post #73
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

I have endless frustrations with Google Assistant / Google Now / Whatever they call it now. A few examples: 1. I have my phone set up to trust bluetooth in my car and unlock my phone. I get in the car and say "okay google, open spotify" -- this is so that it will continue playing what I was listening to before I left work. "Okay", she says, and then tells me that she can't do that because my screen is locked. Sometim…

Google assistant is not able to play the next episode in a podcast. It can only play the most recent as far as I could tell.

This isn't great.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by germinalphrase »

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #448
germinalphrase wrote: post #7

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YouTube music has been a really mixed bag. Disappointed by the forced transition.

Wait til you discover that the web version of YTM can't chromecast. Yep, Google's own music product can't communicate with Google's own music player product. The "solution" is to cast the tab. Which means lower bitrate, no music controls, and if you cast to a display device, the whole tab screencasts etc. I guess it's because nobody important uses the web anymore? Or something? (Disclaimer: I work at Google. But not…

The terms for family sharing are the only thing keeping on YTM at this point.

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Post by crazygringo »

jamiek88 wrote: post #470
crazygringo wrote: post #455

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Does: Settings > Siri > Language > English (United Kingdom) not fix it for you? And possibly setting Settings > Siri > Siri Voice > British as well? Apple advertises: > Since Siri is designed to recognize accents and dialects of the supported countries or regions, Siri’s accuracy rate will be highest for native speakers. Or is this problem just with American friends' devices?

It does but then you can’t use local maps and points of interest etc.

Wait what do you mean?

My Siri's set to American but when I travel to London local maps and stuff all works fine there?

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Post by aimor »

princevegeta89 wrote: post #151

"OK Google" is the biggest problem I find with Google Home and Google Assistant so far. Things like "Alexa" and "Siri" are short and seem more practical. When I say "Ok Google", I feel like doing a mouth-exercise. And multiply this extra effort over the number of times you need to apply it in a single session. It is a pain. Why didn't Google ever change it?!

This was an option on the Moto X second generation phone. I have no clue why Google decided to remove the feature of setting the wakeup phrase, but at the time they were actually touting it as an upcoming feature (I guess to get me to upgrade my phone).

So being forced to say ”OK Google" is actually a regression from previous capability.

https://www.droid-life.com/2014/12/04/moto-x-tip-use-a-whist...

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Post by Jeff_Brown »

spurgu wrote: post #413
coldtea wrote: post #380

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That's because it was hardly a product name - they just slapped their corporate name of top of the respective noun...

Well they've named it Google Assistant. I think I'd prefer "ok/hey assistant".

Call me childish but I think "OK " would take a long time to wear thin.

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Post by Strom »

wartijn_ wrote: post #152
Strom wrote: post #129

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I have the opposite problem where Siri always starts a timer for 13 minutes when I want 30. I've adjusted to setting the timer for 31 minutes.

I just tried "a half hour" and "half an hour" and it does understand that. So that might be an option if you don't want to wait an extra minute.

I also use 20/40/50/70/80/90 so the half hour trick gets more complicated.

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Post by nullsense »

pradn wrote: post #157
acid__ wrote: post #124

I used to come home and say “Ok Google, turn on the lights.” 80% of the time my lights would turn on. 20% of the time, I’d be greeted with: “Ok, playing ‘Turn on the Lights’ by Future on Spotify.” And I’d stand there in the dark, listening to music I don’t like, questioning my life decisions.

As a Google employee, I really don't want to be saying "Ok, Google" in my home all the time. It's totally possible for me to go to work in a subway that has Google ads, waste time on my Pixel, work at the Google office for eight hours, waste time on my Pixel, walk past the same ads on the way home, watch YouTube videos and do Google searches about random topics, and ask Google to set an alarm before I go to sleep. It…

Fuck, I never thought of it that way.

Man. Seems kinda relentless.

Submit a PR that responds to "Ok Google, enough!" by degoogling your life including automatically submitting your resignation.

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