"OK Google" function less accurate

[eugene12341434]

Voice recognition using 'ok google' used to be far superior to Siri -- the ability to detect words not necessarily in the English language.
Ie: Before (I check this a lot so I can use this as a comparator)
"Ok google - when is the next ayumi hamasaki concert?"
"Navigate to Blochairn fish market"

1. Android lolipop:
Registers: "when is the next ayumi hamasaki concert?"
"Navigate to Blochairn fish market"
SUCCESS

2. Android marshmallow
Registers: "when is the next time you me hamasaki concert?"
"Navigate to Slovakia on fish market" or "Navigate to Buckingham fish market"
FAIL

This is frustrating especially with unusual names. It's as if google's vocabulary has narrowed drastically!

Does anyone know what happened, and how to downgrade back to the old googlenow search?

Thank you!
Love this forum.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! I just tried your examples on my Zenfone 2 and it got the Ayumi Hamasaki one right. It couldn't figure out the fish market one, but I might have been pronouncing it wrong.

Have you tried the option to retrain Google Now with your voice? https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6031948?hl=en

 

[eugene12341434]

thanks! i'll give it a try.

 

[Jonneh]

Hey OP, what ended up happening on your end? My Nexus 5 is having a terrible time with Google now's always listening ever since marshmallow. It used to pick me up completely. Whether I asked about Ayu, Utada, or even Dazzle Vision or Head Phones President. Now it rarely gets it right, even after retraining my voice model.

And "okay Google" from any screen never works anymore despite turning it off and back on again

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[eugene12341434]

I've found out you _can_ train it to recognize you saying 'OK Google' but you cannot train it to recognize your voice or become more accurate.

Anyone know how to downgrade to the previous version?