Ok google will only activate assistant while charging

[Android Central Question]

I have a Pixel 3, and for a while voice match would work but then it suddenly stopped. I tried retraining it, looking to see if I had all the right settings, and restarting it but it still wouldn't work. However, I found that it would work whenever it was charging (both wireless and usb-c). This is the only time I can get assistant to come up without squeezing or manually opening it. Is anyone else having a similar issue or knows how to fix this?

 

[Rukbat]

Do you have Battery Saver turned on? That disables "listening" for the assistant. (And receiving push notifications and a few other things.)