Recent content by Mike Richmond2

For me, disabling the "Fit" app seems to have changed my battery performance from fully discharging in 5 hours without being used after the Lollipop upgrade to a more reasonable performance similar to how it was with 4.4.

Alarm clock, clock display.... Not to mention that you might also forget to turn it off, and then get that irritating interrupt Sent from my Nexus 7 using AC Forums mobile app

Yes, this is a problem for me too. Worst is when it sends a chat to someone who doesn't use hangouts . The message is then just lost forever, and you as the sender may never find out. Sent from my Nexus 7 using AC Forums mobile app

By the way, if I do accidentally start a hangout with someone's email address, aren't they supposed to get an invite, or something? The two times I have done it accidentally, the other person has insisted they got no notification. I tried it with an old email address of mine and got nothing...

Is there any way of switching off the other messages than SMS? I just want to use it as a SMS tool (I don't use Google hangouts with anyone). Sometimes I accidentally send a message as a hangout, the other person doesn't get it, because nobody I know uses hangouts, and I only find out later...

Like most people, I guess, I don't have any images associated with phone numbers. Is there a way of getting rid of the visually ugly empty avatar in hangouts (or indeed in the dialler, and anywhere else)?

The shutter lag is pretty dreadful. It is always more than half a second, and shot-to-shot is another half+. For anything that isn't inanimate, the camera is poor. Sent from my Nexus 5 using AC Forums mobile app

I notice as well that it does not seem possible to change the search engine to .com in Chrome in Android, so nothing I search for in the web browser will flow to Now. (Chrome uses your location to determine which local google to use). That is if my assumption is right. You can set the Now...

I assume it is a bug in Google's systems - and it may explain why quite a few people outside the US get nothing from Now. It is a bit frustrating, as .co.uk really helps refine searches, so I am reluctant to switch. Sent from my Nexus 7 using AC Forums mobile app

I think I have found the answer. The google search engine I use is google.co.uk. If I change it to .com, it appears to work. Sent from my Nexus 7 using AC Forums mobile app

I know none of the TV stuff works outside the US :-( Sent from my Nexus 7 using AC Forums mobile app

Sadly, no such option for me (screenshot from Google Now search on my phone): Sent from my Nexus 5 using AC Forums mobile app

As am I, though I see pretty much no cards at all. Sent from my Nexus 7 using AC Forums mobile app

Could you give me an example of one of these cards with the overflow button please. I have tried a dozen or so films, actors,TV shows in Google Now, and can't see what you are describing. Sent from my Nexus 7 using AC Forums mobile app

I appreciate your help. My hunch is that there is an issue in how Now cards function since the 4.4 update. It appears to be about 50/50 for the respondents to this thread whether or not they get anything apart from travel and weather (and stocks and the limited selection of sports). Sent from...