What happens when you hold down your home button

[TheLastPanda]

When I first got the phone, when I hold down the home button from anywhere (even locked with screen off, I think) it would directly go to Google Voice search. I would then be able to just start talking.

I then started to disable stuff trying to optimize the phone. I think it was when I disable one of the Google apps, then re-enabled it when I lost this function. Now the best I could do when I hold down the home button is have it go to Google Now, then say "ok Google" before I could do a voice search.

Did something change in an update or something so I can't use this function anymore?

How do I get it back!?

Edit: if your Note 5 does something different, please post it. I can't edit the poll.

 

[TheLastPanda]

186 views and no one can take the time to participate in the poll? Seriously??

 

[felloffthetruck]

I never hold down my home button so I have not idea what it does. Maybe this is why the poll has no action?

 

[pool_shark]

When I hold the home button s-voice starts.

 

[Kyle Hartman]

Goes to Google search on home screen. Black screen just unlocks phone since I use fingerprint lock

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32GB Note 5 Verizon

 

[OldTrader]

Just goes to home screen for me and you don't have that choice in your poll.

 

[Glock23-G4]

Mine opens google search. And I'm on Tapatalk, so no poll.

 

[Uncle Eliot]

Opens Google Search with Google Now.

 

[dpham00]

Google search for me. But why not just set always listening?

 

[TheLastPanda]

Google search for me. But why not just set always listening?

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I disable it to save battery life.

I thought mine used to directly go to this screen when I held down the home button

 

[TheLastPanda]

Opens Google Search with Google Now.

Does it go to the screen that I posted on my above post?

 

[franko515]

When I hold down the home button I get the Google Now screen, from there I can say ok Google

When I press the mic button on the Google widget (circled below) I get the screen you posted (with the text that says listening).

From the home screen with the Google widiet I can say ok Google and the listening screen will also appear. This can only be done from the screen with the widget as I have always detect set to off.

I'm with Sprint

 

[TheLastPanda]

thanks.

forgot to ask, what carrier do you guys have?

 

[bassplayrguy]

Mine goes to google

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[zmann]

Goes to Google app

 

[Cwey55]

Screen off: doesn't do anything but turn screen on.

Screen on and unlocked: launches google app/google now (search bar indicates listening)

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[rainyboy7]

Nothing. Google voice is disabled

 

[TheLastPanda]

Okay. Thanks all. I guess it doesn't work the way I think I remember it.

 

[bigredgonzo]

Just tried and I got a "Choose a Program" pop-up that listed Google and, oddly enough, Tasker. I choose Google and now it goes to Google Now when held after unlocking the phone.

BigRedGonzo

 

[BarfingMonkey]