Ok Google

[pankaj981]

My friend's Note 8 works with Google Assistant handsfree from the lockscreen. May be Samsung forgot to enable it on the S8 series during launch and then eventually worked with Google to enable it on the Note 8, which they will bring to the S8 series with Oreo. Or it could be a 7.1.1 feature.

 

[bassplayrguy]

Bixby will open your phone from the lock screen. Works great.

 

[mary beth hale]

Love that OK Google from works from AOD on my S8 with the Oreo Beta.

 

[anon(8312128)]

Does it take you from AOD screen too home screen, or just AOD screen to lock screen?

 

[anon(8312128)]

Love that OK Google from works from AOD on my S8 with the Oreo Beta.

Does it take you from AOD screen too home screen, or just AOD screen to lock screen?

 

[pankaj981]

Does it take you from AOD screen too home screen, or just AOD screen to lock screen?

It goes from AOD >> unlock >> Google Assistant directly....all handsfree

 

[mary beth hale]

On Oreo Beta, OK Google unlocks the phone from AOD. It opens voice assistant but if you cancel it or back out the phone is unlocked to home screen.

 

[mary beth hale]

It goes from AOD >> unlock >> Google Assistant directly....all handsfree

Sorry, didn't see your post before I posted.

 

[anon(8312128)]

On Oreo Beta, OK Google unlocks the phone from AOD. It opens voice assistant but if you cancel it or back out the phone is unlocked to home screen.

Face palm ... sigh

 

[mary beth hale]

Face palm ... sigh

Yeah I know, right? I'd seen your post before work and when I got home automatically sent a reply.
Hard core OK Google user here and that's one of the best things for me about the Beta.

 

[anon(8312128)]

Yeah I know, right? I'd seen your post before work and when I got home automatically sent a reply.
Hard core OK Google user here and that's one of the best things for me about the Beta.

Oh ... wait ... I may have misunderstood before.

So, with Oreo Beta, when you're on the AOD screen, you can say "OK Google" and the voice assistant comes up? If I understood that correctly, then that's great! That means you can shout OK Google from across the kitchen while the screen is off and set a timer, set an alarm, or whatever! . I think that was the whole point ... ?

 

[anon(8312128)]

Yeah I know, right? I'd seen your post before work and when I got home automatically sent a reply.
Hard core OK Google user here and that's one of the best things for me about the Beta.

That was my whole complaint before ... not being able to access OK Google voice assistant when the screen is off. But it sounds like you can now on Oreo Beta ... ?

 

[mary beth hale]

That was my whole complaint before ... not being able to access OK Google voice assistant when the screen is off. But it sounds like you can now on Oreo Beta ... ?

Definitely yes.

 

[anon(8312128)]

Definitely yes.

Awesome!