Google Assistant on phone not working 100%

[YankInDaSouth]

Before purchasing the Active 2 I reached out to Samsung to see if it would be compatible with Pixel 3 and was told it would be. Just got the Active 2 and it seems all is well and calls/texts seem to be working fine. Issue is when I try to use Google Assistant on my phone ... Only way it seems to work is when it is triggered by the voice command "Hey Google". I say "Hey Google set an alarm for tomorrow morning at 8 AM" and it recognizes and completes task. Try the same command but instead trigger G.A. by squeezing the sides of the phone, swiping from the corners of the screen or hitting the assistant icon on the home screen widget and it'll awake and listen but does not pick up anything I say. I disconnect the Active 2 and all methods of triggering G.A. work fine again.

I tried uninstalling Bixby thinking maybe there was a conflict, but no luck. Any ideas?

 

[pizza_pablo]

Any ideas?

https://forum.xda-developers.com/sm...e-alpha-gassist-net-google-assistant-t3927513

 

[YankInDaSouth]

https://forum.xda-developers.com/sm...e-alpha-gassist-net-google-assistant-t3927513

Thanks for the link, but not trying to get Google Assistant on the watch ... Just want it to work properly on my Pixel 3 with the watch paired to it.

 

[pizza_pablo]

Thanks for the link, but not trying to get Google Assistant on the watch ... Just want it to work properly on my Pixel 3 with the watch paired to it.

Oh! My apologies!
You should try posting your question in the Pixel 3 forum.

 

[YankInDaSouth]

Oh! My apologies!
You should try posting your question in the Pixel 3 forum.

No need for apologies ... Thanks for taking the time to respond

 

[YankInDaSouth]

Well, gotta love tech anomalies LOL So far this morning I'm having no issues with Assistant on my phone ... Go figure

 

[pizza_pablo]

Well, gotta love tech anomalies LOL So far this morning I'm having no issues with Assistant on my phone ... Go figure

You can't.
That's the kinda stuff that'll make you crazy.

Did you do anything, like clearing the phone's cache partician or app cache?

BTW, sometimes companies call those anomalies "features".

 

[YankInDaSouth]

You can't.
That's the kinda stuff that'll make you crazy.

Did you do anything, like clearing the phone's cache partician or app cache?

BTW, sometimes companies call those anomalies "features".

Nope, didn't do anything (I did reboot last night, bit still had the issue afterwards) ... Just decided to give it another try and it was working. Keep sporadically testing it throughout the day and no problems, so IDK. Maybe Google was having a n issue yesterday

All I know is I'll take it

 

[YankInDaSouth]

And just like that Google Assistant stopped working on my phone again LOL

This is most strange!!

 

[pizza_pablo]

And just like that Google Assistant stopped working on my phone again LOL

This is most strange!!

You gotta love intermittent problems!

I wonder if it's a Rouge app.

Here's a thought...
Do you have Swift Installer color customization all installed?

I was having an issue where every time the Google app got an update, Google Assistant and Google Now news feed would not work.
It took me a while to figure out that Swift Installer had to push an update for the Google app because I had it themed, using Swift Installer.
I wrote the Dev and don't know if it helped, because he didn't reply, but he has gotten to the point of updating his app right after the Google app gets an update.

 

[YankInDaSouth]

Nope, don't have that app ...

And now it's working again so I'm completely baffled LOL

 

[pizza_pablo]

Nope, don't have that app ...

And now it's working again so I'm completely baffled LOL

Do you have any third party theming apps?

 

[YankInDaSouth]

Do you have any third party theming apps?

Negative, no theming apps at all.

Woke up this morning to a Google app update ... And Assistant stopped working again LOL.

 

[pizza_pablo]

Negative, no theming apps at all.

Woke up this morning to a Google app update ... And Assistant stopped working again LOL.

That's just like the conflict was having with Swift Installer.
I am guessing there is some other app convicting.

 

[pizza_pablo]

Negative, no theming apps at all.

Woke up this morning to a Google app update ... And Assistant stopped working again LOL.

Quoting again, in case you already read my last.
Since you say you had Bixby on your phone, check in default apps for which is selected as PHONE ASSISTANCE APP or something like that. Perhaps it's not Google.

 

[YankInDaSouth]

Quoting again, in case you already read my last.
Since you say you had Bixby on your phone, check in default apps for which is selected as PHONE ASSISTANCE APP or something like that. Perhaps it's not Google.

Appreciate you sticking with me!

Only have Bixby on phone via the Wearable app. Looking at my phone's default and only Google shows up. Good thoughts though!!



I agree it's a compatibly issue ... Thinking it may have something to do with Bluetooth and connecting with other devices (speaker, earpiece, car, etc).

 

[pizza_pablo]

Appreciate you sticking with me!

Only have Bixby on phone via the Wearable app. Looking at my phone's default and only Google shows up. Good thoughts though!!

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I agree it's a compatibly issue ... Thinking it may have something to do with Bluetooth and connecting with other devices (speaker, earpiece, car, etc).

There are many, many settings, inside the Google / Google Assistant app.
Cruise around in there and look for something that may be the culprit.

 

[YankInDaSouth]

There are many, many settings, inside the Google / Google Assistant app.
Cruise around in there and look for something that may be the culprit.

Yeah, been scouring through various settings and such trying to figure this out ... Can't seem to find anything.

Think I'll just get the Galaxy Note 10 plus ... That'll solve it

 

[pizza_pablo]

Yeah, been scouring through various settings and such trying to figure this out ... Can't seem to find anything.

Think I'll just get the Galaxy Note 10 plus ... That'll solve it

EUREKA!

 

[J Dubbs]

I've never had the Google Assistant work consistently on any phone ever..... including my current pixel. And it's never worked consistently on anybody else's phone around me either, regardless of brand. When it works it's awesome..... but consistent it's not. I'm sure it's a server side issue of some type, I don't think the servers can keep up with demand.