How do I get rid of Google Assistant on my home button

[cnpthe3rd]

You have to push and hold the home key to get GA. I can double tap my home screen all day and all I get is a sore finger.

you want to trade phones?? cause I tap the screen GA opens up everytime, I called google support they said they never heard of it doing that and the only thing they came up with was to disable GA but then double tap prompts me to reinstall it. It has not always done it this is a new thing only the last 3-4 months some update at some point must have changed something

 

[anon(238680)]

you want to trade phones?? cause I tap the screen GA opens up everytime, I called google support they said they never heard of it doing that and the only thing they came up with was to disable GA but then double tap prompts me to reinstall it. It has not always done it this is a new thing only the last 3-4 months some update at some point must have changed something

Look at this thread: https://forums.androidcentral.com/s...86-google-assistant-home-button-new-post.html

 

[lamb2slaughter]

Where can you do this? It's driving me crazy! Why force you to use long press for the assistant when you can open it with voice commands, and in the meantime sacrifice Feed which was only just starting to get useful?! Also new Assistant doesn't integrate is voice commands with Keep. Terrible.

 

[surferdude51]

For the second time now I woke up and tapped my home button to exit my alarm app and go back to my home page on my samsung phone and was PISSED to find the POS google assistant box comes up and I have no way to get back to my home page unless I close all my apps every single time. THANKS GOOGLE I say sarcastically. I had tried disabling the google assistant and "my feed" but these 2 things didn't work.

After browsing the internet for multiple hours, this is the fix that I found:

Settings > apps > settings icon > default apps > Assist & voice input > assist app

Then change google to your prefered launcher.

I hope this helps others who are as frustrated as I am having to deal with this first thing in the morning. Oh and remember to send feedback to google about this asking them stop taking over our home button!

 

[Jim Thornburg]

OK this has been happening to me too lately, tap the home button and forced into using assistant. I had to disable all assistants and then put the dexterity assistant on screen and use the virtual home button. It's made my phone so slow. I think they did this on purpose to get us to buy the S9. It happened when I upgraded my OS the other day.

 

[EdgeXeD]

"Thus concluding my simple fix with trial and error I found the Lockscreen feature could fix my home button"

I'll start by saying what was my problems and what simple fixes I'm using and We have different phones but slightly the same functions. I had this problem on the LG stylo 3 boost

My generic headphones got washed with my laundry but it still worked. Later I found that Google Assistance was on display in my pocket. Long story-short. Although it had no mic it was somehow sending the command to run Google's Voice/Assistance. So I got rid of those headphones and the constant openings slowed down. It could be your problem I don't know.
- I need to know what your doing that cause it to open. Is your phone screen on or off. What functions or shortcuts you might have on.

Now, Good news is we found the problem and I may have a small fix. The bad news is, Its the home button. The function is permanent there isn't an option in settings to switch off this feature. There are other shortcuts you could control but this one inparticular cannot be turned off. Obviously the home button is the cause and it's a big problem for customers who don't want this feature on. Which is a big disappointment and it's permanent unless. Development teams for your carrier, noticed and patches the issue. Your next phone update to your profile will fix the problem, "if they noticed".

So I need my phone to stay off unless I power it on manually easy right. Not quite. For me that is.

Moving on to my other problem the "pocket bandit". I know it sounds crazy when I say, "your pockets... might be the cause of your Google Crisis" to be honest. My pocket for me was definitely the cause for this problem. My phone was setup to sleep and wake with knock-on or power tap, (lock screens and passwords are a tiny bit of a time waster if you ask me) which later, became my solution. In my case powering on my phone would bypass my lockscreen and it'll wakes up with my home screen already displayed. Now with my home button exposed My pocket will then find a way to hold the home button down long enough to launch Google Assistance.

When I noticed this issue. I simply turned off knock-on (it allows the user to power on or off there screen by quickly tapping your screen twice) it was part of the problem. So now thats off and my power button embedded lower than the surface of the back of my phone.

Now we have The volume-keys shortcut functionality available its default setting are on.
- I had no Idea they could turn my screen on by launching the camera app and the other launches my capture+ in short turns my phone on. Problem? ahh yeah my home button are softkeys it will appear if my screen turns on. and expose the home button, humbug.

Thus concluding my simple fix with trial and error I found the Lockscreen feature could fix my home button crisis to help keep my phone off and help stop app from launching in your pocket. For me it's solved and working so much better now. My setting has the swipe to unlock feature right and it's okay for now. Unless my pocket figures that out too. Then I'm forced to set a password. To save time here remove the shortcut apps on the lockscreen. I hate passwords by the way they take to long and I turn my phone on and off at least 30 times a day maybe more.
- My fix was the lockscreen I set one up and now no problems

Like I said before. I need more information from you to help.

I don't know if your phone has hard-key or soft-key function "meaning are the buttons digital like mine or is it hardware an actual button. Hell I don't even know if having your screen disables this function you know what I mean. It could be a "bad model" like I mentioned before. I mean the Scripts writen by developers when a fraction off, could lead to many problems. The OEM didn't match compatibilities in the phone model's Hardware "Galaxy s6" perhaps, volume down button brings up the task menu, cant login to Google playstore, apps not running as they should.. you get the picture

I do not know if this helps you or not. I took long to explain because this might help other android users who don't have a clue whats happening.

Me and my LG stylo3, Want to apologise for the introduction and long stories. I felt it was necessary to teach a little rather than to give you my solution off hand. Every android device differs know your average android users. My friends struggle trying to use Googles YouTube app you know.

**Google needs to stop supporting phone companies a bit. Developer's OEM sucks straight up. Don't bother blaming Google for this, just there greed. It's the manufacturer who wrote the scripts on your "Galaxy s6". I'm sure Google signed a contract to someone for there apps to be used***

 

[Andrew Eastes]

"Thus concluding my simple fix with trial and error I found the Lockscreen feature could fix my home button"

I'll start by saying what was my problems and what simple fixes I'm using and We have different phones but slightly the same functions. I had this problem on the LG stylo 3 boost

My generic headphones got washed with my laundry but it still worked. Later I found that Google Assistance was on display in my pocket. Long story-short. Although it had no mic it was somehow sending the command to run Google's Voice/Assistance. So I got rid of those headphones and the constant openings slowed down. It could be your problem I don't know.
- I need to know what your doing that cause it to open. Is your phone screen on or off. What functions or shortcuts you might have on.

Now, Good news is we found the problem and I may have a small fix. The bad news is, Its the home button. The function is permanent there isn't an option in settings to switch off this feature. There are other shortcuts you could control but this one inparticular cannot be turned off. Obviously the home button is the cause and it's a big problem for customers who don't want this feature on. Which is a big disappointment and it's permanent unless. Development teams for your carrier, noticed and patches the issue. Your next phone update to your profile will fix the problem, "if they noticed".

So I need my phone to stay off unless I power it on manually easy right. Not quite. For me that is.

Moving on to my other problem the "pocket bandit". I know it sounds crazy when I say, "your pockets... might be the cause of your Google Crisis" to be honest. My pocket for me was definitely the cause for this problem. My phone was setup to sleep and wake with knock-on or power tap, (lock screens and passwords are a tiny bit of a time waster if you ask me) which later, became my solution. In my case powering on my phone would bypass my lockscreen and it'll wakes up with my home screen already displayed. Now with my home button exposed My pocket will then find a way to hold the home button down long enough to launch Google Assistance.

When I noticed this issue. I simply turned off knock-on (it allows the user to power on or off there screen by quickly tapping your screen twice) it was part of the problem. So now thats off and my power button embedded lower than the surface of the back of my phone.

Now we have The volume-keys shortcut functionality available its default setting are on.
- I had no Idea they could turn my screen on by launching the camera app and the other launches my capture+ in short turns my phone on. Problem? ahh yeah my home button are softkeys it will appear if my screen turns on. and expose the home button, humbug.

Thus concluding my simple fix with trial and error I found the Lockscreen feature could fix my home button crisis to help keep my phone off and help stop app from launching in your pocket. For me it's solved and working so much better now. My setting has the swipe to unlock feature right and it's okay for now. Unless my pocket figures that out too. Then I'm forced to set a password. To save time here remove the shortcut apps on the lockscreen. I hate passwords by the way they take to long and I turn my phone on and off at least 30 times a day maybe more.
- My fix was the lockscreen I set one up and now no problems

Like I said before. I need more information from you to help.

I don't know if your phone has hard-key or soft-key function "meaning are the buttons digital like mine or is it hardware an actual button. Hell I don't even know if having your screen disables this function you know what I mean. It could be a "bad model" like I mentioned before. I mean the Scripts writen by developers when a fraction off, could lead to many problems. The OEM didn't match compatibilities in the phone model's Hardware "Galaxy s6" perhaps, volume down button brings up the task menu, cant login to Google playstore, apps not running as they should.. you get the picture

I do not know if this helps you or not. I took long to explain because this might help other android users who don't have a clue whats happening.

Me and my LG stylo3, Want to apologise for the introduction and long stories. I felt it was necessary to teach a little rather than to give you my solution off hand. Every android device differs know your average android users. My friends struggle trying to use Googles YouTube app you know.

**Google needs to stop supporting phone companies a bit. Developer's OEM sucks straight up. Don't bother blaming Google for this, just there greed. It's the manufacturer who wrote the scripts on your "Galaxy s6". I'm sure Google signed a contract to someone for there apps to be used***

Its easy to fix . Go to Nova settings. Scroll down to Gestures and inputs. Buttons and actions. Home button - Change to None. Fixed it on my Note 8

 

[Andrew Eastes]

Its easy to fix . Go to Nova settings. Scroll down to Gestures and inputs. Buttons and actions. Home button - Change to None. Fixed it on my Note 8