No voice commands when the phone is locked?

[Leon Stevens]

Gizmodo says:
"It's extremely strange that Motorola's flagship smartphone doesn't have Moto Voice or Moto Assist. That means you can't issue voice commands when the phone is locked or set it to automatically silence your phone in meetings, unlike the Moto X and Droid Turbo".

Is this true, or a major error in the Gizmodo review?

 

[VAVA Mk2]

OK Google works when the screen is off (Nexus 9 already does that), but the Moto specific Moto Assist is NOT on the device.

 

[Leon Stevens]

Yeah, I know they don't include the Moto Suite. But,he specifically says "you can't issue voice commands when the phone is locked". Seems a major error for such an important feature in a detailed review.

 

[IrishFXDB]

Yeah, I know they don't include the Moto Suite. But,he specifically says "you can't issue voice commands when the phone is locked". Seems a major error for such an important feature in a detailed review.

The phone has a voice processor that is used for nothing more than listening for "OK Google" when the phone is off, so yeah, pretty big oversight.

 

[qnet]

OK Google works when the screen is off (Nexus 9 already does that), but the Moto specific Moto Assist is NOT on the device.

I have a Nexus 9 and it doesn't do that.

One review I read said that the "ok google" works on the Nexus 6 better than the Moto X because it's baked into the OS. It just goes straight to Google now search so it's faster. That makes sense because when I had the Moto X (1st gen) I remember the Moto asist responding, then passes it to Google.

 

[IrishFXDB]

I have a Nexus 9 and it doesn't do that.

One review I read said that the "ok google" works on the Nexus 6 better than the Moto X because it's baked into the OS. It just goes straight to Google now search so it's faster. That makes sense because when I had the Moto X (1st gen) I remember the Moto asist responding, then passes it to Google.

It is, but the Nexus 6 also has a low power voice processor that is listening at all times for the "OK Goole" hot word, which is why you can use it from the lock screen with the phone off.

This review talks about it on this page:

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/11/nexus-6-review-the-premium-price-still-comes-with-compromises/2/

 

[Grim Ton]

You can, just not in the way if the moto x.