Can you launch Google Now via the button and give voice commands through the microphone? It's ok if this requires some apps/settings on the phone.
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No, you would have to launch directly through the phone. The microphone is good for phone calls after initiating outgoing calls by pressing the microphone button or engaging incoming calls by hitting the same button. After several attempts, I was only able to bring up the voice dial option, however, no GoogleNow option. I haven't figured out how to initiate that feature yet.
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Dear Eric,Thank you for your question regarding our BTC450 Car Kit. Our test show that it will launch the voice dialing feature and was not able to launch Google now. Please contact us at support@kinivo.com if you have any additional questions. Thank you, Kinivo Product SupportEmail: support@kinivo.comToll Free: 1-855-4Kinivo (1-855-454-6486)Live Chat: http://support.kinivo.com(Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm Pacific)
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I have the Moto X. When I press the center button on the Kinivio, it behaves just as if I had said "OK Google Now". In other words, at least on the Moto X, it appears to work perfectly with Google Now without the need to install any additional apps. I did, however, enable "Bluetooth headset" in the Google Now settings.
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Hi Danny,Thanks for the tip but when streaming music and long-pressing the button to activate google voice, music still plays and it interferes with my voice command.it doesn't pause like you described. It plays through the phone speakers.
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I have not tried it with Google Now, but it does work with Siri. I press and hold the main button and Siri comes up with no problem. The only issue I've had is that background noise sometimes confuses Siri, but this is a problem with Siri and not the Kinivo.
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Yes you can. It's not too difficult. First launch Google Now, scroll to the bottom and hit the menu button (three dots), Settings, Voice, check the 'Bluetooth headset' box. Download a free app called 'Bluetooth Launch' from the Play Store. Launch it and it will load a list of all your apps. Go to the Google Search one, expand it, and choose com.google.android.quicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity. When you press and hold the button on the Kinivo BTC450 you'll hear a beep after two seconds or so. Your phone will then prompt for you to choose which app to launch. Select Bluetooth Launch and set it as your default. It should now launch a Google Now search box and start listening. You can execute voice commands from here. After the initial setup it'll just launch the action by default. It works for me even when the screen is off. Just remember to speak loudly and towards your bluetooth adapter because it'll be listening from that as opposed to your phone's microphone. The little circle around the microphone will turn red when it actually hears what you're saying vs grey when it doesn't. I initially had a problem with this messing up media that was playing. This was because I originally didn't check off the 'Bluetooth Headset' box in Google Now's settings. I hope this helps! Keep in mind. Single pressing the button is pause/play. Long-pressing the button will trigger that button command. I've noticed on my Nexus 5 that occasionally the microphone on the Google Search bar on the home screen will become hollow instead of solid white. I know that this is normal during media playback so that it doesn't recognize stuff from songs you're playing. If I have music playing, long-press that button on this adapter, the music will pause, and then Google Search can hear me and function normally. On some rare occasions the microphone icon will stay hollow despite music not playing. I'm not really sure what causes this but restarting the phone fixes it.
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Yes u can. I dont have any extra app. Just hold the button until you hear the beep. I use a note 3
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The announcement on September 11, 2014 says that Google Voice is now officially supported on Obi VOip devices. I do know that mine works great.
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That's pretty strange, M.J.I just uninstalled Italk and then reinstalled it - no problems.Is it possible to keep going somehow after the "this app requires a microphone" message.After all, you will have a microphone when you plug it in!
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Being that the phone runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean you do have such feature available as well as others. You may just have to enable it. http://www.greenbot.com/article/2105862/how-to-get-started-with-google-text-to-speech.html
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Should be able to, haven't tried myself but the speed is decent to handle skype and the microphone from what can be tested when messing with google search voice recognition is more spot on detecting what i am saying than my samsung galaxy player 5 can usually recognize.
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Yes this comes with voice dialing, you just tap the main button once and then it allows state the name and it works. However, I your phone has to have the voice dialing capabilities already, which really is a given. Hope that helped
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GOOGLE VOICE, embedded in the ANDROID 4.1, supports voice search and voice commands!
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There is one button on the mic but it has three different ways to activate it.I tested these on my Motorola Moto X with Spotify playing in the background. 1) Single press: Pauses playback;2) Double press: Next track;3) Press and hold: Brings up Voice Control so you wouldn't have to say "Ok, Google Now";
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Jawbone Voice Control app activates Siri! In fact, I just took it for a test drive and it works great! You can dial contacts, yes, but also do everything else that Siri can normally do!
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To enable your voice features, go to your settings and turn on your LG Keyboard. Then, at the bottom on the keyboard near the space bar, you should see the microphone icon. Click it whenever you wanna use your voice text, searches, or voice dialing. It also has a voice recorder, so there are several features where you can use this awesome concept. It is a little sensitive when you are speaking, but it's still nice to have.
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Hello Bassam, I've been "battling" with NewerStone over this and voice navigation (which my unit doesn't seem to have) for several weeks now. If and when I get a response, I'll let you know. Since they advertise these 2 features on Amazon.com, I've notified Amazon of this matter. You might want to do this, as well.
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This is a great question. I'd like to think this can still be serviced, but here's what OBi appears to have posted. http://blog.obihai.com/2013/10/important-message-about-google-voice.html If anyone finds an alternative which is viable with existing Google voice accounts, please share. Thanks
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You may have to activate the voice commands feature. To do that, hold down the volume and call buttons simultaneously until the indicator light blinks twice. This should activate your voice commands.
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if its got an android app then i dont see why not. I use the Google Now Voice app and it works great for voice recognition.
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mic in watch it is not a good choice you cant dial except for voice,command very limited , go ahead a pay a little more and get one that has apps in the watch
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How about this one http://blog.obihai.com/2013/10/important-message-about-google-voice.html
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I bought it for my wife. She loves the GPS but doesn't use the voice command. When talking to someone in the car, the GPS will join the conversation. Sorry I can't help with the voice command.