OT: Is there a way to change the name of "Google" on an Android device?

[ChiTownLion]

This is driving me crazy. We have Google Home installed in our apartment, so any time I send a voice command (such as, "Hey, Google - play news about Penn State football on YouTube"), my phone will hear and process the same request and both devices will start talking over each other.

Was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the name that activates voice recognition on an Android device. Something like, "Hey, CARL -- open up my calendar," would be spectacular.

So I would like my phone to recognize, "Hey, CARL..."
And my Google Home would recognize, "Hey, GOOGLE..."

Thanks in advance if anyone posts an actual solution.

 

[Obliviax]

Turn off your phone and ask Google how to change the "hey Google" command. If it is "all that", it should tell you how. Seriously, my company is all into voice and it never works for me. Siri is a mess and we have lots of laughs over how it butcher's my commands. I have a voice into our R&D and am always the person voting to NOT put money into voice.

 

[PSU IE 97]

I have the same issue. Looking at Google's support on this, it doesn't seem like a fix is possible if the phone that is responding isn't the same one linked to the Google Home.

https://support.google.com/googlehome/answer/7257763?co=GENIE.Platform=Android&hl=en

This is driving me crazy. We have Google Home installed in our apartment, so any time I send a voice command (such as, "Hey, Google - play news about Penn State football on YouTube"), my phone will hear and process the same request and both devices will start talking over each other.

Was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the name that activates voice recognition on an Android device. Something like, "Hey, CARL -- open up my calendar," would be spectacular.

Thanks in advance if anyone posts an actual solution.

 

[Nittany_93]

Possible work arounds:
1) it may be possible to set up different profiles on your phone, one profile intended for home where Google Assistant is turned off
2) an app like Tasker may be able to disable apps or change settings by location

Really hard to believe they don't already have functionality for location based profiles like work, home, school to manage these kinds of things

 

[PSUSignore]

I don't think you can do this. I wish it was allowed. Saying "google" repeatedly just doesn't roll off the tongue when their products don't pick it up the first time, it gets tedious and hard to say. "Siri" or "Alexa" on the other hand are much easier words to enunciate repeatedly and I have little doubt that Apple and Amazon did research on this, while Google just used their company name. #firstworldproblems

 

[hagberg]

This is driving me crazy. We have Google Home installed in our apartment, so any time I send a voice command (such as, "Hey, Google - play news about Penn State football on YouTube"), my phone will hear and process the same request and both devices will start talking over each other.

Was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the name that activates voice recognition on an Android device. Something like, "Hey, CARL -- open up my calendar," would be spectacular.

So I would like my phone to recognize, "Hey, CARL..."
And my Google Home would recognize, "Hey, GOOGLE..."

Thanks in advance if anyone posts an actual solution.

Not exactly a solution, but when my Galaxy S7 is not awake (i.e., I have to push a button, then swipe/PIN/etc in order to do anything) it does not react to "hey google" commands. That's a common state for my phone, as the screen timeout is on a 3-minute delay.

 

[PSUSignore]

Not exactly a solution, but when my Galaxy S7 is not awake (i.e., I have to push a button, then swipe/PIN/etc in order to do anything) it does not react to "hey google" commands. That's a common state for my phone, as the screen timeout is on a 3-minute delay.

I believe that was a recent security change for Android. I read that in the past you were able to "wake" the phone just with a "hey Google" command. Now you have to still enter your passcode to unlock even if the command is recognized by the phone.

 

[interrobang]

I know someone whose daughter is Alexis. They had to chance the trigger for Alexa