How to Get “Ok Google” Voice Shortcut on Galaxy Note 4
Here is a clever trick that will let you get the “OK Google” voice shortcut set up on all of your Galaxy Note 4 screens. You can set it up for your lockscreen too and control your phone using the hands free launch phrase ‘OK Google’ followed by a command, even when your phone’s screen is locked.
Before you get started with the trick, it might be noted that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is available with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 805 (APQ8084) processors and Exynos 5 processor. This trick works perfectly with Qualcomm chip based Galaxy Note 4 only, because this processor has always-listening capability, even when your phone’s screen is locked and without draining your battery.
Yes, the Galaxy Note 4 has Samsung’s “S Voice” assistant for hands free operation, but it is far behind the “Google Now” voice assistant. Therefore, by adding OK Google voice shortcut on your Galaxy Note 4 you will get Moto X’s like touchless feature.
How to enable Ok Google voice shortcut on Galaxy Note 4
1. Open Google Search settings -> Voice -> Languages and set it to “English (US)”
2. Then, enable “Audio History”
[Above settings are necessary to start voice search from any screen]3. Now, select “Ok Google” and enable the option “From any screen”. You will see Samsung’s S Voice popping up,
just tap the mic button and train the app with “Ok Google” hotword.
4. Once you have done training voice model, enable “From lock screen” option.
Now you are set up to search from wherever you want. Enjoy!
Note: this tutorial works well with the Galaxy Note 4 variants using Qualcomm’s APQ8084 chipsets listed below:
SM-N910F (International), SM-N910P (Sprint), SM-N910T (T-Mobile), SM-N910A (AT&T), SM-N910V (Verizon), SM-N910R4 (US Cellular), SM-N910W8 (Canada), SM-N910G (India, Australia, Singapore), SM-N910FD (United Arab Emirates), SM-N910FQ (Turkey), SC-01G (Japan), SCL24 (Japan), SM-N9109W, SM-N9108W , SM-N9108V, SM-N9106W and SM-N9100 (China).
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