OK Google DOES NOT work from lockscreen

Rich_NY · Mar 31, 2016

I have the correct settings, changed them NUMEROUS times. It might work once or twice after I redo settings and voice training, then it wont work again. Miss my Moto Assist. I thought they dropped that because of "android capabilites"...this sucks.

bIOforger · Mar 31, 2016

Ok google is blocked from the lock screen deliberately for "security" reasons in Marshmallow.

Rich_NY · Mar 31, 2016

bIOforger said:
Ok google is blocked from the lock screen deliberately for "security" reasons in Marshmallow.

Thats ridiculous Blo.....and why doesnt Samsung tech support know that, he took control of phone and tried to "fix" it.

bIOforger · Mar 31, 2016

I know, i agree, i'm just the messenger lol Samsung support desk "techs" don't have a clue that's why.

tube517 · Mar 31, 2016

Ok Google (from any screen feature) hasn't worked properly since last year. So many updates. It worked. Didn't work. Worked again for some phones, not all.

bIOforger · Mar 31, 2016

It works fine when the phone is unlocked under Marshmallow.

tube517 · Mar 31, 2016

bIOforger said:
It works fine when the phone is unlocked under Marshmallow.

Same for me. I am on a different phone but it works great with marshmallow.

Problem is, it doesn't work properly for every phone. This forum and others are full with people complaining that it does not work....it's been on and off for me since an update in April 2015.

bIOforger · Mar 31, 2016

Does s-voice work when its locked? I've not tried, if it doesn't then you can be pretty sure its a Marshmallow "feature" due to the lawyers sticking their elbows in again.

bIOforger · Mar 31, 2016

No it does not, just tried. It's by design end of.

tube517 · Mar 31, 2016

bIOforger said:
No it does not, just tried. It's by design end of.

Yeah, I had issues with S-Voice interfering with OK Google last year on my previous phones. I just deleted it (my phones are/were rooted)

Khayman999 · Mar 31, 2016

bIOforger said:
Does s-voice work when its locked? I've not tried, if it doesn't then you can be pretty sure its a Marshmallow "feature" due to the lawyers sticking their elbows in again.

my s-voice works flawlessly from locked screen and I have both s-voice and ok google active simultaneously...

bIOforger · Apr 1, 2016

Khayman999 said:
my s-voice works flawlessly from locked screen and I have both s-voice and ok google active simultaneously...

orly, what network/carrier are you on?

Khayman999 · Apr 1, 2016

bIOforger said:
orly, what network/carrier are you on?

Yeah, about that. I'm actually on H3G in Italy; however, I don't think that makes any difference, to be honest.... do you?

bIOforger · Apr 1, 2016

Well yes it may, because each carrier has their own tweaks to the standard firmware/software, plus it does not work at all for a lot of us from the lock screen, that's either s-voice or ok google.

Khayman999 · Apr 1, 2016

bIOforger said:
Well yes it may, because each carrier has their own tweaks to the standard firmware/software, plus it does not work at all for a lot of us from the lock screen, that's either s-voice or ok google.

Hang on... no, my phone is unbranded.....H3G is just my carrier..

bIOforger · Apr 1, 2016

yep ok, that makes sense now then

Khayman999 · Apr 1, 2016

bIOforger said:
yep ok, that makes sense now then

Well, it doesn't really... it should always work... but you know what Sammy are like, they like sending out their devices as quickly as possible with their lovely customised interfaces which, almost invariably, are flawed... :-(

bIOforger · Apr 1, 2016

Exactly.

Khayman999 · Apr 1, 2016

bIOforger said:
Exactly.

It's a real shame though, because this phone along with this OS make for a pretty impressive combination, regardless of the competition and regardless of antutu's scores which tend to favour other UIs. I'm telling you, there's no better device in the world at the moment than this slick piece of work that Samsung have managed to concoct, no matter the SoC...
I have the Exynos version which keeps all open apps cached in the ram but still runs smoothly all the time....

bIOforger · Apr 1, 2016

Yup same CPU as mine, all the global/european ones come with the Exynos CPU, it is an awesome phone.

Khayman999 · Apr 1, 2016

bIOforger said:
Yup same CPU as mine, all the global/european ones come with the Exynos CPU, it is an awesome phone.

I couldn't agree more. If you want to get technical though, Adreno 530 is most likely/definitely more powerful a GPU than Mali T-880 MP12 but, for the majority of users it changes nothing. I mean, come on, who's ever gonna claim to be a gamer on a mobile platform? If you ask me, it sounds ridiculous...

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