Google Assistant not working with Home Button anymore

[SampsonNation]

Google Pixel 8. Latest OS.

I'm noticing after a recent update, I can no longer hold the Home Button to activate Google Assistant. I have to say "OK Google" for it to active. How do I restore this feature? I don't want to add Google Assistant to the power button either.

 

[ocnbrze]

looks like you can't. this article does not list the home button as a way to launch google assistant:

https://www.androidpolice.com/ways-to-launch-google-assistant-pixel/

you are just going to have to get use to one of the ways featured in the article.

 

[SampsonNation]

looks like you can't. this article does not list the home button as a way to launch google assistant:

https://www.androidpolice.com/ways-to-launch-google-assistant-pixel/

you are just going to have to get use to one of the ways featured in the article.

This article is from 2023. I was using the home button up until a few weeks ago. What changed?

Maybe my memory is off a few months... But, I had been using it up until the last Security/OS update, which was within the last month or 2.

Set up Google Assistant on your device - Android - Pixel Phone Help

You can find info and get things done with the help of your Google Assistant. Ask it questions and tell it to do things. Learn more about the new Google Assistant.

support.google.com

Looks like they removed this feature completely. What a bummer.

 

[AugieTN]

I have a Pixel 8, you got this message? correct?

 

[SampsonNation]

I have a Pixel 8, you got this message? correct?

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Ohh this message. Yes, I did. I kind of skimmed it when it popped up. I didn't exactly read it thoroughly. What a bummer. This was so useful the way it was set up originally.

Thanks for the info.