Phone not listening for OK Google

[Scott216]

When I'm on my Nexus 5 home screen the phone should be listening for "OK Google", but it doesn't. I'm running snapdragon batteryguru. Could this have turned off this feature? Any way I can see what batteryguru has turned off?

 

[Rxpert83]

Easiest thing to check is to make sure you have the listening on. Hold down a place where there isn't a widget on the home screen and go into the settings menu

 

[Scott216]

I did that and Google Now is on.

 

[gtbarry]

On that Google Now page click Voice. Then make sure "Hotword detection" is on

 

[Scott216]

On that Google Now page click Voice. Then make sure "Hotword detection" is on

Hotword detection is enabled.

 

[Rxpert83]

Have you actually tried saying OK Google? Or are you just looking for the text prompt, because that's temporary

 

[GingerRob]

Do you have the language set as English US? It doesn't work if set as English UK.

 

[zipred]

In addition, after setting Language to U.S. English, you'll get lots more information than if you type in commands via it's region specific settings.

I used to despise Siri, conversely I love and use Google Now daily.

It rapidly continues to become more useful the more you use it. After just one week it's a very impressive tool for more uses than I would have imagined. I can only imagine how great it will be in another month.