So I am coming from an iPhone 4S. I'm used to just holding down the hone button to get Siri. With Google Now, I need to swipe up from the bottom and then press a tiny microphone button in order to talk (yes I know about saying "Google" but it is very inconsistent for me). Is there any way to eliminate that extra step? Where I just swipe up and once Google Now appears I can start talking?
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Press the mic icon from the Google Search bar. Takes you directly to Google Now and it starts listening.
Hit that mic button that's in every single home screen:
Otherwise, no, I don't believe there's a quicker way in terms of using it from home-swipe up.
The whole point is that I don't want to have to look for a small icon to tap. I am most likely to use Google now when in the car so I don't have to look. Doing that defeats the whole purpose.
What app allows me to set a custom gesture for that?
Yeah. I used to have mine open the app drawer when I swipe up. That way I could have icons in the dock
Edit: I'm thinking of Apex.
find a cracked version of the launcher apk on the internet and install
Please don't promote piracy.
The more I use Google now the more I see that it's not really a Siri competitor in terms of being able to do a lot without any touch interaction. Even sending a text you have to use the screen to confirm but with Siri you can just say yes. Don't get me wrong, voice search and all that work well. But it requires more physical interaction than I expected. Not really a complete virtual assistant in my mind.
surely coming from iOS you're used to jumping through a million hoops to achieve basic tasks?
You might want to check out utter! then. There was a thread about it a few days ago by dalbir4444 https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1493427/
Oh
Just a heads up. Don't watch the video posted by the second commenter.
You telling me not to made me want to even though I already saw it and completely forgot what it was
Hold the menu button down OR you can hold the home button down and then on the dock in the middle is a g icon that brings up Google Now. At least that is how it is on my GS3.
Also in the Playstore there is a App called Utter that is pretty damn cool. You might like that better than Google Now or Siri. You can see Utter in action here . Still in Beta but works very well.
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Just a swipe up on the nexus 4. And then the tiny button. I want a simple one step process. But apparently none exist for free.
I tried utter but every time I opened it another utter app icon showed up on my home screen, such a weird bug.