With the release this week of Chrome 46, Google’s browser lost the ability to trigger the search function with a simple verbal command. The now-iconic “OK Google” will no longer work with ...

But what’s really not OK, Google is the seismic privacy trade-offs involved here. And the way in which Alphabet works to skate over the surface of these concerns.

We've outlined the ins and outs of Google Assistant, plus some of the most useful "OK, Google" commands currently available. Take a look and find the best ones!

Google has come up with a compromise to make its "OK Google" feature more secure. Rather than allow users to unlock their Android devices completely (a security risk), the Voice Match command will ...

3. “OK Google, lock the front door.” If you have the best smart lock installed, Google Assistant can communicate with it to make entering and leaving your house more simple. Let’s say you ...

I've been having a lot of fun with the "Ok Google" feature of my Android phone. In fact, I've been adding new commands to it (I'll describe how that's done in future articles). But once I enabled ...

It's that simple: "OK Google, set an alarm for 7AM." A little spinning thing will show up, then Google will announce that it has set an alarm for that particular time.

Your OK Google problem might boil down to the Assistant app not being properly updated. Updates often fix bugs and provide performance enhancements, both of which can help fix your OK Google issues.

The 20 Most Useful “OK, Google” Commands (In No Particular Order) Open A Website/Blog – “OK Google, Go To Knowyourmobile.com”; Create Appointment – “OK Google, Create An Appointment For 10 am on ...

Rishi Chandra, VP for Google Home, tells me he’s heard that feedback. In fact, feedback along those lines is one of the reasons that you can say “Hey Google” instead of “OK Google” to ...

I can confirm that “OK Google” works on the TicWatch Pro 3 pictured here. After firing up the watch, I had updates to both the Google and Wear OS apps that might have done the trick.