Voice triggered searching, along with all other voice triggered
actions, seem to be where things are headed. For a while now the “OK
Google” hotword has been active in the Chrome beta builds for desktop
and laptop PC’s and it would seem that Google is finally confident
enough in its performance to make it available to the stable Chrome
build that general users interact with daily.
The
hotword action will slowly be making its way to all Chrome users on
Mac, Linux and Windows over the next few days here in the U.S.. They
mention that they plan to include more languages and ChromeOS to the mix
soon. You may already have it, or you may not. To check, just open up a
new tab or go to Google.com, and you should be able to simple say “OK
Google” and tell it stuff like
Set a timer or
Create a reminder.
To
make sure it is active head to the three bars in the upper right hand
corner of Chrome. Then go to Settings, Show advanced Settings and then
look in the Privacy section. You should see “Enable ‘OK Google’ to start
a voice search”. If you don’t, then you haven’t picked up the latest
update yet. So just sit tight and wait. At least you can still click the
mic.
Anyone stoked for the hotword addition to the stable Chrome release?
Source:
Google Chrome Blog via
Androidandme
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