Google is also rolling out its Quick phrases for the Google Assistant to Android phones. They are simple commands that you give without having to say “Hey Google” first. Although there are fewer options than with smart speakers.
Quick Phrases for Phones
More information about an upcoming feature for the Google Assistant has been leaking for some time: the Quick phrases. Without saying “Hey Google” you can give your smart helper commands. In September we were even shown an extensive list of all possible actions for smart speakers where those Quick phrases will work. That varies from operating lights to setting timers.
So that was for smart speakers and smart display, but Google will also listen to Quick phrases when you talk to your phone. 9To5Google has found evidence for this in the Assistant’s code, only for the time being there are far fewer types of commands that Google can execute. It works for incoming phone calls, and interacts with alarm clocks and timers.
Answer phone calls
You can accept an incoming call by saying “answer”, or you can “reject”. You can stop alarm clocks and timers by saying “Stop” and luckily alarm clocks also know the crucial command “snooze”. You will soon be able to set up Quick phrases via the Google Assistant settings, and as soon as you do that, Google will also remind you of the commands. With a timer you get a hint in a notification they see! “Say ‘Stop'”.
Quick phrases come with a risk, because in the case of phone calls, you could inadvertently pick up a phone if you say to a friend, “I can’t answer that right now”. With that sentence you would immediately accept the phone call, and mistakes like that threaten to happen with all quick phrases. It will therefore become an optional setting for the Assistant.
availabilty
At this point, there’s little doubt that Google is working behind the scenes on the Quick Phrases, and it certainly seems like a useful addition. We just don’t know when the feature will be available and when it will come to the Netherlands. The technology behind Quick phrases is a lot more complex than it seems at first glance, and the question is whether the speech recognition will also work properly with Dutch and with the different accents of people who speak our language.
– Thanks for information from Androidworld.