In the following practical tutorial, I want to answer the multiple queries that have come to me via blog comments and the different social networks in which we participate with Bullfrag, in which you have asked me how to enable the OK Google functionality from any screen and even from any Launcher that we are using.
In addition to teaching you to enable this tremendous functionality that the OK Google voice command offers us from any screen, I am also going to teach you to enable the functionality that will allow us to unlock the terminal using the same OK Google command, as long as we have the terminal connected to the power outlet while charging or we are in the lock screen of our Android terminal.
How to enable OK Google functionality from any screen and from any Launcher
To enable the OK Google functionality from any screen and even regardless of the Launcher we use, we are only going to need the installation of the Google Search application, an application that by default is practically installed on all Android terminals. If your Android terminal does not have the default installation of the Google Search application, the most to be able to download or update from Google’s own Play Store just by clicking on the link that I provide below.
To enable the OK Google functionality from any screen and from any Launcher we will only have to follow the steps that I explain in the video attached to the header of this post, some steps that are limited to entering the Google settings, select the Search option and Google Now, click on the Voice option and then on the option Detect «OK GOOGLE».
Once there we will only have to activate the three buttons and say the command “OK Google” three times in a row so that the functionality of this sensational voice assistant offered by the guys from Mountain View.
Anyway, to avoid any doubt, I recommend that you take a look at the attached video at the top of this post where I explain everything in great detail.