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 likeÂ
Set a timer orÂ
Create a reminder.Â
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
