Baba giving Android gyan: Google Android app brings limited offline voice commands

Not all connections are created equal. Sometimes, you get dead spots or sometimes you are in an area where there are too many connections. But that shouldn’t mean that you should lose the ability to have certain kinds of mobile services that you’re used to or are extremely helpful in certain situations. Google is now allowing your Android device to have offline support for a limited number of voice commands. Of course you can’t “Ok Google” yourself out of situations where you need the Internet, but you can make your phone obey your commands.

If you were offline last week and you tried to use Google’s voice commands to do something that needs to be online, you probably got a message saying “Something went wrong.” Underneath that, you’ll see an “Offline voice tips” card which will tell you the Google voice commands that you can still use even when you’re not connected. Now, what you’ll get is just that “Offline voice tips” where it gives you the same list that you can use when you tap your mic/

Some of those commands include Open Gmail, Turn on WiFi, Turn on Bluetooth, etc. Getting to turn on something also means you can command it to turn off. You can also command it to Play Music and it will even play a random track from your music player of choice. Some of the commands though will open to a settings screen and then you still need to manually adjust it. It’s understandable coz it’s the adjust volume, adjust brightness commands, but sometimes it defeats the purpose if you still need to use your hands right?

No word yet if they will be adding more to these commands, but there are probably limited actions you can do without online support. The offline voice support seems to be limited to the US or devices with English support. You also need to be on version 5.3 of the Google app and have the offline language pack.

VIA: Android Police

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