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Google is testing a way to activate Assistant without wake words – Yahoo News Australia
A leaker triggered the voice assistant just by getting close to a Nest Hub Max.
Google is said to be testing a smart display feature that would activate Google Assistant by proximity instead of using the “Hey Google” or “OK Google” wake words. Leaker Jan Boromeusz posted a YouTube video (via Android Central) that shows the feature in an apparent internal Nest Hub Max firmware build.
Boromeusz is able to use the voice assistant without first saying one of the wake words. The Assistant UI disappears whenever Boromeusz stays still or stops talking, but you can see it pop back…
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