‘Hey Google’ hotword on Wear OS has been broken for months; Google is working on a fix [Updated] - 9to5Google

Reports on Reddit and the Google Issue Tracker show that the “OK Google” and “Hey Google” hotwords to trigger Assistant have not been working on Wear OS smartwatches.

Assistant is one of the core selling points of Wear OS smartwatches, as the only other wearables that officially support Google Assistant come from Fitbit, now owned by Google.

This issue doesn’t affect the ability to actually use Google Assistant on Wear OS, thankfully, but it does make it just a little harder to access.

Without hotword support, you’ll need to long-press the power button on your watch to immediately trigger Assistant, or use the touchscreen to trigger it from the left-most feed.

At least Google Assistant works really well on Fitbit.

It's based on a modified version of Android, designed by Google, and used on many third-party smartwatches

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