Things I wish 'Ok Google' would respond properly too

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After switching to the Google Pixel, I’ve found myself using ‘Ok Google’ more and more. Particularly when it comes to actions like setting reminders, and events and navigating.

This is a list of things I wished worked, in no particular order, with dates attached so I can record when they do start working.

Notes

  • Some of these things are limitations of the assistant, and some of them are limitations of the application
  • It possible some of these already work and I just don’t know how to access them. Though that is itself a failure. Discovery should be easy.

April 2017

  • Take a note - Says I don’t have a note app installed
  • Navigate to X (decides that I want to walk regardless of how far). “Navigate to X by car” works, but it should be more intelligent about what it suggests as the default.
  • Navigation: Toggle the toll roads / no toll roads per trip, rather than as a global setting in the navigation app. While ‘Navigate without tolls’ works
  • Send a Telegram message
  • Send a Whatsapp message
  • Set an all-day event (The flow can only handle ‘one hour’ meetings)

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