Long before Artificial Intelligence took the smartphone industry by storm, we had our very own AI-infused assistant which was capable of doing a plethora of handy tasks. You just need to invoke a voice command and it will take care of the rest. Or at least that was the case till a few days back. Recently, numerous users have voiced their concern that Assistant Quick Phrases are not working along the expected lines on their Pixel devices.
Whenever they issue a command like answer or reject to an incoming phone call or snooze or stop to an alarm, there’s no action whatsoever from the Assistant. As far as the culprit behind this bug is concerned, it might be attributed to the January security patch update the issue only came to light once the users installed the said update. With that said, we did manage to find a few nifty workarounds that should help you address this bug. So without further ado, let’s check them out.
Fix Assistant Quick Phrases not working on Pixel
- Head over to Settings > Apps > Google App > Force Stop.
- Then go to its Storage and Cache > Delete Data > Delete.
- Now restart your device and launch Google Assistant app.
- Then go to Assistant Preferences and enable the following
Voice Match, Hey Google, Quick Phrases
That’s it. These are the steps to fix the issue of Assistant Quick Phrases not working on Pixel. As far as the official stance on this matter is concerned, the developers are aware of this issue, but they haven’t given out any ETA for the rollout of a fix. As and when that happens, we will update this guide accordingly. In the meantime, the aforementioned workarounds are your best bet.
