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by gxs 3542 days ago
FWIW none of those work with the all mighty google's personal assistant either on my nexus 5x.
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fizzbatter 3542 days ago
Out of curiosity, is this the the actual "Google Assistant" you're referring to? Or simply Google Now?

I believe there is a difference, but that's purely speculation on my park. I'll be able to test it more in ~2 weeks when my Pixel XL arrives.

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gxs 3542 days ago
Ah good point - this might be google now. It's the voice search feature on the search bar that persists on all home screens.

Didn't realize they might be different products.

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fizzbatter 3542 days ago
I believe they have added ML in the Assistant, along with some new features like context recognition. Granted, it's of course difficult to say how much is shared between Now and Assistant.
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oridecon 3542 days ago
FYI you can already use the new Google Assistant in several devices http://www.xda-developers.com/xda-external-link/google-assis...
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vubuntu 3542 days ago
"Ok google turn on/off the flash light" works on my motorola nexus 6
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gxs 3542 days ago
That's nice for you but the whole point of my comment was that I tried OP's commands.
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