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by dpkonofa 3270 days ago
Yeah... I'm curious what part of the conversation triggered the Google Home action because, typically, there's a trigger word/phrase or something that has to be used. If the trigger phrase is the standard "OK Google" or something along those lines, then I wonder what was said before "Call the sheriff" that was incorrectly interpreted as "OK Google" (or whatever the actual phrase was).
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It's my understanding that you can also say "Hey Google" to issue commands, and it's possible in this case that in the heated discussion the device heard "Hey did you..." as "Hey Google". I've activated my iPhone's Siri assistant before by saying "Hey Sir" to a boss who walked into my office.