I used to be able to press the microphone button on my home screen and say “Start 5-minute timer” and it would start the timer.
Now, when I do that, it does a Google search for “Start 5-minute timer”.
How do I get that functionality back?
I don’t want to open an app, and I don’t want to use a number pad or anything to enter the number.
EDIT: Thank you! I went into the Gestures section of Settings, and now I can long-press the power button to get the desired behaviour. This might even be more convenient than tapping the mic icon!
You don’t. In their infinite wisdom they deemed it an unnecessary feature that people like you and I are oddballs for using in that way and removed it for our own betterment.
That’s pretty shitty.
Next thing you’ll tell me is that I have to open an app if I want to use call screening on the current incoming call.
Well, now they’re getting even less voice data from me.
I forgot I set up tapping the back of the phone to trigger assistant when I found out about this. Obviously it’s super instinctual. You can set this in settings -> system -> gestures -> quick tap to start actions
Thank you! It’s now set to long-pressing the power button for me. That’s probably even faster than tapping the mic icon! Haha
Oh, that’s a good one too! I use it for screenshots, but maybe there’s another option in there that I could use