Samsung might not be emphasizing its Bixby voice assistant as much as it does remembering the Bixby button on the phone?), But it is present on many Samsung accessories. Most versions of Samsung's Galaxy Buds have a gesture to activate your phone's default voice assistant, but if you're using Buds with a Galaxy smartphone, the accessory is usually set to Bixby. What if you want to use Google Assistant instead?
There is no setting in the
Galaxy wearable app to switch virtual assistants, but thankfully there are
still a few steps to use Google Assistant with Galaxy Buds on Samsung phones.
If you want, you can also use Galaxy Buds with Amazon Alexa.
Reset the default assistant
The first step is to know
which app is active on your phone when you use the auxiliary gesture on your
Galaxy Buds. First, find the Bixby app on your Samsung phone, hold down on the
icon, and press the Info button when it appears. You can also search for Bixby
in your phone's Settings app, then select the Bixby app.
Once you come to the app
information screen for Bixby, tap on default set as default. The screen should
say something like "This application is set to open by default for some
tasks." Finally, press the 'Default' button. This will remove Bixby as the
main accessory to your Galaxy Buds.
Choose your assistant
Now is the time to choose
which accessory your Galaxy Bud will use. Your Android phone already has the
Google app installed, but if you don't have it for any reason, download the
Google app from the Play Store. You can also choose Alexa as your assistant
when the Alexa app is installed.
Next, insert the Galaxy Buds
into your ears and activate the auxiliary gesture - holding one of the buds for
a few seconds until you change the settings. Your phone will display a popup
from which you can choose which app you want to use. Tap the assistant you
want, then press the 'Always' button. For example, in the screenshot below, I
chose "Google" so that I could use Google Assistant instead of Bixby.
Now you can activate Assistant
on your Galaxy Buds, and the app you choose will be used instead of Bixby. If
you later want to go back to Bixby or switch to a different helper, follow the
steps again in the section above (but instead of Bixby, find the application
you selected). Samsung should really add a button for this to the Galaxy
Wearable app because I'm sure many would like to use Google Assistant instead
of Bixby.
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