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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by the_af on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @12:44PM (#25278984)
Most "Ok Google" assistance feels like a gimmick to me, but here's something very simple I'd love to have working:

I watch a lot of YouTube on my phone when cooking, I even built a cardboard stand for my phone for this reason. What I want is for YT to respond to these voice commands:

- Pause video.

- Play video.

- Rewind 10 seconds.

- Skip the (expletive) ad <-- ok, I can understand why this one might not work.

Sadly, this doesn't work. And it's the only voice assistance I really need :(

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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by heavyset_go on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @12:50PM (#25279061)
I hooked up Kalliope[1] to Home Assistant to do exactly this, except for the ad skipping voice command.

[1] https://github.com/kalliope-project/kalliope

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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by kore on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @01:17PM (#25279433)
I've been playing around with a Nest Hub Max, and with that you can pause/play a video by holding your hand like a stop sign in front of it. Kind of gimmicky, but occasionally useful.

Was also curious about your use cases on the phone (aside from ad skip), and they actually worked for me. I'm using a pixel 4, though wouldn't think that'd make a difference.

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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by crtasm on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @02:28PM (#25280390)
> Skip the (expletive) ad

OK Google, install Newpipe.apk

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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by drivebycomment on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:22PM (#25281057)
"Hey Google pause/unpause youtube" and "Hey Google skip/rewind 30 seconds on youtube" work on my android phone. So I don't know why you say it doesn't work.
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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by the_af on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @04:39PM (#25282001)
They don't in mine. What Android version do you have? What phone model? Mine is a Galaxy S8.
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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by drivebycomment on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @05:50PM (#25282823)
Pixel 4. I'm a lazy bum when it comes to phones, so no customization or any kind of a special launcher or anything.
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