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[Update 2x: Original story correct] The new Google Assistant only works with gesture navigation

[Update 2x: Original story correct] The new Google Assistant only works with gesture navigation

The Pixel 4 and 4 XL have been revealed this Tuesday, and they'll bring a faster and more powerful Google Assistant along. It should understand you better with the help of local speech processing and you won't need to keep saying "OK Google" over and over again. However, if you're a fan of the good ol' three-button navigation, you'll be left out in the cold. According to a Google support document, the new Assistant requires gesture navigation to work.

On the help website, Google describes what you need to get the new experience going and how you can set it up. There are also a few suggestions for when it won't show up, one of them telling you to "check that navigation mode is set to gesture navigation." Since the first-gen gestures from Android 9 Pie are officially called "two-button navigation" in Settings, you probably won't be able to use them with the new Assistant, either.

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We should note, that although gesture navigation needs to be enabled for the new Assistant to work, older methods for triggering the Assistant like via the hotword and squeeze should still be around — that is to say, the Assistant won't only appear when triggered via gestures, the new gestures are just a requirement for it to be enabled.

It's unclear whether this limitation is permanent or if the Assistant will come to other navigation modes in a later release, just like gestural navigation will only be available to third-party launchers after an update to Android 10. Hopefully, the revamped Assistant will find its way into button navigation, as people with motor impairment dependent on it might benefit from the new voice control the most.

Update 1: 2019/10/17 10:56am PDT by Ryne Hager

Google has reached out to clarify that the support documentation was misleading. Although the document in its current form states that the system navigation mode must be set to "Gesture navigation" to use the new Google Assistant, the company wishes to express that it only needs to be enabled in order to also use the swipe action, though that distinction isn't present in the list of requirements as it's currently expressed.

Specifically, Google wishes to clarify:

"The new Assistant can also be accessed by all the usual ways:
  • Voice: Say "Hey Google" or "Ok Google."
  • Squeeze: Squeeze the bottom half of your phone.
  • Swipe: Swipe up from the bottom left or right corner of your phone.
  • Tap: In the search bar, tap the Assistant Google Assistant."

Presumably, the company will update its support documentation to agree with this stance soon.

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Update 2: 2019/10/17 1:21pm PDT by Ryne Hager

Google has again contacted us to let us know its earlier correction was in error, flip-flopping on its position. Our original story was correct, and Google has explicitly confirmed to us that the new gesture navigation does, in fact, need to be enabled to use the new Assistant, even if it is triggered outside the gesture system.

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