Why would they run into trouble if it weren't real?!?

/s

Yeah, the Google Minis are hit or miss for us a lot, too. I don't generally have the keyword activation switched on with my phone, but was going to activate it if need be for this. I've got a Bluetooth headset with very good background noise cancellation (according to those I've spoken to on the phone), so I'm hoping/assuming that will help it understand me more reliably, and that Assistant activation via its button will obviate the need for turning on keyword activation.

Replying to my own post in case anyone's following this (still too new to Lemmy to know if that's a thing - guess I'll look into it after this).

Apparently, Moto may be working on something that fills this need. The promo video in this article only demonstrates things I think Google Assistant might already be capable of (or maybe slightly more), but the article states what they're working on involves using apps on your phone to do things rather than just being a microphone and speaker for stuff that actually happens mostly on Google's servers. Crossing my fingers that includes doing what I want rather than just being focused on buying things as demonstrated in the teaser video.

In the meantime, I've stumbled across the fact that Google's built-in TalkBack feature has support for keyboard shortcuts. This likely means I can use a small handheld Bluetooth game controller along with an app to map the buttons to the appropriate key presses in order to move around the screen, and thus control the Android device without looking at or touching it. That means using Google Assistant to launch the apps, and the controller to actually use it via TalkBack. I'll likely test this next weekend & report back if anyone's interested.

ETA: Forgot to mention: remembered that my kid has an iPad required by his school some years ago, but so far as we can see the capabilities are roughly on par with Android so switching platforms doesn't seem to be the answer.

If that's how they feel about basic human rights, then they don't deserve to have support for their union, either. They are both about respect, and if you're not willing to give it then you don't deserve to get it, either.

I'm confused: I thought that awful smell was coming from feet... 🤷‍♀️

I heard that whole bear in Central Park thing was a cover - it was HIS body that got dumped, not a bear. The thing running around Washington right now is a top of the line clone planted by China to make Trump look like the more sane choice. Once he's running HHS, he's gonna send them everything he can to help them make a Trump clone that seemingly lives forever (or at least until he's done selling off America to China ... It completely destroying it - they'll take whichever comes first).

At least that's what I heard around the Qulthouse...

He knows about the only thing he can do to lose them is side with a lib. He's not worried about losing them - especially now. He's more concerned with slash & burn revenge upon every last thing liberals have ever cared about. He doesn't GAF about anything else.

I've read he plans to upon retaking office.

Quite a few of them, actually - as well as remakes, the more recent of which are actually pretty good & you shouldn't limit yourself to just one if that's all you've seen.

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Well, according to sources like The Jungle Book and The Lion King, humans aren't the only ones... 🤪

Yeah, I was in a rush when writing that, and should have been more thorough in explaining what I meant.

I meant that's their mentality: these idiots will become increasingly emboldened as Trump takes over, and make the assumption that they can do anything they want because Trump & the Republicans have taken over the Justice system and will allow them to do whatever they want to the "evil libs." There will be no hate crimes prosecuted (unless against white and/or prominent right-wingers) - at least not on a federal level, but these idiots often don't really understand that difference (and TBF there effectively may not BE a difference in red states).