Google seemingly brought a bit of the future into the present when it introduced voice activation to the Nexus 5 and Moto X, something we’ve only seen to such a degree in blockbuster movies and corny TV advertisements. Naturally, the rest of the Android community probably feels a bit left out of the fun while exclaiming ‘Y U NO VOICE ACTIVATE’ at their devices. There’s good news for folks who are feeling this way because there’s now a way for you to do control your phone with your voice as well.
This comes thanks to the efforts of XDA Senior Member lukes91, who has written a tutorial teaching you how to use Xposed, Tasker, Autovoice and Google Now together to achieve a similar effect. After making it clear that the tutorial is based only off lukes91’s personal setup on his HTC One X, the tutorial continues on explaining just exactly how to configure the settings of each of the aforementioned apps. Screenshots of the apps’ settings are posted throughout the guide, and lukes91 also inserts in a few personal variations to give you the feel of just how much flexibility can be had.
By the end of the process, you’ll be able to say “OK Google” to launch Google Now and other actions on your device, even when the screen is off. Of course, with such functionality, you should be prepared for some increased battery drain, with the significance varying from device to device.
If you’ve been wanting to have this function on your device, head over to the original thread to get started.