Wake Word not working on Samsung android devices

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Hello,

I want to use the Home Assistant voice assistant (Assist). But I don’t succeed to have wake words working on my android devices (a tablet and a smartphone).

The Assistant is correctly configured in my Home Assistant, with the OpenWakeWord add-on, and the standard wake word “Ok Nabu”. In the Android devices, the digital assistant is set to “Home Assistant”. But if I say the wake word, it does not activate Assist… If I manually launch Assist, then I can command HA entities with the voice. So, microphone is working, the digital assistant direct correctly to HA. Just the Wake Word does not seem to be recognized. I tried with the Google Assistant instead, on the 2 devices, and the “hey google” is recognized…
Any idea what is wrong?
Thank you

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I don’t think the wake word works on Android. I maybe wrong though.

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No Assist wake word on android device.
You can use Tasker and HotwordPlugin

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You can also install a streaming web cam app that supports streaming voice and then use the open wake word pipeline on android. It’s documented in this forum post View Assist - Visual feedback for Assist voice assistant on an Android tablet (Install info provided on Wiki) and wiki Home · dinki/View-Assist Wiki · GitHub

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Is this documented somewhere ? If not, it should be.

The instructions point to setting HA as a default “digital assistant app” on Android. What’s the point of doing that if the wake word doesn’t work ? Just to be able to swipe from the bottom corners ?

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yes.

Otherwise, you need to do the tasker and the above.

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When I simply google it says the s24 fully supports streaming wake word engines.

" Yes, the Samsung S24 supports streaming wake word engines, and it can be set up for Home Assistant. To use it, you’ll need to install the openWakeWord component within your Home Assistant instance. Then, you can configure your Home Assistant voice assistant to use openWakeWord as the streaming wake word engine.

Here’s how to set it up:

  1. 1. Install the openWakeWord component:

In your Home Assistant instance, go to Settings > Devices & Services and add the Wyoming integration. This will install the openWakeWord component.

  1. 2. Create or edit a voice assistant:

Go to Settings > Voice assistants and either create a new assistant or select an existing one. Give it a name, select the language, and choose the wake word engine. Select the three dots in the top right corner and choose Add streaming wake word.

  1. 3. Select openWakeWord and the desired wake word:

Choose openWakeWord as the wake word engine and select your preferred wake word (e.g., “ok nabu”).

  1. 4. Enable the wake word:

Make sure the “Hey Google & Voice Match” setting is enabled on your S24 to allow it to listen for the wake word even when the screen is off.

  1. 5. Test it out:

Use the chosen wake word to activate your Home Assistant voice assistant on your S24."

But all that said it doesn’t work for me either, whether i choose google or home assistant as the default digital assistant it simply doesn’t work.