Google Assistant is able to activate simply by the user saying “Okay Google,” at any time, without pushing any buttons first. That means the microphone is always listening.

I hate this timeline

Explain

The acquisition was in July of 2022, so it’s been about a year. It got talked about a little bit on r/android, but I’m surprised at how low key the whole thing was.

I use Hyperion Launcher. I bought Nova launcher back in the day, but I left immediately when it was acquired by a data collection and analytics company.

Hyperion launcher basically provides all the same features as Nova launcher. It’s a less intuitive to set up, but once you have it set up, it’s just as good.