Nothing has added voice assistant help to its Ear 1 earbuds, permitting you to summon both Google Assistant or Siri with a triple-tap, the corporate introduced on Twitter. The addition comes as one thing of a shock given Nothing initially advised Android Central it had no plans so as to add voice assistant help to the Ear 1.
Based on 9to5Google, the performance is rolling out with firmware model 0.6700.1.86, and likewise helps Amazon’s Alexa along with each cell OS’s native voice assistants. It initially sounded just like the characteristic is presently a bit buggy, with 9to5Google reporting the earbuds generally fail to register that all-important third faucet. However Nothing spokesperson Melissa Medeiros tells us that these points will be resolved by unpairing and re-pairing the earbuds to the machine they’re linked to.
Alexa, play “Nothing Else Issues”
Yeah, it is time to say hey to Google and Siri.
Voice Help is now obtainable on your ear (1).
— Nothing (@nothing) February 7, 2022
Since their unique launch final yr, the Nothing Ear 1’s have acquired plenty of firmware updates, in addition to a brand new black colour scheme. In a overview from December final yr InputMag famous that these updates appeared to have mounted lots of the points the earbuds initially had, which included noise cancellation dropouts and connection bugs. Now, we will add voice assistant help to this checklist.
Replace February tenth, 9:52AM ET: Up to date with Nothing’s troubleshooting steps.