Google kills off ‘OK Google’ detection on Chrome for desktops

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Fresh off of killing Chrome’s desktop notification center, Google is removing another big feature from its browser: ‘OK Google’ detection. As VentureBeat notes, Version 46 of the browser (on Windows, Mac and Linux) removes the hotword’s detection; it’s been available in the browser since Chrome 35, which came along in May of last year. As for why it’s removing the feature, Google’s providing the the same answer as when it removed the notification center: not enough people were using it. This was compounded by the fact that it only worked when you had Google.com open. It’s simply not as convenient as…

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