Every once in a while, someone finds a random bug on phone features and they turn out to be funnier than irksome. One user discovered that their alarm song turned off the scheduled waking reminder.
Google Assistant Alarm Glitch
A user was baffled that their alarm was turned off without a command and only woke up to the backup alarm 30 minutes later. The incident happened at least once every other week, according to the Google Pixel user, so they decided to investigate what was causing it.
The user who goes by "asevarte" decided to wake up ahead of the alarm to see what was going on, only to discover that a certain song lyric was the reason the alarm was shut off by itself, particularly, "Where Is My Mind?" by Pixies.
At the beginning of the song, there was a part where the Pixies frontman would say "Stop," and Google Assistant took that as a command to cease the alarm. The song was part of a Spotify playlist on shuffle, so the user didn't immediately find the reason for the unusual incident.
The band even found the report by Engadget and posted "Sorry about that!" on Twitter. The Google Pixel user posted a video on YouTube showing the song in action, and surely enough, the moment the word "Stop" was said, the alarm was turned off.
Other songs with the same word did not seem to work, and it could be due to the added element of instrumentals, which in the case of the Pixies song, did not have. The "stop" in "Where Is My Mind" was also said conversationally, which might be why it worked.
In theory, MC Hammer saying "Stop, Hammer time!" might work but Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" won't. When using Google Assistant's alarm, it's better to be careful which song to use to avoid waking up later than intended.
What Can You Ask Google Assistant to Do?
Despite this small flaw of having your own alarm sound rendering its purpose useless, Google Assistant actually has a lot of uses, and you can ask it for various kinds of information as well as commands that can control smart devices.
Some of its more basic functions allow you to ask the virtual assistant about the local weather, food places, business hours, and which way to go to get there. You can ask about the traffic, set reminders and calendar events, and ask about flights.
It's also capable of performing tasks that the search engine can do such as informing you about game updates about specific sporting events, doing mathematic calculations, translating statements, providing word meanings, and more.
Users can ask the assistant to play a specific type of music, a certain episode on a podcast, or the news. It's also convenient since it recognizes commands that are specific to the user's device, such as setting an alarm, sending an SMS or email, or finding particular photos.
Google also added functions for other compatible smart devices like smart speakers, smart watches, smart TVs, headphones, and more.
