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My Fossil Sport used to send text messages no problem but since 2 days ago when I use Google Assistant to send any messages (text or WhatsApp) it sends me to a screen with Google Assistant icon at the top and two options: option 1 is "Turn on" and has an icon with an arrow pointing into phone; option 2 is "Cancel". If I click turn on, it goes back to Google Assistant voice command screen, and if I click cancel, it gives me an error that says "Sorry, unable to obtain permissions."
All other voice commands seem to be working just fine. Thank you for the help in advance. ![]()
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Having the exact same issue with my Fossil Sport. Worked until the watch updated the apps. By uninstalling the Google app update, it worked again. Hope this helps someone.
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Can you voice reply to texts on watch? Or from opening the messages app? Is Android Messenges (google app) your default messages app?
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Update from WearOs Community Manager:
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Hi all,
There is now a live fix for this issue. As always, it may take some time for the OEMs to update user devices so users may still see this issue occur depending on their device.
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Try opening the Messages app on watch and see if it prompts you for adding permissions. Then check the permissions in watch for messages app, and assistant while you're at it.
You can also try clearning cache for assistant, wearos, and google play services on watch. See if that helps.
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Did everything on the list and still the same error.
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Can you voice reply to texts on watch? Or from opening the messages app? Is Android Messenges (google app) your default messages app?
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Yep. I can reply with voice no problem. My default SMS is Android Messages. Before this issue started happening, I didn't even have messages app on my watch and I was still able to send messages. Now I have messages installed and it still doesn't work.
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Change language settings on phone to English(US) and restart phone. With this the voice assistant works. The downside is the change in temperature unit from C to F and speed from Kms to Miles...
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