Microsoft Band with Android Voice Commands?

[grey2k11]

Even though I know I would not have Cortana on my android phone, would the default voice command system from my android phone work with the microsoft band?

 

[dbregman]

At this time there is no way (AFAIK) to get the band to attempt to initiate voice commands when connected to an OS other than a Windows Phone.

 

[jojoe42]

Even though I know I would not have Cortana on my android phone, would the default voice command system from my android phone work with the microsoft band?

Apparently it's more of an API issue - apps can't trigger Google Now as easily. I'm pretty sure the band could just emulate a Bluetooth headset like other smartwatches but it could take some time

 

[grey2k11]

That really stinks. Was looking forward to getting this thing but thats definitely a deal breaker. :-\

 

[DroidUser42]

I noticed when I installed it, it displayed and give me an option to link with "touch-less control" (the service that supports voice commands on my Android). Not sure what that means. I thought it might give me voice control, but so far no luck. Or perhaps it allowed voice control to manipulate MS Health.

I doubt if it's difficult to route the audio to the phone - the trick may be in picking up a response and getting it back to the display. Without that, it would seem to me that the feature would be pretty useless.