Playing a song by the Pixies group confuses the Google Assistant and cancels scheduled alarms

May 4. (Portaltic/EP) –

A Pixies song he is able to confuse the Google Assistant and cancel alarms programmed before they sound or just start to sound, since when playing it the word ‘Stop’ (for) is clearly heard, which the Assistant understands as an order from the user.

Google incorporated a series of functions into its Assistant with which it allows you to carry out quick actions no need to use the activation command “Hey Google.” These quick actions include phrases that allow you to answer phone calls by simply saying ‘accept’ or turn off previously configured alarms by giving commands such as ‘postpone’, ‘cancel’ or ‘stop’.

These functions are useful as shortcuts to handle the device easily. However, also generate some errorsas pointed out by a reddit userwhich has notified a way to confuse the Google Assistantaccidentally canceling your alarm.

As detailed by this user, he noticed that on random days his alarm did not go off or quickly turned off automatically for no apparent reason. After experiencing this situation several times, the user has discovered that it is a confusion of the Google Assistant that identifies the beginning of the song ‘Where is my mind?’ by Pixies like a quick action order.

This is because the alarm was set For starting to play a Spotify playlist randomly when it starts to play. Within this list was the song ‘Where is my mind?’ of the pixies that It begins by saying the word ‘Stop’ (Para) very clearly.

In this framework, the days when the first song on the list was this song by the Pixies, the song began to sound at the same time as the alarm and, therefore, the Google Assistant understood the ‘Stop’ as a user order to turn it off.

As verified by Android Police, the function seems ignore these commands if they are accompanied by music or background sounds, so this situation does not occur with songs that also include words like ‘stop’ or ‘stop’. In fact, this confusion has only been confirmed with the song by the Pixies.

Sorry about that! ⏰??https://t.co/EtCQ2FPkIJ

— PIXIES (@PIXIES) May 3, 2023

This peculiar case has even reached the Pixies group itself, who have published an ‘apology’ in this regard through a Twitter post.