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		felixgallo on Sept 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google voice search: faster and more accurate Google Search unfortunately removed a great feature on Android: "okay google, search <blah> on Spotify." Now instead of opening the native app with the search intent, it goes to the web result. :/

Wingman4l7 on Sept 26, 2015 [–]

When was this removed? I'm running Android v5.1.1, just tested this and it works fine. Thanks for the tip!

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