And all the nay-sayers were condemning this phone before it was even released, for having the smaller battery. It's good to hear from an experienced Android user that the battery & chip work well together.
I pre-ordered thru VZW, received on the 10th (first Android phone I have purchased since the Note 7 LOL)...installed the update / security patch and received a msg "startup failed, mismatched bootloaders" - took it to the store and exchanged it.
The device is solid for sure, all the mods / bumper case work from my Moto Z Force. It is definitely snappy and fun to play with. Call clarity / quality is good as well. No complaints on my end. Waiting for the Moto Promotion submission to be approved...
. I'm mainly curious to know what happens with Moto Voice hands free commands. Does Google Now open, Assistant or does it just not work. When Google rolled out Assistant a while back it was not a replacement for Google Now, more of an upgrade to Google Now on Tap, and didn't work with Moto App commands if Assistant was set as the default. As soon as I saw that I switched back to Google Now and haven't looked at Assistant since. I have Assistant on my watch and Google Home, and until it can work with the Moto App I will not be buying a new phone (unless Google Now still works on the new phone).
That sounds like the current functionality with Assistant. I wonder if you can revert your Assistant functionality back to the Google App, which the Moto App was designed to work with?
That's very possible. Moto & Google seem to have a good relationship with Google implementing Moto features into stock Android a year - three after we use them on our Moto phones. I saw a screen shot yesterday of the new Moto X4 Moto App screen and looks like it will introduce more new Moto App features. So we may see those in stock Android in a few years?
