My watch is set to double press button to launch google assistant. It has now started to "tap the mic and speak" request. It used to go straight to listening.
I've uninstalled, and made sure both devices are logged in as same account.
It actually does make sense that the tap mic to speak would be there to prevent accidental activation of the button. Many people keep their phones in their pockets and the button seems to activate a lot with leg movement (for whatever it's programmed for). It's the same reason they changed how many taps you need to activate emergency calling, and added the "press/hold, press/hold..." feature to it - many people were pocket dialing 911/emergency contacts. So, I imagine many people don't want the assistant activating in their pocket unknowingly and either not understanding the commands, or running commands based on what it hears you saying. No one needs a voice from their pocket saying, "I don't understand" (or whatever the assistant says when it doesn't understand).
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Complain to Google. It is their app and their OS on the watch.
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I had the same issue just now with my phone. I had it set to launch with a long press of the side button. The final fix was to change the behavior for me. When I changed the side button hold to bring up the power screen, instead of launch assistant, then changed it back, it started working again. Maybe map the double tap to do something else and switch it back.
