Fox isn't hearing "Hey Fox" reliably

  1. 1Make sure you're in the prompter; "Hey Fox" only listens there.
  2. 2Check Settings → "Voice commands" → "Enable voice commands" is on.
  3. 3If the Fox orb (bottom right) is dimmed, it fell asleep after a few idle minutes: click it. Clicking the orb also starts a command without the wake word, so you can just speak.
  4. 4Say "Hey Fox" a touch slower and pause briefly before the command; the orb grows when it heard you.
  5. 5Tune the wake word to your voice: Settings → "Hey Fox wake word" → "Record now", read the short passage, "Stop & save". This also helps if it fires by mistake mid-sentence.
  6. 6Move closer to the mic in a noisy room.

If it's still missing you, tell me what you said and what happened and I'll pass it to the team.

Checked against the app on September 15, 2026.

Still stuck?

Two ways to a person. Both are read by Tyler, who built ScriptFox.

Fox is the chat bubble at the bottom right of every page once you are signed in. It answers from these same pages and hands you to a person when it can't.