Tell me about it, big boy

Google Announces – Voice Actions for Android

Voice Actions are a series of spoken commands that let you control your phone using your voice. Call businesses and contacts, send texts and email, listen to music, browse the web, and complete common tasks, all just by speaking into your phone.

Send text messages

Say “send text to [recipient] [message]*”
e.g. “send text to PhotoJulia Running late. I will be home around 6:37”

Listen to music

Say “listen to [artist/song/album]”
e.g. “listen to Styx”

Get directions

Say “navigate to [address/city/business name]”
e.g. “navigate to the The Roy Rogers, Dale Evans Museum” or “navigate to 15650 Seneca Road”

Call businesses

Say “call [business name] [location]*”
e.g. “call Sanfilippo’s Pizza Le Mesa”

Call contacts

Say “call [contact name] [phone type]*”
e.g. “call Raymond J. Johnson Jr. home”

Send email

Say “send email to [recipient] [subject]* [body]*”
e.g. “send email to Adonis How’s life in Canada treating you? The weather’s beautiful here!”

View a map

Say “map of [address/city]”
e.g. “map of San Diego”

Go to websites

Say “go to [website]
e.g. “go to archshrk”

Write a note

Say “note to self [message]”
e.g. “note to self grocery list banana milk eggs pizza”

Search Google

Say “[your query]”
e.g. “pictures of Corbin Beard”

Voice Search

Search widget