Voice commands have been there on Phones
from ages , I remember my first Nokia phone to have a voice command
feature . But back then it was compulsory to record a voice command so
that the phone can recognize the owners voice . It was not an truly
revolutionary concept back then , But nowadays Voice commands do not
need prior recording and a single phone can respond to voice commands
from different users .
Every Android phone has a voice command feature , Though
its not widely used by people , but it is surely a great way to
interact with your phone and yes it does makes controlling your Android
phone easier and saves your time .
We have tried and tested 14 of the most useful voice commands that you can use with your android phone . Check them out below .
Note : To you these voice commands you need to add the Google search widget on your Phone Home Screen . Here’s an example :
Android Voice Commands
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Voice command #1. Call someone
Calling someone using voice commands on your android phone
is very simple , To make a phone call Just tap the microphone icon on
your Google search widget and speak “ Call your-contacts-name / Phone-number
“ . Make sure the contact you are calling has an number , you cannot
call contacts from social networking sites , without an number . Take a
look at the Screenshot below for example .
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Voice command #2. Send an SMS
Using Voice commands on Android you can easily send
Messages to your friends without requiring to type anything . To send an
SMS from your android phone simply tap on the microphone icon and say “
Send SMS to your-contacts-name Message your-message “ . For example “ Send SMS to Ajit message call me now “ .
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Voice command #3. Set alarm time
To instantly set up an Alarm on your Android phone , say “ Set Alarm for Time
“ . For example you can say “ Set Alarm for 30 minutes now “ . Even you
can add a label to you alarm , for example say “ Set Alarm for 30
Minutes from now Label watch duck dynasty “ .
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Voice command #4. Listen to a song
Want to listen to a particular song on your Android phone , Simply tap the microphone icon and say “ Listen to song-name/artist-name
“ . For example if i want to listen to Metallica , so i would say “
Listen to Metallica “ or for a specific song it would be “ Listen to
Master of puppets “ .
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Voice command #5. Open an app
To open a particular app on your Android phone , Just tap the Microphone icon and say “ Open app-name “ . For example to open the Facebook app , you can say “ Open Facebook “ .
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Voice command #6. Google search
Voice commands on Android let you to search the internet by
just speaking a term , even you can use Google’s Omnibox search through
this . To search for anything on Google search , Tap the Microphone
icon and say “ Search Your-search-query “ . For example : say “ Search who is the president of India “ .
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Voice command #7. Identify a song
Want to identify a song ? You can use voice commands for
that too . Though this feature is only available in some countries where
Google music is available . If you are from from any of those
countries , tap on the microphone icon and say “ whats the song
“ , Google will then open up the Song identification widget using which
you can record a playing song and Google will identify the song ,
providing you to a link to the song on Google music .
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Voice command #8. Find the map of a place
To view the map of any place on your Phone , say “ Map of Place-name
” and your android phone will open a map of the place in Google maps .
For example Say “ Map of Hyderabad “ and Google will open up the map of
Hyderabad on your phone in Google maps .
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Voice command #9. Get directions
To get directions to any place on the Google maps , Just tap on the microphone icon and say “ Get directions to Place-name
“ . For example you can say “ Get directions to New York “ and Google
will open up the navigation directions to New York on your Phone in
Google maps .
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Voice command #10. Go to a website
To quickly open any website , Tap on the Microphone icon and say “ Go to website-name “ . For example Say “ Go to Google.com “ and your phone will open up Google.com in a browser .
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Voice command #11. Send an Email
Voice commands on Android even allows you to Send Emails
from your phone just by speaking the entire message . To send a message
using voice commands , tap on the microphone icon and say “ Send email to contact-name , subject , type-subject , message , type-message “ For example you can say Send email to Ajeet , subject , Contact me , message , Call me once you get my mail “
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Voice command #12. Define a word
Want to quickly find out a definition of a specific word .
You can use Voice commands to do that . Simply tap on the microphone
icon and say “ Define word/term “ . For example to find out the definition of opportunity , speak “ Define Opportunity “ .
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Voice command #13. Post to Google+
Voice commands on your Android phone , make it even easier
for you to update message on Google+ . TO post something on our Google+
profile , simply tap on the microphone icon and say “ Post to Google+ your-message “ . For example say “ Post to Google+ Hello world “ .
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Voice command #14. Send a note
Using Voice commands on android you can even send notes in
text or as a voice message . To create a note , simple press the
microphone icon and say “ Note to self your-message
“ . You can say anything in your message and your phone will record it
and mail it to your email both in text and a voice recording . For
example say “ Note to self Watch duck dynasty “ .
and instantly i receive this note to myself in my Gmail .
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Voice command#15. Navigate to a place
Want to find the navigation route to a place ? . Simply tap on the microphone icon and say “ Navigate to place-name “ . For example say “ navigate to Hyderabad “ and your phone will open up Google maps and show you the navigation route .
That was a few of the most
useful Android voice commands for your Android powered phone , Do try
them out and if you have some more to share with us , do let us know
through the comments below .
