Handy List of Google Now Voice Commands at a Glance

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The folks over at Phandroid put together a handy list of all the most useful voice commands for Android users with Google Now enabled smartphones. Here's the full breakdown below!

Essential commands

• “Go to [Phandroid.com].” [*Of course we recommend DroidForums.net instead. ]
• “Search for [Samsung Galaxy S5].”
• “Open [Gmail].”
• “Take a picture.”
• “Record a video.”

Productivity

• “Remind me to [call John at 6PM].”
• “Remind me to [buy toilet paper at Target].”
• “Set an alarm for [6PM].”
• “Create a calendar event: [Happy Hour at Union on Friday at 5:00PM].”
• “Where’s my package?”
• “Note to self: [remember to buy milk].”
• “What’s the tip for [$42]?”

Communications

• “Call [George Smith].”
• “Call [Mom mobile].”
• “Text [Lee that I'm running 5 minutes late].”
• “Send email to [Rob Jackson, subject, Google Now, message, Check out these Voice Commands].”
• “Listen to voicemail.”
• “Find [Bruce’s] number.”
• “When is [Mary’s] birthday?”
• “Post to [Google+]: [Google Now is awesome].”

Media

• “Listen to: [TheDirty Projectors].”
• “Play: [The Beatles].”
• “What’s this song?”
• “Play some music.”
• “Watch [Toy Story 3].”
• “What movies are playing tonight?”
• “Where is [X-Men] playing?”
• “Show me pictures of the [Chesapeake Bay Bridge].”

Navigation and Travel

• “Navigate to [Ocean City, MD].”
• “[Biking] directions to [The Brewer’s Art].”
• “Find [the Eiffel Tower].”
• “Where is [the Empire State Building]?”
• “Where’s the nearest [ice cream shop]?”
• “Show me the menu for [Holy Frijoles].”
• “Call [Ledo's Pizza].”
• “Show me my flights.”
• “Where is my hotel?”
• “What are some attractions in [Baltimore]?”

Information

• “What time is it in [London]?”
• “Do I need an umbrella today?”
• “What’s the weather in [Cape Cod] for [the weekend]?”
• “Where was [Albert Einstein] born?”
• “How old is [Brad Pitt]?”
• “How do you say [‘hello'] in [Spanish]?”
• “What does [onomatopoeia] mean?”
• “What’s [Google’s] stock price?”
• “What is [Twitter] trading at?”
• “What’s [16 ounces] in [pounds]?”
• “What is the square root of 2209?”
• “When is sunset?”
• “Did the [Orioles] win today?”
• “How did [the San Francisco Giants] do?”

Thanks for the handy list!

 

[jspradling7]

Cool. Thank you.

 

[civiksi]

Nice. Gotta bookmark this. I forget so many of these.

 

[jkaod]

That's awesome. but I'll never remember all of those commands. I'll have to write them down and get one of these.



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[IIGood]

• “Show me pictures of the [Chesapeake Bay Bridge].”
• “Navigate to [Ocean City, MD].”
• “[Biking] directions to [The Brewer’s Art].”
• “Call [Ledo's Pizza].”
• “What are some attractions in [Baltimore]?”
• “Did the [Orioles] win today?”

It's quite obvious that someone from the Baltimore area compiled this list....

...and we shouldn't forget that we can ask Google what the fox says.