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After touching the Microphone icon or saying “Google,” speak the
Voice Action you want to use. Or say “help” to see examples of the
kinds of things you can tell Google to do for you.
Examples include:
• “Set alarm for 8:30 a.m.”
• “Send email to Marcus Foster. Subject: Coming tonight? Mes-
sage: Hope to see you later.”
• “Navigate to Mike’s Bikes in Palo Alto.”
Voice Actions commands
Voice Actions are only supported in English, French, German,
Spanish, and Italian.
To see examples of Voice Actions commands on the Google Now
screen, say “Google,” then “Help.”
This table also lists some key Voice Actions phrases.
Say Followed by Examples
"Open" App name "Open Gmail"
"Create a calendar
event"
"Event description" &
"day/date" & "time"
"Create a calendar
event: Dinner in San
Francisco, Saturday at
7:00PM"
“Map of” Address, name,
business name, type
of business, or other
location
“Map of Golden Gate
Park, San Francisco.”
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