Just Say, Feel, Execute
Did you ever want searching through Google to be easier?
“OK Google” is a voice command used to activate Google Now voice search on your Android smartphone. It can be accessed by opening your phone’s Google Search app or Google Search widget and either tapping the microphone icon or saying “OK Google”.
You can ask Google Now pretty much anything you like, just as you normally would with Google Search. However, “OK Google” command can as well be used to set alarms, make calls and send texts, schedule meetings and do much more on your Android device. Day by day capabilities of Google Now is increasing and it is expected that in near future it will be one of the best voice-assistants.
Let’s see some Google Now commands for searching and knowing the exact answer instead of a list of webpages which may have the answer.
- Search – What is the recipe for Masala Dosa
- Translations – Say “what is your name in French.”
- Meanings/Definitions – What is the meaning of ‘alude’
- Sports schedule and information
- When is the next Olympics
- Show me Indian Premier League table
- Science and other fields’ questions & answers
- Who invented Computer
- Which is the first programming language
- Weather information and forecasts
- Will it rain tomorrow
- How is the weather in Delhi today
- Date and Time
- What is the time in New York
- When is the next new moon in Delhi
- Flight information and schedules
- Flight status of SG231
- Has flight AI121 landed
- Entertainment
- Play ‘Kagaz Ki Kashti’ by Jagjeet Singh
- Youtube ‘Trailer of [Movie Name]’
- System related tasks
- Wake me up in [3 hours]
- Remind me to check my email at 6 PM
- Create calendar event [Meeting EXUN] [Friday 10 AM]
- Call Rohan
- Send email to Ananay [Subject: Meeting] [Message: EXUN Meeting at 9AM]
- Navigate me to the nearest restaurant
- How far is Connaught Place from R K Puram
- Directions to Airport
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Now comes the fun commands you may try in OK Google
- Saying Make me a sandwich – responds “Poof, you’re a sandwich” or “What? Make it yourself”
- Asking “Who are you?” – responds “Searching for oneself can take a lifetime, but a good place to start is classic rock.“
- Asking “What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?” – responds – “The answer to life, the universe and everything is 42.“
- Saying “Do a barrel roll” – makes the search results page roll like on web.
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If you want to have a look at the official list of Google Now commands, you can find them in the link https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2842392?hl=en
With that I am winding up this article. I hope you try and experience a lot more Google Now commands.
– Mohit Dey
