Google Now - voice input: the most important commands

Google Now has also developed into a very functional voice input system in Germany. With countless commands, you can call up a wide variety of information from Google or control your smartphone. We have summarized the most important of these in this practical tip.

Google Now voice commands

The following voice inputs serve as examples. The named names, apps or other data can of course be selected individually.

• "Open GMail" - Opens the "GMail" app on the smartphone
• "Create an appointment today at 3pm" - Creates a template for a calendar entry at 3pm
• "Call Max Mustermann" - calls the corresponding number from the contact list
• "What's the weather like in Munich?" - Retrieves weather information for Munich
• "Navigate to Berlin" - Use Google Maps to create a route from your current location to Berlin
• "Set an alarm clock to 6.45 am" - Creates a new alarm in the clock app
• "Send an email to Max Mustermann" - Creates a new email to the address of the contact
• "Show pictures of the Brandenburg Gate" - Shows pictures of the Brandenburg Gate on Google
• "Go to chip.de" - Opens the website "chip.de"
• "How's Google’s stock doing?" - Gets the current price of the Google share
• "Play Gangnam Style" - Plays the corresponding song if it is available on Google Music

If you no longer want to use Google Now on your smartphone, you can permanently deactivate it. You can find out how this works in this practical tip.