You Can Control Everything on Your Phone With Your Voice. Here's How

"Once you've installed Voice Access, you can enable this feature from Settings. On a Pixel phone, head to Accessibility > Voice Access. The exact location of the feature may vary on other handsets, but it'll be somewhere in the Accessibility menus. For Samsung devices, for example, it's under Accessibility > Interaction and dexterity > Voice Access."

"During the setup of the feature, you'll be able to tweak a few of the options, including whether to display a persistent button onscreen for launching Voice Access, and whether the feature is always listening for commands whenever the screen is on (which is recommended for convenience)."

"You can also use your voice to launch apps, fill out text fields, and do just about everything that was previously only possible with your fingers and thumbs. Of course, the traditional touchscreen input will often be the way to go. But there might well be scenarios-when you're cooking, repairing something, looking after children, or doing anything else that keeps your hands busy-where it's easier and more convenient to use voice input instead."

"The usefulness of voice control is of course well known to those who have impairments that keep them from controling a touchscreen phone with the usual taps and swipes. Here's how you can set up the feature on your phone, whether you're running Android or iOS."

Voice control can extend beyond talking to AI assistants by enabling hands-free actions such as launching apps and filling text fields. It can be more convenient when hands are busy, such as while cooking or repairing, and it can improve accessibility for people who have difficulty using touchscreens. On Android, Voice Access is set up by installing the free Voice Access app from Google Play and ensuring the Google app is installed. The feature is enabled from Accessibility settings, with menu locations varying by device brand. Setup options include showing a persistent on-screen button and choosing whether the phone listens whenever the screen is on, which is recommended for convenience. Additional settings control how long the phone waits for commands.

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