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Use voice control

You can control many of the phone functions with your voice. You can call contacts from the address book, dictate messages and search the internet. Before you can use voice control, you need to select voice control settings.

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Turn on voice control

Tap and hold the Side key.

If you've turned on automatic activation, you can say "Hey Google" to activate voice control.

Use voice control

Say, in your own words, what you would like your mobile phone to do, eg.: OPEN [application], CALL [contact], SEARCH FOR [information]. It's not necessary to use a specific command for each function.

View more Google Assistant examples

Say "What can you do?" to see more examples of voice control commands from Google Assistant.

View more Gemini examples

Tap the shortcut icon.

More examples of voice control commands from Gemini are now displayed.

Return to the home screen

Slide your finger upwards starting from the bottom of the screen to return to the home screen.

Tap and hold the Side key.

If you've turned on automatic activation, you can say "Hey Google" to activate voice control.

Say, in your own words, what you would like your mobile phone to do, eg.: OPEN [application], CALL [contact], SEARCH FOR [information]. It's not necessary to use a specific command for each function.