Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. For more information, see Conversational Actions sunset.
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Millions of users turn to Google Assistant every day for help. Learn how your apps & content can help them get things done.Integrate with Google Assistant
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Voice-enable your Android app
Provide faster ways for users to access your Android app with Google Assistant — just by using their voice.
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Build rich and natural conversations
Build custom voice and visual experiences for smart devices such as phones, speakers, and displays.
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Enhance your web presence
Present your content in rich ways for Google Search and Google Assistant.
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Connect smart home devices
Let users control lights, locks, coffee machines and other smart home devices hands-free.
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For Android developers
Your Android apps, amplified by voice
Allow users to jump right to their favorite features of your app just by using their voice. This simple integration can be completed in only a few days and is available for all Android apps. With App Actions, you can provide faster access to your app’s content and easily re-engage your users through personalized and proactive features.
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Features
Built-in Intents
60+ common and vertical BIIs that handle all the NLU training for you.
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Shortcuts
Integrate Google Assistant into Android Shortcuts and accelerate access to users' most common tasks.
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In-app promotion
Proactive, in-the-moment, suggestions that allow users to create a Shortcut in one tap for a task they just accomplished.
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Case Study
The adidas Runtastic app lets you track your run hands-free with App Actions with Google Assistant.
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For conversational developers
Build rich and natural conversations
Build custom voice and visual experiences for smart speakers, displays, and phones.
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Actions Builder & Actions SDK
Develop, test and deploy Conversational Actions quickly, using a fully integrated platform.
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Interactive Canvas
Build games and experiences rendered directly in Assistant using HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
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Case Study
Mad Libs brings their best-selling games to Google Assistant with Interactive Canvas.
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Build games for Google Assistant
Check out design best practices, full source code to games, interviews with game creators, tools, and everything you need to create voice-enabled games for smart displays.
Get help on the go, without touching your phone. Ask your Assistant to play your favourite songs, hear incoming messages and notifications, get directions and much more. Just press and hold the dedicated button, and say what you need. Available now on headphones optimised for theGoogle Assistant.
Whether you use Google Assistant on your Android device, iPhone, or iPad, the Google Assistant settings are easy to find and offer a wealth of options for customizing your experience. If you have more than one Google account, you can also customize the way Google Assistant behaves for each one.
How to open and change Google Assistant settings on Android
To start Google Assistant settings, do this:
1. On your Android device, start the Settings app.
2. Tap Apps.
3. Tap Assistant.
4. Tap See all Assistant Settings.
5. If you use more than one Google account, you should choose the account you want to customize. At the top of the page under your Google account icon, tap the dropdown arrow and choose the account you want to configure.
The Google Assistant settings are easy to find in the Settings app.Dave Johnson
Quick tip: Instead of opening the Settings app, you can immediately open Google Assistant settings by saying, "Hey Google, open Assistant settings."
There are a large number of settings you can modify to customize the way Google Assistant works, including training it to understand your voice, choosing the Assistant's language, whether Google Assistant will respond when the screen is locked, and many other options. Scroll down the page to see all your choices.
1. To get the best performance from Google Assistant, one important setting is to train it to recognize your voice.
2. On the Assistant Settings page in the Popular Settings section near the top of the page, tap Hey Google & Voice Match.
3. Make sure Hey Google is on (the button should be swiped to the right).
Turn on Hey Google and run the voice model training to make sure your phone can recognize you.Dave Johnson
4. Tap Voice model.
5. Tap Retrain voice model and then speak each of the four sample phrases.
6. Tap Finish.
How to open and change Google Assistant settings on iPhone or iPad
1. On your iOS device, start the Google Assistant app.
2. At the top right, tap your Google account icon.
3. If you use more than one Google account, choose the account you want to customize. Under your Google account icon, tap the dropdown arrow and choose the account you want to configure.
You can find all the settings for Google Assistant in the Google Assistant app.Dave Johnson
There are a lot of settings you can modify to customize the way Google Assistant works, including choosing the Assistant's language, which streaming service to use if you ask Google to play music, what Google Assistant should call you, and many other options. Scroll down the page to see all your choices.
Note: The Voice Match features available on Android devices are not available on iOS or iPadOS.
Dave Johnson
Freelance Writer
Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts. Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider.