When Gemini is your mobile assistant on Android, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to do certain actions for you with the Utilities extension. For example, you can ask it to manage your alarms and timers, open apps, control your media, and more.
Important:
- The Utilities extension and its features are available on the Gemini mobile app on Android mobile devices only. We're gradually releasing this extension, so it might not be available to you just yet.
- To use the Utilities extension, Gemini must be your primary mobile assistant. Learn how to use Gemini as your mobile assistant.
- For now, the Utilities extension works with prompts in English only.
- Extensions are only available when Gemini Apps Activity is on. If it’s on, the Utilities extension is on by default. You can turn this extension off at any time in Extensions settings.
- Extensions work in the same way for both spoken and typed prompts. On Android mobile devices, if "Hey Google" doesn’t work, check if “Hey Google” and Voice Match are set up.
Set & manage alarms & timers in your clock app
Important:
- If the Clock app by Google is enabled on your device, the Gemini mobile app uses it over any other clock app.
- For third-party clock apps, the Gemini mobile app can only set alarms and timers. Other actions aren’t supported.
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to set and manage your alarms and timers based on your conversation or other information. Try these example prompts:
- Set an alarm so I can wake up for [event, activity].
- I need to focus on [activity, task] for [length of time]. Set a timer for this.
- Show my alarms.
Delete the [time] alarm.
- When does [activity, event] start?
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to set and manage your alarms.
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Set |
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Modify |
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Check |
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Silence |
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Disable |
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Delete |
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You can ask the Gemini mobile app to set and manage your timers.
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Set |
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Modify |
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Check |
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Pause |
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Resume |
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Reset |
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Silence |
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Delete |
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Manage & control your device with the Gemini mobile app
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to manage or control your device's apps and settings.
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to perform multiple actions in one prompt. Try these example prompts:
- Turn my media volume and notification volume to [percentage] and turn on battery saver.
- Take a photo with a 10s timer
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to open a website, your apps, and settings menus. Try these prompts:
- Open [URL name]
- Open [app name]
- Open [name of settings] settings
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to do the following actions on your device:
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Turn features on or off |
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Check & adjust volume |
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Adjust display brightness |
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Check battery level |
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Power off & restart device |
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Important: To use these features, you must set Google as the default assistant app.
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to take a photo or screenshot. Try these examples:
- Take a selfie
- Take a picture in [seconds]
- Take a screenshot
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to control media playback on your device.
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Pause or stop |
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Resume |
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Replay |
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Next |
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Previous |
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Rate |
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- Turn closed captioning on or off
- Change the language for media
- Find and open specific pages on a website
- Change Gemini's language
- Use Find My Device
Browse or search for screenshots in Pixel Screenshots
Important: This feature is available in English only and with the Pixel Screenshots app installed. Learn more about the Pixel Screenshots app.
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to find a screenshot for you in the Pixel Screenshots app. For example:
- Search for [item, object, content type] in Pixel Screenshots
- Show me my [collection name] in Pixel Screenshots
- Check Pixel Screenshots. [your query].
What’s available on lock screen
If your Gemini on lock screen setting is on, you can also get Gemini’s help with the following actions when your device is locked:
- Set and silence alarms
- Set and stop timers
- Turn the following features on or off:
- Flashlight
- Bluetooth
- Do Not Disturb
- Battery Saver
- Check your device’s volume and battery level
- Power off or restart your device
- Take a photo and screenshot
- Control media, like pause or replay a video
How extensions work in Gemini Apps
- Gemini Apps only use extensions that are on in your Extensions settings. This includes extensions you turn on when you specify them in your prompt with an "@" mention.
- Gemini Apps check for extensions that can help it generate a more helpful response. If a Gemini app finds an extension that can help, it automatically sends information from your conversation and other relevant information to that extension. For example, Gemini Apps will send your location data to Google Maps if you ask for coffee shops near you and the Google Maps extension is on.
- Gemini Apps won’t access your personal content in other services without your permission. Some Gemini Extensions are designed to automatically work with tools, apps, and content on your device to help you seamlessly interact with it.
- If you directly interact with another Google service in Gemini Apps, your activity might be saved by that other service. For example, if you watch a YouTube video in a Gemini app, YouTube may:
- Collect your personal information.
- Store and use that information according to YouTube’s terms of service.
- Store your watch history in your YouTube History. Learn how to manage your YouTube watch history.
- Gemini Apps can use extensions to help you connect with third-party apps and services. When they do, Gemini Apps share information with those apps and services to fulfill your requests. That information is then used by those third-party apps and services according to their own developers' privacy policies.
Learn more about how extensions work with your personal data.