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Gemini can finally start Google Assistant Routines
Abner Li, 9to5Google, 2024
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- An August 14, 2024 report that the Gemini app on Android could start Google Assistant Routines by voice, with Google's list of starters and actions that Gemini still skips.
- How much weight it carries
- A news report that quotes Google's support note at the time. It is dated, and it does not say whether the listed limits still apply in 2026.
Facts taken from this source
- In August 2024, Gemini on Android began running Google Assistant Routines when you say start and the routine name, but typed triggers did not work.
“You can now say “start [routine]” and Google Assistant will be invoked within Gemini to run it. (Typing to trigger a Routine does not work.)” (Opening paragraphs)