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How to Send and Read Messages with Google Assistant on Android
Make Tech Easier, Make Tech Easier, 2021
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- A how-to article, published May 22, 2021, on sending text messages on Android with Google Assistant voice commands, including the follow-up prompts Assistant gives.
- How much weight it carries
- Secondhand and dated 2021. Google is replacing Google Assistant with Gemini on Android phones (see the fact on that change), so these exact commands may no longer work as described.
Facts taken from this source
- When you say "Send a message to" and a contact name, Google Assistant asks you to speak the message, then sends it after you confirm.
“If you use the first command, the Assistant will ask you to speak out the message you want to send.” (Commands section)