You can ask Gemini for help with your Android device. Gemini uses the Device assistance (formerly Utilities) connected app to control and manage your Android device and apps when you ask it to. For example, you can ask it to manage your alarms and timers, open apps, read and reply to notifications, control your media, manage settings, and more.
Important: The Device assistance connected app is:
- Only available in the Gemini mobile app on Android devices.
- Designed to work automatically with Gemini on Android, even if Keep Activity is off.
- You can disconnect the app anytime in your Connected Apps settings. Learn how to manage Connected Apps in Gemini.
Enable all device assistance features
Some device assistance features and actions require extra settings and permissions for the Google app. On Android devices, the Google app hosts Gemini and its digital assistant capabilities.
Gemini can still work with the Device assistance app without these settings and permissions, but the actions listed below won’t work.
If you want Gemini to read and reply to Android device notifications, such as messages in notifications, allow the Google app access to your device notifications. Learn how to allow notification access.
If you want Gemini to manage certain device settings and take certain quick device actions, set the Google app (which hosts Gemini) as your device’s default digital assistant app. Learn how to manage the default digital assistant app.
When you use Gemini as your primary assistant app, it can:
- Turn on or turn off device settings, like:
- Airplane mode
- Battery Saver
- Bluetooth
- Do Not Disturb
- Flashlight
- NFC
- Wi-Fi
- And more
- Control your device’s volume
- Take a photo or screenshot
- Power off your device
Tip: Gemini can still help with other supported actions even when it’s not your primary assistant app.
Set & manage alarms, timers & stopwatch in your clock app
Important:
- For HONOR, OnePlus, OPPO, Samsung, TECNO, and Xiaomi mobile devices, the Gemini mobile app uses the manufacturer’s clock app.
- For other mobile devices, 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, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to set, check, update, and delete 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?
- I want to time my run. Start stopwatch.
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to set and manage your alarms.
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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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Pause |
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Reset |
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Silence |
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Delete |
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You can ask the Gemini mobile app to start and resume your stopwatch. For now, if you ask Gemini to perform other stopwatch actions, like pause or reset, it opens your stopwatch where you can complete those actions.
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Resume |
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Control health & fitness apps with the Gemini mobile app
You can ask the Gemini mobile app, including Gemini on your smart watch, to control health and fitness apps like Fitbit and Samsung Health. For example, you can ask Gemini:
- To start, stop, pause, and resume a workout.
- What your heartrate is.
- What your step count is.
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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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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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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Important: These actions are being released gradually, so they might not be available to you just yet.
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to read and reply to messages in your notifications, like from messaging and social media apps. For now, the Gemini mobile app cannot read or play voice, image, or video messages.
Tip: To save you time, the Gemini mobile app summarizes lengthy messages or conversations. You can always ask it to read messages in full.
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| Read new messages |
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| Read messages from a specific contact |
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| Read messages from a group |
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| Read messages from a specific app |
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| Reply to a message |
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| Draft a reply to a message |
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Manage the Gemini app’s access to your notifications
Important: Some steps may vary by device and Android version.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open your device’s settings.
- Tap Apps
Special app access
- Turn Allow notification access on or off.
If the steps above don’t work on your device, try these steps:
- On your Android phone or tablet, open your device’s settings.
- Tap Apps
- Turn Google on or off.
Allow the Gemini app to read and reply to notifications on your lock screen
To allow the Gemini app to read and reply to notifications on your lock screen, you need to turn on Gemini mobile app’s lock screen settings and your device’s sensitive notifications setting.
Step 1: Turn your Gemini mobile app’s lock screen setting on
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gemini mobile app
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- At the left, tap Menu
- Tap Gemini on lock screen.
- Turn Use Gemini without unlocking on.
- Turn Make calls and send messages without unlocking on.
Step 2: Turn on sensitive notifications in your device’s settings
- On your Android phone or tablet, open your device’s settings.
- Tap Notifications.
- Turn Sensitive notifications on.
Tip: You can turn off Gemini Apps lock screen settings or the sensitive notifications setting at any time.
- Change your device unlock credentials, such as PIN or password
- Perform a factory reset on the device
- Change permission settings for apps
- Read your saved passwords
Get more help with your Pixel devices
Important:
- This feature is only available in English on Pixel devices running Android 17 and up.
- If you set up a secondary or work profile on your device, this feature only works on your primary device profile. Learn how to switch profiles.
You can ask Gemini for help with your Android device. With Device assistance (formerly Utilities), Gemini can:
- Answer questions about your device. Check active settings and device data to get quick insights. For example, you can ask which apps are using the most mobile data or whether your phone is set to ring or vibrate.
- Troubleshoot device issues. Analyze a device issue and your device data to suggest or perform a fix. For example, you can ask why your phone is running out of space or how to stop pop-up ads.
- Customize your device settings. Customize your setup to fit your specific needs. For example, you can ask to keep your screen on longer while reading a recipe, or find accessibility features if you are colorblind.
To get help with your device:
- In the textbox, tap Add attachment
- Ask for info about your device or describe a problem you are having.
- Gemini will update settings to resolve an issue if it can, and help you customize your settings.
- Gemini may ask for confirmation before performing certain actions.
- I am following this recipe and the screen keeps going off... help me.
- I am colorblind, how can I make this phone work better for me?
- I am getting way too many notifications, can you help me trim them down?
- I am expecting an important phone call, make sure I do not miss it.
Gemini can’t perform device actions that may result in:
- Permanent data loss, like performing a factory reset, changing device PIN or password, or deleting user profiles.
- Critical security and privacy changes, like managing Advanced Protection Mode or location settings or allowing app permissions (like camera, microphone, or location access).
- Social engineering and remote control risks, like modifying accessibility settings to grant new system automation privileges to a mobile assistant or any other third-party software.
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
- Read & reply to messages in notifications
How your data is handled
Learn more about how your data is handled when Gemini works with Connected Apps.