Five tricks to take advantage of Samsung's S Voice voice assistant

The South Korean company Samsung usually completes its terminals with several applicationsand own tools so that the user has everything he needs from the moment he turns on the device for the first time. One of them is S Voice, your voice assistant and clear competition against other similar services such as the well-known Siri or the tool Google NowA feature that many users will have overlooked but that can be of great help if they know and take advantage of some of its functions.

The first trick or tip may be obvious to many, but quite unknown to others despite its simplicity. This is the way to reach S Voice in a fast and direct way, avoiding searching this voice assistant among the applications installed on the terminal. And it is that all terminals Samsung arrive prepared so that, after a double press on the Home button(the central button), this assistant is activated and predisposes to any order or need of the user. Something really useful if only one hand can be used.

And it is precisely the possibility of using your voice to carry out all kinds of actions that makes S Voice a singular tool.But for this it is necessary to know the list of tasks and what formulas must be used to carry them out.

Phone call: “call ”¦ (phonebook contact)”

Write an SMS text message: “Write ”¦ (message)”. After that S Voice asks the receiver, to which you have to answer with the name of a contact from the phonebook and confirm the action.

Search Contacts: “Search”¦ (Phonebook Contact)”

Save a note: “Note”¦ (message to be saved”

Create a calendar appointment: “appointment”¦ (time and event name)”

Create a task or reminder: “Task”¦ (time and task to be done)”

Play Music: “Listen”¦ ( title or artist name in terminal gallery)

Post messages on social networks: “Update”¦ (Twitter or Facebook and the message you want to publish)”

Search for information on the Internet: “Google”¦ (information you want to search for)”

Open Apps: “Open”¦ (app name)”

Voice Recording: “Record Voice”

Set an alarm: “Alarm”¦ (time you want to set)”

Set Timer: “Timer”¦ (specify how many minutes to count down)”

Settings control: “Turn on or off”¦ (WiFi, Bluetooth, Data, etc.)”

GPS Navigator: “Navigate to”¦ (destination place)”

Listen to news: “Read news”

Ask for the weather of a placer: “What will the weather be at (specific place and date)”

The third of the tricks is to use S Voice behind the wheelA tool that transforms into the terminal Samsung Galaxy S5 when activating this mode from the tool dropdown. With this, the assistant already knows that it must read aloud received messages In addition, its appearance is transformed to display on the screen large, simplified buttons that help you call, send messages, access music, or look up directions without taking your attention off the road.

Another trick that S Voice has up its sleeve is the possibility of customization. Thus, it is not necessary to say “Hello Galaxy” every time you want to activate the microphone to issue an order.Through the menu Settings the user can customize this issue by repeating the name he wants to give his assistant several times, being able to apply any nickname of several syllables or one more name close and easy to remember.

The fifth trick is to use S Voice through some peripheral microphone. A comfortable way to use all the functions of this tool without having to touch the terminal. All you have to do is pair the headset and microphone via Bluetooth and select the S Voice application as the main manager. In this way it is possible to use its resources directly when the mobile is in the pocket.