Control your Android mobile device & apps with Utilities

When you use Gemini as your mobile assistant on your Android device, you can ask it to do certain actions for you with the Utilities app. For example, you can ask it to manage your alarms and timers, open apps, read and reply to notifications, control your media, and more.

Important:

The Utilities app isn't available on iOS or web.
Gemini works with the Utilities app, whether Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.
Some features or actions aren’t available depending on your settings. Learn how to manage your settings for the Utilities app.

Manage settings

Utilities is designed to work automatically with Gemini on Android. You can turn Utilities off at any time on your Apps page in Gemini settings. Learn how to manage apps in Gemini.

To enable the full Utilities app functionality, you can:

Turn on the Google app’s Notification read, reply & control to allow Gemini to read and reply to notifications you receive on your Android device. Learn how to manage the Gemini app’s access to your notifications.
Set the Google app as your default device assistant if you want Gemini (hosted by the Google app) to help you with the following additional actions:
- Turn on or turn off device settings such as Airplane mode, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, Do Not Disturb, Battery Saver, flashlight and more.
- Control the volume of your phone or tablet
- Take a photo or screenshot
- Power off your phone or tablet

Tip: Gemini can work with Utilities without turning on these permissions, but the actions listed above will not work.

Set & manage alarms & timers in your clock app

Important:

For 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, the Gemini mobile app can only set alarms and timers. Other actions aren’t supported.

Set & manage alarms & timers based on your conversation

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?
Set an alarm for [hours] hours earlier.

Set & manage your alarms

You can ask the Gemini mobile app to set and manage your alarms.

Action	Example prompts
Set	Set alarm at [time] Set alarm in [minutes]
Modify	Change [alarm name] alarm to [time]
Check	When is my next alarm? Show my alarms Tip: To show more alarms, tap Show more .
Silence	Snooze alarm Stop
Disable	Cancel [time] alarm for [day] Remove all my alarms
Delete	Delete [time, alarm name] alarm

Set & manage your timers

You can ask the Gemini mobile app to set and manage your timers.

Action	Example prompts
Set	Set timer for [length of time] Add another timer for [length of time]
Modify	Change timer’s name to [new name] Add [length of time] to this timer
Check	How much time is left on my timer? Show my timers
Pause	Pause my timer
Resume	Resume my timer Unpause my timer
Reset	Reset timer Restart my timer
Silence	Stop
Delete	Delete the timer

Control health and 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.

Note: When you ask Gemini to help with health and fitness tasks, it does not log any sensitive health data.

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.

Request multiple actions at once

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

Open websites, apps & settings

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

Check & control your device features

You can ask the Gemini mobile app to do the following actions on your device:

Action	Example prompts
Turn features on or off	Turn [on, off] flashlight Turn [on, off] battery saver
Check & adjust volume	Tell me the volume Volume [percentage] Turn [up, down] volume
Adjust display brightness	Decrease brightness to [percentage]
Check battery level	What’s my battery level?
Power off & restart device	Power off device Restart my device

Take photos & screenshots

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

Control your media playback

You can ask the Gemini mobile app to control media playback on your device.

Action	Example prompts
Pause or stop	Pause Pause the [music, video] Stop the [music, video]
Resume	Resume Continue playing
Replay	Replay Restart [music, video]
Next	Skip Next Next [song, video]
Previous	Previous Play previous
Rate	Give this [song, video] a thumbs up

Read & reply to messages in notifications

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.

Action	Example prompts
Read new messages	Do I have any new messages? Read my messages. Play my notifications. Read my latest notification. Check my recent messages.
Read entire messages	Read all my messages in full. Play all my messages from Dave verbatim.
Read messages from a specific contact	What messages did I get from Sasha? Play my notifications from Kalani.
Read messages from a group	Read my messages from my Family group.
Read messages from a specific app	Read all my DMs from Instagram. Play my WhatsApp messages.
Reply to a message	Read my messages from my mom. Reply saying sounds good. Read my messages from my Project group. Reply saying let’s meet at 1PM.
Draft a reply to a message	What messages did I get from Sasha? Reply saying no, but in a nice way.

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 Notification read, reply & control Google.
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 More Special access Notification access.
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 .
At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial Settings.
Tap Gemini on lock screen.
Turn Use Gemini without unlocking on.
Turn Allow calls and 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.

What the Gemini mobile app can’t do

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
Read & reply to messages in notifications

Learn how to turn on Gemini on lock screen.

How connected apps work in Gemini

Gemini only connects to apps that are on in your Apps page in Gemini settings. This includes apps you turn on when you specify them in your prompt with an "@" mention.
Some apps are designed to automatically work with Gemini apps.
When you ask Gemini for help, Gemini checks for connected apps that can help it generate a more helpful response for you. If Gemini finds a connected app that can help with your request, it automatically sends information from your conversation and other relevant information to that app. For example, Gemini will send your location data to Google Maps if you ask for coffee shops near you and the Google Maps app is on in your Apps page in Gemini settings.
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 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.
If you disable the YouTube app, you can still talk Live about a video you’re viewing in the YouTube app.

Learn more about how connected apps work with your personal data.