36 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 50GOOGLE I/O 2018
- Shortcuts
There are dozens of services and apps integrated with
Assistant already, but some of them get preferential
treatment. For example, you can tell Google to
control your Hue lights directly, but lights connected
through Homey require you to preface all commands
with “Tell Homey”. It can get a bit tedious, but
shortcuts are here to help.
To create a shortcut, go to the Assistant settings
and open the settings. Scroll down and tap on the
Shortcuts option. The shortcut screen has a box for
what you want to say, and one below that for what
you want Assistant to actually do in response.
In the top box, input whatever snappy shortcut
phrase you want. It tends to work better if you use the
You can set shortcuts
in Google Assistant