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Actions, if you didn’t know the specific term, are the things Google Home can do. Today, the device is receiving support for a lot more of them, including Actions to work with 3rd-party services such as Domino’s pizza, WebMD, The Bartender, and many others.
As an example of what’s now possible, ordering from Domino’s is made quite easy, with the following command getting you a pizza lickety split – “OK Google, talk to Domino’s and get my easy order.” You can even track your order via Google Home with the command “OK Google, talk to Domino’s and track my order.”
Beyond utility applications, games have also been added, including titles like Akinator (the 21 questions game), SongPop trivia, 21 Blackjack, and Trivia Blast.
Some apps, such as Todoist, will require a user to link their accounts in order to make voice commands work. For the most part, though, the Actions should work without any enabling or account linking.
Here’s the complete list of today’s added Actions, 34 in total.
- 21 Blackjack
- Akinator the genie
- Anchor
- And Chill
- Argus
- Ask Jelly
- busuu – language learning
- CNBC
- Domino’s
- Eliza
- ELLE Horoscopes by The Astro Twins
- FitStar Personal Trainer
- Food Network
- Genius
- Headspace
- HuffPost Headline Quiz
- itcher
- Lonely Planet
- NBC News
- NPR One
- Number Genie
- Product Hunt
- Quora
- Quotery
- SongPop
- Sub War
- Tender
- The Bartender
- The Wall Street Journal
- Todoist
- Trivia Blast
- VentureBeat News
- WebMD
- Wonder
To discover how to use each and every one of these Actions, check out the Services tab in your Google Home application.
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