Utter for Android Is a Personal Assistant Packed with Voice Commands, Tasker Support, and More

Android: There are so many personal assistants available for Android that it's difficult for one to really shine through, but Utter is a new app, currently in beta, that brings the features in a useful way. The app can do everything you would expect a voice assistant to do, and with root access it can control your phone's settings, other applications, and automate actions, all with your voice.

Again, Utter is in beta, so some of its features aren't fully implemented, but the ones that are work very well. The app can handle the basics, like navigating to a destination, speaking the time and weather, post to Facebook and Twitter, and set alerts or calendar appointments. Utter can also control system settings, turn Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on or off by speech, search your system for a specific song or video and then play it for you, find and update contacts, and more. The app does have to run in the background to work, but in my tests it wasn't a serious drain.

Utter also integrates seamlessly with Tasker, so if you have a Tasker profile or action that you'd like to execute by voice or have executed automatically with voice response, Utter works perfectly. There's a complete user guide if you want to dive deeper before giving it a try. The app is completely free while it's in beta (when it's officially launched, the developer says it won't be more than a couple of dollars), and the developer is very responsive to feedback and bug reports. Hit the link below to give it a try, or the XDA link to read more about the app.

utter! Voice Commands BETA! | Google Play via xda-developers

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