Action Blocks

Google LLC

About this app

Action Blocks makes routine actions easier with customizable buttons on your Android home screen.

Powered by the Google Assistant, you can easily set up Action Blocks for a loved one. Action Blocks can be configured to do anything the Assistant can do, in just one tap: call a friend, watch your favorite show, control the lights, and more.

Action Blocks can also be configured to speak phrases. This can be especially useful to people with speech and language disorders to quickly communicate during urgent situations.

Built with the growing number of people with age-related conditions and cognitive differences in mind, Action Blocks can also be used for people with learning differences, or even for adults who want a very simple way to access routine actions on their phones. Set it up for your family, friends, or for yourself.Action Blocks now features tens of thousands of picture communication symbols (PCS® by Tobii Dynavox), providing a seamless visual experience for users of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices and special education software.

Action Blocks may also be useful for anyone who could benefit from an easier way to perform routine actions on their device, including individuals with dementia, aphasia, speech disorder, autism, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, Down syndrome, Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dexterity impairments, or other conditions. People who use adaptive switches, Switch Access, or Voice Access may also benefit.

Action Blocks includes an Accessibility Service, and uses that capability to enable you to connect a switch. If you don't want to connect a switch, it works fine without enabling the service.

Learn more about Action Blocks in the Help Center:
https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/9711267

Ratings and reviews

Everything I try, "open Google keep", "open notifications", and even the stock, suggested actions: "tell me the time", "what is the weather today in Omaha", " display my emergency contact information", "adjust lights to bedtime mode", every single one of them just gives a toast pop up that says "Gemini doesn't support this feature". Completely and totally useless.

Wow! I'm really impressed by the ideas put into this app and the implementation. It's very useful. Rather than me shouting "okay google" or long-pressing my home button, I just have to simply tap on my screen. However I would just like it if you guys could make the widgets a little more fun. Rather that we just having boxed or rectangular widgets, other shapes may be introduced. Nice work google 👏.

Update: it doesn't work anymore! About time! Been looking for this for a long time. Works perfectly with Google Assistant Commands. I use it like on/ off switches to activate verbal Assistant Commands like "Turn off the Lights" and Custom Routines to control multiple actions with a single block. Only wish for more selection of icons. Maybe icon suites would be useful. Just a thought.

What’s new

• Bug fixes