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Developer Description

Make routine actions easier with customizable buttons on your home screen.

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

What's New

• Bug fixes

Version Information

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Downloads
1M+
Updated on
Nov 29, 2023
Released
May 21, 2020
Requires
Android Varies with device

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★★★★★
Gerry Charette Gerry Charette

Better than I anticipated! I was dissapointed with the new change on Google Assistant. I lost my icon, and needed a way to control devices on or off without using voice in early morning hours. Once I created an action block for on and one for off, and all I have to do is touch the icon, I was all in! So far I am very happy and it solved my issue. Just touch the icon and it does exactly what I want instantly.

55 Sep 27, 2024
★★★★
Lilly Lilly

Doesn't work with Gemini. I used action blocks a lot and it was very very useful. But once I switched to Gemini instead of Google Assistant (it doesn't even let me use the Gemini app unless I switch my entire phone to Gemini), my action blocks resulted in "Sorry, I don't understand." Update: seems to work now again (not sure if coincidence but it was after updating to One UI 8 on Samsung)

2 Nov 27, 2025
★★★
Tyler Tyler

This app worked perfect until Gemini became the google assistant. Please become compatible with Gemini assistant as right now I just get an error saying Gemini does not support this feature

3 Nov 15, 2024
★★
Michael Lally Michael Lally

have these just stopped working for everyone else as well?

2 Aug 13, 2025
Doug Osgood Doug Osgood

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.

163 Oct 20, 2024

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