Use voice commands

Interact with your phone without touching it. Just say the launch phrase and it will be ready for your commands, even when it's asleep on the table or a passenger seat. It learns your voice (after a short training session) so that nobody else can trigger the phone. Tell your phone to navigate to an address, set your alarm, play your favourite song, check your voice mail and much more.

NoteNot all languages support voice commands.

All options or references were filtered out.

Train launch phrase

For best results:

  • Use a quiet room with no other people around.
  • Avoid rooms that echo, like bathrooms and garages.
  • Use a phrase that includes four or more syllables. You can also use a whistle as your launch phrase.
  • Avoid pauses.
  • Use the same intonation each time.

To set up your launch phrase:

  1. Open the Moto app.
  2. The first time you use Moto Voice, you are prompted to train the launch phrase. Follow the onscreen instructions.

To change your launch phrase any time, or to view your reminder if you forget your launch phrase:

  1. Open the Moto app.
  2. Touch > Voice > Manage launch phrase.
  3. Choose an option.

Speak a command

Tell your phone to call people, get directions, send messages and set alarms. The possibilities are enormous.

  1. Say your launch phrase.
  2. When the phone responds, say the command (for example, ‘Call Elise’ or ‘Set alarm for 7 AM tomorrow’).

    TipTo see a list of commands, say ‘Get list of commands’ or open the Moto app and touch More.
  3. Some commands cause your phone to speak a response to you. To stop the phone from speaking, touch or .

Avoid unlocking your screen

Moto Voice allows you to command your phone with your voice without unlocking it for secure features available from the lock screen, like making a call or taking a picture.

You can also command your phone to perform less secure functions, which your phone starts and completes after you unlock the screen.

You can set your phone to automatically unlock and perform all voice commands when: