The Basics

• Ask for help: “Help.”
• Control the volume: “Turn it up” or, “Louder” or volume up (level number here like 7) or, “Turn it to 11.” (Yes, the max is 11.)
• Halt/stoppping an action: “Stop” or, “Pause” or, “Be quiet.
• Relationships: "[Name] is my [relationship]"

Tools/Utility

• Roll a die: “Roll a die" “Roll a 12-sided die""Roll a d20" ( you’ll hear it roll and tell you the result.”
• Flip a coin: “Flip a coin. ( Noise and results)”
• Random number: "Give me a random number between [x] and [y]"
• Math: “What’s 454 times 12 divided by 2 plus 3?”
• Measurements: “How many liters are in 4 gallons. (Good for cooking)”
• Time: “What time is it? (based on your location)”
• Location: “Where am I?(based on your location)”
• Translations: “How do you say [word] in [language]?”
• International time: “What time is it in [city]?”
• Currency conversion: “How much is 100 Euros in dollars?”
• Alarm: “Set an alarm for [time]. ( will only be on device you set in on for now)”
• Snooze alarm: “Snooze alarm.”
• Cancel alarm: “Cancel my alarm for [time].”
• Timer: “Set a timer for [time].”
• Check timer: “How much time is left on my timer?”
• Recipes: “How do I make [dish]”
• Add to shopping list: “Add [item] to my shopping list.”
• Check shopping list: “What’s on my shopping list? (It will let you know if you don’t have one)”
• Daily briefing: “Good morning.” (includes personalized greeting, info on weather, traffic, and curated news stories. "Skip" to advance to next item in briefing)
• Uber: “Order an Uber. (I expect more to come December time when the SDK drops, cough cough Lyft)”
• Saying Goodbye: “See you later Google!”

Google Search

• Stocks: “How are Alphabet’s stocks doing?”
• Weather: “How’s the weather today?” or, “Do I need an umbrella today?”
• Traffic: “What’s the traffic like on the way to work?”
• Words: “What does [word] mean?”
• Spelling: “Spell [word].”
• Special events: “When is [event]?” (A holiday like Christmas or thanksgiving, for example)
• People: “Who is [person]?”
• Facts: “How tall is [person]?”
• Things: “What is [thing]?”
• Places: “What country is [location] in?”
• Animal sounds: “What does [animal] sound like?”
• Distance: “How far is [business name] from here?”
• Restaurants: “What are the nearest restaurants to me?”
• Businesses: “Are there any [business type] around here?”
• Business information: “How late is [business] open?” or “Is [business] open now?”
• Quotes: “Give me a quote” or, “Give me a love quote.”
• Medical information: “What is a torn meniscus?”
• Calories: “How many calories are in [food item]?”
• Authors: “Who wrote [book title]?”
• Inventors: Who invented [item]?”
• Founders: “Who founded [company, place, thing]”

Media

• Play music: “Play some music” or, “Play some [genre] music.”
• Play an artist or song: “Play [artist]” or, “Play [song].”
• Play a song by lyrics: “Play the song that goes, ‘Is this the real life?'”
• Play a Google Play playlist or album: “Play some indie music” or, “Play [album].”
• Ask what’s playing: “What song is this?” “What album is this?” "Who is this"
• Get more information: “When did this album come out?”
• Fast forward and rewind: “Skip forward 2 minutes” or, “Skip backward 30 seconds.”
• Play music through other speakers using Chromecast: “Cast [song] onto [speaker name].”
• Play music on Spotify: “Play [artist] on Spotify.”
• Play music on Pandora: “Play [artist] on Pandora.”
• Like or dislike a song on Pandora: “Dislike this song.”
• Play music on YouTube Music: “Play [artist] on YouTube.”
• Play stations on TuneIn: “Play [station] on TuneIn.”
• Play videos on YouTube using Chromecast: “Play on the [TV name].”
• Pull up lists on YouTube: “Let’s look at what’s trending on YouTube on [TV name].”
• Play TuneIn Station: “Play [station] on TuneIn.”
• Sings You a Song: “Sing me a song”

Entertainment

• Sports updates: “Who is [team] playing next?” or “Did the [team] win last night?”
• Sports scores: “What was the score for the last [team] game?" or "What is the score of the [team] game.”
• Team information: “Tell me about [team].”
• Movies: “Wat movies came out last Friday?”
• Casting for movies: “What actors are in [movie]?”
• Shows by network: “What shows are on [network]?”
• News: “What’s today’s news?”
• Games: "I'm feeling lucky" "Madlibs"
• Poetry: "Read a poem"
• Singing: "Sing a song"
• Jokes: "Tell me a joke" "Tell me another one"

Smart Home

Integrated platforms

Nest

• "What's the temperature inside?"
• "Make it warmer"
• "Make it cooler"
• "Set the temperature to 68 degrees"
• "Raise the temperature 4 degrees"

Samsung Smartthings/Philips Hue

• "Turn on [light name]"
• "Dim the [light name]"
• "Brighten the [light name]"
• "Set [light name] to 50%"
• "Dim/Brighten [light name] by 50%"
• "Turn [light name] green"
• "Turn on/off lights in [room name]"
• "Turn on/off all of the lights"

IFTTT

Changes all the time - Link

Easter Eggs

• “What is your quest?”
• “I am your father.”
• “Set phasers to kill.”
• “Are you SkyNet?”
• “Make me a sandwich.”
• “Up up down down left right left right B A Start.”
• “Do a barrel roll.”
• “It’s my birthday.”
• “It’s not my birthday.”
• “Did you fart?”
• “How old are you?”
• “Where were you born?”
• “Come in!”
• “What’s up”
• “Who are you going to call?”
• "Wubba lubba dub dub"
• "Drop a beat" "Beatbox" "Get Schwifty"
• "Do you like Star Trek, or Star Wars?"
• "F*** you"
• "Do you speak Morse code?"
• "Here comes dat boi"
• "What am I thinking right now?"
• "What is the meaning of life?"
• "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow"
• "Can you Rap?"
• "Who is the fairest of them all?"
• "Can you open the pod bay doors?"
• "Do you ever get tired?"
• "Where am I?"
• "How do I make Spaghetti"
• "Always be closing"
• "Aren’t you a little short for a storm trooper"
• "Are you happy"
• "Sing me happy birthday"
• "What is the loneliest number"
• "Whos on first"
• "Beam me up scotty"
• "Surprise me"
• "bark like a dog"
• "Crystal Ball"
• "See ya later alligator"
• "Where's Waldo"
• "Do you know the way to san jose?"
• "Hodor"
• "Are you married?"
• "Are we friends?"
• "Did you hear that?"
• "How do you feel?"
• "Are you real?"
• "What are you going to dress up as for Halloween?"
• "Do you have a family?"
• "What's your favorite pokemon"
• "Ain't nobody got time for that"
• "What does the fox say?"
• "Who is your daddy?"
• "Spin the wheel"
• "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego"
• "Tell me something I don't know"
• "Explain rock, paper, scissors, lizard, spock"