As part of its accessibility drive, Google has a new app that enables users to control almost everything on their Android smartphone verbally.

Google Voice is an excellent app for streamlining phone calls, sending free text messages, and reading voicemail. Here's how to set it up.

Using Voice Access Voice Access is an accessibility feature that enables UI control using voice commands. All the smartphones running Android 5 or newer will support this feature.

You can customize your smartphone in all sorts of fun and useful ways to provide an optimal in-vehicle experience and driving assistant.

We were able to install Voice Access on our Galaxy S7 edge and use our voices to tell the phone what to do, where to go, and what to type.

Android has long excelled at voice control, and these days, there’s little you can’t accomplish by whispering the right sweet nothings into your phone’s pretty virtual ear.

Changing the voice used for navigation on an Android phone from robotic to something more natural is easy, but buried in the menus. First hit the menu or options key on your phone and select settings.

Learn how to use voice typing on Android and iOS for easier communication when talking is more convenient than typing.

Taking pictures hands-free on your smartphone became easier through voice-controlled features by which your speech can travel faster than your hands can move.