Published May 14, 2026, 12:01 PM EDT Brandon has been involved in tech journalism since the year 2000 and was part of the OG team of XDA and Pocketnow. He's currently a staff writer for MakeUseOf, covering mobile and consumer tech. Brandon likes to help people take full advantage of their technology.  He lives outside of Philadelphia, PA, with his wife and three kids. When he's not writing, Brandon plays drums and enjoys listening to music.  He's a graduate of the Villanova School of Business where he got a bachelors degree in finance. There's a lot your voice assistant can do that you don't know about. After writing about this topic recently, I was surprised to learn that most people don't know about some these incredibly useful voice commands (and this covers both Gemini which is getting a huge upgrade and Google Assistant on Android, but also Siri on iOS). So here are more incredibly useful things you can do via voice on your phone that you probably never knew about.…