For many of our readers, Tasker needs no introduction. It’s the best app for automation on Android, and since the original developer passed the torch to João Dias almost 3 years ago (!), It’s getting better and better. With the update to version 5.11.14, Tasker tasks can now be called directly from Google Assistant.
As the developer explains on Reddit, you can say “OK Google, run my task in Tasker”, where “my task” corresponds to the name of any of your tasks. Alternatively, you can change “run” to “start”, “do”, “define” or “send” if you prefer, and the developer is considering adding “turn” to the mix so you can say something like “turn on my PC ”Or“ turn off my lights ”. You can even perform a task by voice and define some variables at the same time, saying something like “OK Google, perform my task with something and another” that sets the variables% par1 to “something” and% par2 to “other ”. Your task, then, can be configured to analyze the% par1 and% par2 variables to do what you want.
If you want even more control, you can also create a Profile using the new “Assistant Action” event. This will allow you to receive variable input. For example, you can ask Google Assistant to “turn off my bedroom lights in 5 minutes with Tasker” to trigger the Assistant’s Action Profile and then review the “wait 5 minutes” and “turn off lights” parts of my room ”from the consultation using Tasker’s Pattern Matching to do the desired actions in the correct order.
The embedded video below shows some things you can do with Tasker’s new Google Assistant integration. Many of the things that the developer shows require one or two extra plugins, but not all do. The app has always had a small learning curve, but the payoff can be big. In my opinion, it is also fun to play with the dozens of different Actions and plugins, but each with its own.
Although Tasker’s new Google Assistant integration is quite powerful, it only supports English at the moment. However, this is apparently a limitation of the Assistant App Actions feature that Google has built. The Tasker developer says he will add support for other languages as soon as Google allows.
If you are interested in automating your life with Tasker, download the app from Google Play. It costs $ 3.49, but it’s free with a Google Play Pass subscription. You can try the app for free for 7 days if you download the APK from the developer’s website, but we think it’s definitely worth the purchase considering how much it offers.
Tasker 5.11.14 Changelog complete
- Alert removed that the “Assistant Action” event was not working, as it is now working
- Added Assistant Actions video tip
- Fixed application building with App Factory on some devices in some situations
- Corrected link to the Russian translation forum
- “Alert ()” function made in javascript to return which button was pressed
- Made the “BT Connected” event able to select BT devices when configured
- Added “GenerateUUID ()” function to the “Tasker Function” action
- Made it possible for users to use the custom redirect URL in the “HTTP Auth” action, by specifying it directly there
- Fixed an issue where sometimes a notification appeared saying that Tasker was not authorized when that was not the case
- Corrected license check in Tasker in some situations
- Only use the location permission in the “Test Network” action if really necessary
- Allow the “Run Task” action parameter input fields to have more than one entry line
- Fix bug where sometimes, when copying files to an external SD card with uppercase extensions, the wrong extension can be used in the destination file
- Fixed using Project / Profile / Task variables in Javascript in some situations
- Prohibit the use of integrated variables not monitored in the “Variable state” state. I was allowing it by mistake
- Correct the use of invalid variable names in plug-ins in some situations
- Correct the “Steps taken” event on some devices
- Minor flaws fixed