AutoRemote: Lets You Control Your Android Phone with Cortana

Cortana is a great voice assistant for Windows 10 and if you use and Android phone, Google Now is also pretty awesome. So, with the AutoRemote App, you can control your Android phone with the use of Cortana. AutoRemote is one of the standalone plugins of Tasker, but you do not need to have a Tasker in order to download or use AutoRemote. So, what heappens when you use AutoRemote? Take for example, you ask Cortana a question it can’t answer, Cortana will open up web search results, however, it will redirect the command to Google Now on your tab or phone and not via Bing. AutoRemote needs a bit of setting up, but once you have done it properly, you can easily control your phone without leaving your desktop or PC.

Here are some other things you can do with the AutoRemote app:

• Can’t find your phone? By creating a lost-my-phone command and Tasker responds with a repetitive “I’m here, I’m here.”
• Push notifications for an emergency medical services app. An AutoRemote user named Andrew made use of this app in Tasker to alert his medical services team when someone is in need of help.
• Share settings on multiple android devices.