[Android Apps and Games] aryayush:
Thanks for the suggestion, but I’m trying to stay away from rooting my device because:

It is not easy to do on a Sony Xperia Z1 Compact.

I used a rooted Nexus 4 for a year, and though I loved the extensibility (especially through Xposed modules), I was always having random issues that I could not attribute to anything at all. They would appear randomly and get fixed all by themselves. I grew very wary of rooting after that.

I can think of some advantages, like the root-only functions of Utter, some awesome Xposed modules, the ability to clear missed calls without having to open the stock dialer, vibration feedback for calls and toggling Face Unlock through Tasker—but they don’t feel significant enough to risk the stability and great battery life I currently enjoy.

I get to enjoy the latest updates if I don’t root the device, without spending enormous amounts of time to get them. On my Nexus 4, I was constantly updating my phone and re-doing settings and stuff. It was a huge time sink.

So, yeah, I know its advantages, but I think Android has become capable enough now that it is by no means a necessity for even the most demanding of its users. :)

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I love the calculation feature, but it needs to be ironed out. Here are my suggestions:

1. Get rid of the decimal point if it’s only followed by a zero, and round it off to two digits if not.

2. Don’t pronounce the entire calculation. If I say “calculate 467 + 87 + 92 - 35 / 54 * 47” and it starts repeating all that, I feel like I could have gotten there faster if I’d used a calculator. You’re already flashing the text, that’ll do.

3. You already handle “divided by”, “by” and “multiplied by”, which is impressive, but it can be made much broader. How about “into”, in addition to “multiplied by” for multiplication? And square root, square, etc.

4. If I make a calculation, remember the result, so I can then say “multiply that by 22”, and it can perform that calculation on the previous result. That would be fantastic! Who wants to remember “four hundred thousand nine hundred forty-two”?

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A few feature requests inspired by that:

1. If I say “copy that” after any command, like the previous one, copy the relevant stuff to the clipboard. For instance, the calculated result in the last command, or the contact details if I’ve just contacted or looked up someone.

2. Can you work with stuff that is currently on the screen? If I’m on a webpage and I say, “share that to pocket”, for instance, will you be able to do that? It opens up all kinds of possibilities.

3. “send the contact details of shrenique golecha to rajiv jain”: Is this command possible? That would be awesome!

4. Perhaps you should come up with a better way of providing visual confirmation than the built-in toasts. They disappear in a few seconds, so they aren’t good for anything lengthy. How about a small, reasonably unobtrusive alert that stays put until you interact with the phone in any way (tap, press, swipe, anything)? Pocket does this whenever you save something to it, and it works very well.

These are all suggestions for the next version, by the way. You should put what you have right now on the Play Store ASAP. Great artists ship! :)