Wake up and listen: a shortcut to your coach

Updated 06 November 2026

A useful shortcut should be easy to reach when you need it. Wake up and listen gives you a way to open listening from an app screen, without first hunting through menus.

At a glance
Wake up and listen: a shortcut to your coach
  1. 01Open listening
  2. 02Say the task
  3. 03Check what happened

Example workflow. Choose the options that fit your day.

A shortcut you can make your own

With Wake up and listen enabled, press the screen and move your thumb from side to side. The listening portal opens under your thumb. Let go early and it closes. In Daily coaching preferences, use Customise Wake up and listen to see how it works and try the look.

Choose how it handles a job

Show me the plan lists the proposed steps and waits, so you can change them first. Other modes can act more directly. Pick the behaviour you want before relying on a command to change your training. Check the resulting session or setting afterwards.

Keep it as calm as you like

Choose the appearance and colour, adjust the working speed, or use Quiet mode to reduce the effects. Stay listening keeps the listening orb available as you move through screens. Say “stop” when you are done. Spoken step updates are another choice, rather than something you have to use.

A real-life example

“Open my calendar.” Then: “I’m away on Friday. Show me a plan for the rest of the week.”

What you can choose

  • Switch the shortcut on or off.
  • Choose plan-first behaviour or a mode that acts more directly.
  • Choose the look, Quiet mode, continued listening and spoken updates.

Try it in the app

Make Home your own

Move a planned session

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