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Tasker Profile - Help needed

Thanks for the replies.

I have an Android head unit in my car & i am trying to sort out how to initiate phone calls by voice activation & also initiate SMS messages controlled by voice input. The head unit is connected by BT to my S6, so I am looking for voice control for calls & SMS on the phone via a voice input from the head unit.
 
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Do you want to be doing a key-press on your BT head unit, or do you want it to "always listen"?
I'd strongly advise against the second anyway, due to battery consumption etc.

If you can do a key-press, then possibly you can connect this to launch a task with Tasker, or even firing Google Now to make the call for you.

What does a key/long key press do with your head unit?
 
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I have a task on my phone to initiate a call using Autocontacts, but only a specific contact what i put in the configuration, so help needed with a variable of some sort. Autoremote is set up on head unit & phone & when i test it, the head unit sends a message to the phone which flashes up in a notification, but does not initiate the call task on the phone
 
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