diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 610dbc73..f977425a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,28 @@
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
 
+        <service
+            android:name=".assistant.AssistantService"
+            android:permission="android.permission.BIND_VOICE_INTERACTION"
+            android:exported="true">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.service.voice.VoiceInteractionService" />
+            </intent-filter>
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.voice_interaction"
+                android:resource="@xml/voice_interaction_service" />
+        </service>
+
+        <service
+            android:name=".assistant.AssistantSessionService"
+            android:permission="android.permission.BIND_VOICE_INTERACTION"
+            android:exported="true" />
+
+        <service
+            android:name=".assistant.AssistantRecognitionService"
+            android:permission="android.permission.BIND_RECOGNITION_SERVICE"
+            android:exported="true" />
+
         <service
             android:name=".notification.ChatNotificationService"
             android:foregroundServiceType="remoteMessaging"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantRecognitionService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantRecognitionService.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a78c2ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantRecognitionService.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.m57.hermescontrol.assistant
+
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.speech.RecognitionService
+
+/**
+ * Stub recognition service. The framework requires a recognition service to
+ * be declared in voice_interaction_service.xml for the assistant component to
+ * be valid (AOSP VoiceInteractionServiceInfo parse error otherwise), but v1
+ * has no speech input — long-press Home just opens the app.
+ */
+class AssistantRecognitionService : RecognitionService() {
+    override fun onStartListening(
+        intent: Intent,
+        callback: Callback,
+    ) = Unit
+
+    override fun onStopListening(callback: Callback) = Unit
+
+    override fun onCancel(callback: Callback) = Unit
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantService.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33aca4ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantService.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.m57.hermescontrol.assistant
+
+import android.service.voice.VoiceInteractionService
+
+/**
+ * Top-level digital-assistant service. The system keeps this running while
+ * Hermes Mobile is the default assistant; the actual trigger handling lives
+ * in [AssistantSessionService] / [AssistantSession].
+ */
+class AssistantService : VoiceInteractionService()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantSession.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantSession.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50beab25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantSession.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package com.m57.hermescontrol.assistant
+
+import android.app.assist.AssistContent
+import android.app.assist.AssistStructure
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.os.Build
+import android.os.Bundle
+import android.service.voice.VoiceInteractionSession
+import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi
+import com.m57.hermescontrol.MainActivity
+
+/**
+ * Handles a single assistant invocation. There is no voice UI in v1 — every
+ * trigger (long-press Home / corner swipe) simply opens the app in the
+ * foreground, then closes the session.
+ *
+ * [onShow] fires for every invocation; [onHandleAssist] additionally receives
+ * the assist data. Both route to the same guarded launch so the app opens
+ * exactly once per session. The deprecated 3-arg [onHandleAssist] is kept so
+ * the launch works on every supported API level (the framework's
+ * [AssistState] default forwards to it below API 29).
+ */
+class AssistantSession(context: Context) : VoiceInteractionSession(context) {
+    private var launchHandled = false
+
+    override fun onShow(
+        args: Bundle?,
+        showFlags: Int,
+    ) {
+        super.onShow(args, showFlags)
+        launchHermesAndFinish()
+    }
+
+    @Suppress("OVERRIDE_DEPRECATION")
+    override fun onHandleAssist(
+        data: Bundle?,
+        structure: AssistStructure?,
+        content: AssistContent?,
+    ) {
+        launchHermesAndFinish()
+    }
+
+    @RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.Q)
+    override fun onHandleAssist(state: AssistState) {
+        launchHermesAndFinish()
+    }
+
+    private fun launchHermesAndFinish() {
+        if (launchHandled) return
+        launchHandled = true
+
+        val intent =
+            Intent(context, MainActivity::class.java)
+                .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP)
+        context.startActivity(intent)
+
+        finish()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantSessionService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantSessionService.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0073b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/assistant/AssistantSessionService.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.m57.hermescontrol.assistant
+
+import android.os.Bundle
+import android.service.voice.VoiceInteractionSession
+import android.service.voice.VoiceInteractionSessionService
+
+/**
+ * Spawns an [AssistantSession] each time the user invokes the assistant
+ * (long-press Home / corner swipe).
+ */
+class AssistantSessionService : VoiceInteractionSessionService() {
+    override fun onNewSession(args: Bundle?): VoiceInteractionSession = AssistantSession(this)
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/voice_interaction_service.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/voice_interaction_service.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f70f749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/voice_interaction_service.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+    Registers Hermes Mobile as a candidate for the Android digital-assistant
+    role (Settings > Apps > Default apps > Digital assistant app).
+
+    Both sessionService and recognitionService are REQUIRED by the framework
+    (VoiceInteractionServiceInfo rejects the service with a parse error if
+    either is missing). Recognition is a stub for now — no speech in v1.
+-->
+<voice-interaction-service
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:sessionService="com.m57.hermescontrol.assistant.AssistantSessionService"
+    android:recognitionService="com.m57.hermescontrol.assistant.AssistantRecognitionService"
+    android:supportsAssist="true" />