# Background tasks

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/background-tasks/43517>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [December 19, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/background-tasks/43517 "2023-12-19T13:26:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/background-tasks/43517/1 "2023-12-19T13:26:12Z")

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Hey.  
In Android Studio there is the WorkManager to run tasks in the background. To be precise I want to run a voice recorder in the background that uses some library for wakeword detection and other stuff (like “ok Google”). Is it possible in Processing and if yes are there examples?