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he exponential growth in smart speakers like Amazon Alexa and
Google Assistant models has allowed consumers to become comfortable with voice-activated smart control of their music, home lights or even heating. It is no surprise then that there is a growing demand for other categories within consumer electronics to become voice smart, and TVs are the obvious next step. Dan Brown, operations director at Mitchell
& Brown, says: “We introduced the Android TV platform across our entire range of smart TVs in 2021, and last year introduced a microphone embedded into our smart TV remote controls to enable voice control of the TV. “This allows users to replicate a lot of essential
functions of the remote control, including volume up/down, changing channels or even turning the TV off, as well as engaging with built-in apps like Disney+, Amazon Prime and even YouTube on our TVs.” Searching smart apps for content can be
laborious and time-consuming if you have to use a virtual keyboard and navigate the cursor letter by letter. Voice control makes that so much easier, with simple voice commands like “play Tomorrow
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Voice control rises in popularity
As we have seen at CES and other major shows, smart technology is ubiquitous now, and unavoidable in the connected
world.Simon King reports
Never Dies”. Without voice control, that is a lot of letters to type! Mr Brown says: “That voice functionality is
even more useful on our TVs if you don’t know the exact title of the content you want to watch. For example, you can say “Show me all James Bond films” for a complete list of all those available.
“This functionality is great for YouTube
searches based on genre or theme and the voice command “play funny cat videos” is bound to highlight some hilarious content. These genre and content searches leverage the power of AI embedded in the Android TV system to suggest a selection of content based on what you ask.”
January 2023
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