“Voice remote” has started to roll out to some YouTube TV users. This allows users to control the app using voice commands. The commands appear to work only on mobile devices for now. Google has begun ...

When it works, controlling your TV with Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant can feel like magic. Using voice commands avoids thumbing through menus and can get to what you want to watch much faster. But ...

If you have an Amazon Tap, Dash Wand or the Amazon Fire TV voice remote, you'll need to press a button to wake Alexa. Amazon updated the Tap with a hands-free mode that you must enable in the settings ...

Most modern streaming devices offer some form of voice control option, and Roku is no exception. Though availability is limited to specific models, languages (English, German, Portuguese, Spanish), ...

I have a rule: If an email is going to take me longer than a minute to write, I pick up the phone instead. For many things, using our voices is just faster and easier. That’s true for controlling your ...

Roku’s best remote yet offers hands-free voice control and a rechargeable battery, but some missing voice commands hold it back. Forget about upgrading your Roku player; the new Roku Voice Remote Pro ...

A new wave of TVs this year will provide the option of using voice controls or hand gestures to navigate channels, change volumes or find the right content from broadcasts or the Internet. Samsung ...

The developer of Dragon voice recognition software wants to create home appliances that respond to voice commands -- even when they're off. Associate Editor Nate Ralph is an aspiring wordsmith, ...

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