Google Assistant arrives on new devices and makes television smarter. Here are the main news
Soon practically on all TVs, even non-smart ones, we will be able to use Google Assistant. This was revealed by the recently updated technical documentation relating to Google’s voice assistant, which was discovered by Android Police. According to these cards, the devices that will be able to integrate Assistant are hundreds.
Today Google Assistant is already available on smart TVs with Android TV operating systems, on Logitech Harmony remote controls, on the set-top boxes of Roku, Nvidia, and other manufacturers. In the future, it will be compatible with other smart TVs, boxes, and sticks for over-the-top streaming, hubs for home automation, and universal remote controls.
The audience of devices that will be able to offer compatibility with Google Assistant, therefore, it grows out of all proportion, virtually, to all devices for entertainment.
All these devices can be controlled by voice, either directly or through a smart speaker compatible with the Google ecosystem and with the Google Home app: those who produce them will simply have to follow the programming guidelines of the device firmware and software so that it can receive standard Assistant commands.
A little more complicated, but always within reach of all manufacturers of electronic devices, it will instead be the direct integration between their machines and the Google Home app.
What can be done with Google Assistant
When all these devices are made compatible with Google Assistant, we will be able to control the switching on and off, increase or decrease the volume, recall the device settings, change channels on TV or switch from one app to another.
All without touching any remote control or another physical control interface. It will take a few months for device manufacturers to integrate these new features.
What can you check today with Google Assistant
When Google’s voice assistant is compatible with about 70 categories of electronic products, from refrigerators to boilers, through air conditioners, electric pots, water purifiers, doors and windows and related opening sensors, smart lighting, deep fryers, humidifiers, microwave ovens, and much more.
In the current Google Assistant code, there are even lines that refer to bathtubs, with specific commands to fill and empty the bathtub with the possibility of stopping at a certain level.
