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Help;disabled and Voice control. Aunt has a new fire TV and Alexa+ Optik
Help; my aunt is disabled and Voice control. She has a new fire TV and Alexa+ Optik tv. She wants to control the channels up and down; volume and mute. And power on and off. We have managed to ge...
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Based on the Telus website, you have limited voice capabilities on the newest device, and they are through Google’s interface: “The new TELUS Bluetooth remote is backlit with a light sensor and has direct buttons for apps like Netflix. Powered by Google Assistant 1, you can use your voice to change a channel or search TV, streaming services and more, all at the same time.”
It appears functions such as power on and off, or volume are not voice activated.
Older TV devices have no voice control, to my recollection.
