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With Google Assistant you can search for information and content, play media, launch apps, get local info. You can ask "What can you do?" to get ideas about what your Assistant can help with.

The Google Assistant is available in Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Thai, and Turkish. 

How to start a conversation?

1. From Home screen or any app press the Google Assistant button on your remote (or use D-pad to select Voice Search/Assistant icon on the Home screen).  
2. Ask a question or say a command.

To stop the voice detection, after you are done speaking press the OK button on your remote.

Voice search within an app

You can search within some apps that support voice search. If you initiate a voice search within an app, you will get results only from that app.

What you can ask the Google Assistant?

Get answers

  • "What’s 20% of 80?"
  • "How do I say "Hello" in French?"
  • "Search for summer vacation ideas."
  • "Find pictures of funny dogs."
  • "When do the Yankees play next?"

Get local info

  • "What’s the weather today?"
  • "Navigate home."

Open apps

  • "Open YouTube."
  • "Open Play Music."

Control Playback

  • "Stop music."
  • "Next song."
  • "Rewind 5 minutes."

Search for movies, TV shows, actors and Music

  • "Show me action movies with Brad Pitt."
  • "Show me TV shows about baseball."
  • "Play some Jazz music."
  • "Play the news. What’s the latest news from BBC?"
  • "Play Game of Thrones on HBO."

Control smart home

  • "Turn on the lights."
  • "Are the lights on in the bedroom?"
  • "Turn down the thermostat."

Have fun

  • "Tell me a joke"
  • "Tell me something interesting"

Note. Some queries won’t work in all languages or in some locations.


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Dave is an expert on the MAG STB and the author of this article.

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