Tired of turning your Smart TV on and off with the remote? If you own a speaker with Google Assistant, you should ditch that practice. Well , the Google assistant allows you to perform this action using only your voice , incredible right?
Thanks to the thousands of commands that have been added to the Google Assistant over the past few years, turning a house into a smart home is no longer complicated . You just need to connect a smart speaker to the WiFi network, and then ask Google Assistant to perform certain actions that previously had to be done manually.
Requirements to be able to turn a Smart TV on or off with your voice
Before we show you what you need to do to be able to turn your TV on or off using a smart speaker , it is important to mention that certain requirements must be met for the Google Assistant to be able to perform this action:
- Have Google Home installed on the mobile .
- Download Google Assistant on your phone (if you don’t have it installed).
- Connect the Smart TV to the router/modem via a network cable (Ethernet).
- Change the name of the TV (you can do it from the Settings menu). We recommend you give it a name that you remember, since you will have to mention it when asking Google Assistant to turn your TV on or off.
- Have a smart speaker with Google Assistant . If you don’t have one, you could try Xiaomi’s Mi Smart Speaker.
If you meet all of the requirements above, you can simply ask the Google Assistant to turn your TV on or off using just your voice.
How to turn on or off your Smart TV with a speaker with Google Assistant?
Before we show you the tutorial that you have to do, it is important to mention that this function is compatible with any Smart TV with Android TV .
When it comes to televisions that have their own operating system: LG, Samsung and others, there are models that support this function , and others that do not allow the device to be turned on or off through a smart speaker.
If the Smart TV model you have does not support this feature, you can use the Motorola Android TV Stick 4K to turn your TV into an Android TV .
- Say “Hey Google” to your smart speaker.
- If you want to turn off your TV , you will have to say the following: “Turn off TV X” (X refers to the name you have given to your TV).
- To turn on your TV , you just have to say: “Turn on TV X” (X is the name you have given to your TV).
As you can see, turning on or off a TV using a smart speaker with Google Assistant is not complicated at all. Of course, in case the Google Assistant tells you that “the device is not connected” , you must restart your Smart TV.
