Android TV May Soon Get Google Assistant’s Voice Match
Jun. 15, 2020Google is apparently working tointegrate Google Assistant’sVoice Matchfeature to Android TVs. According to a recent9to5Googlereport, code suggesting upcoming availability of Voice Match feature is present in the latest version of the Google Search app on Android TV.
The latest Google Search app on Android TV bears the version number 4.2.0. There’s a string for activating Voice Match in the app. Voice Match currently lets you link up to 6 people’s voices. Google rolled out Voice Match along with the option to adjust hotword sensitivity to more smart home devices last week.
The feature once enabled, will help you with convenient abilities like recognizing your voice tolaunch your Netflix profileand more. It could also be useful toopen Google Stadiawhen it becomes available.
Although it is quite surprising that Assistant didn’t support Voice Match thus far in Android TVs, it is good to see the software giant finally focusing on offering a seamless experience. That said, there’s no word on the availability yet. However, we could expect Google to announce the feature sooner rather than later, especially considering that it is almost ready.
So, do you use Voice Match on your smart home devices? Let us know in the comments.
Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.
