There is no question that Google Assistant is far better than Siri, Alexa, Bixby, and Cortana as far as voice assistants are concerned. It has a much better voice recognition algorithm and it also responds much faster on Pixel devices due to the offline voice model. The best part is that Google has integrated its Assistant on a range of devices including Android TV as well. And it works pretty well. You can play movies, check weather information, find movies by actors and directors and whatnot. But what more can it do and more importantly, what it can’t do? Well to find all the answers, let’s go ahead and find out how to use Google Assistant on Android TV.

  1. First of all, let’s begin with the most obvious command that users ask Google Assistant on Android TV. If you ask Google Assistant to “play a movie/show/trailer/video” then it will directly take you to the app where the content is available. However, it only works with certain apps such as Netflix and YouTube.

  2. If the movie is not available on that platform then it will offer you streamable links from other services.

  3. The Google Assistant on Android TV can also make sounds of different animals which is pretty good.

  4. That said, the worst part about Google Assistant on Android TV is that it can’t set reminders or alarms or add anything to your Google Keep list. For instance, if you are away from your smartphone, you would want to control certain elements of your smartphone, but you can’t do that right now.

The above tutorial will work with most of the popular Android TVs. You can find a list of popular Android TVs below. The list is not exhaustive by any means and is only to serve as an example.

Get the Most Out of Google Assistant on Android TV

So these are some of the major commands that work on Google Assistant running on Android TV. While I am happy with what Google has done with its voice assistant, especially the voice recognition in regional languages. However, some basic functionalities like creating reminders and alarms are not supported. We hope in the near future, we will have a full-fledged Google Assistant on Android TV.