If you're lucky enough to own a recent Sony 4K HDR set with Android TV, you now have access to the Google Assistant. As well as using it to explore video content and get information, you'll also be able to control your smart home devices, just as you can with the Assistant on your phone or a Google Home product.

Any Sony Android TV model from 2017, along with some from 2016 (XBR-Z9D, XBR-X800D, XBR-X750/X700D), will be able to make use of the Assistant, which can be summoned by pressing the microphone button on the remote control. You can command it to do your bidding in all of the ways you've come to expect, such as asking for the weather, turning the lights off, or getting directions.

This is an unsurprising development, as Google has recently been expanding the Assistant to numerous third-party devices. In its quest for ubiquity, we've seen it come to the Nvidia Shieldnew speakers from the likes of Sony and Mobvoi, a Nest security camera, and even a non-Google Home smart hub in the form of Lynky. If it's got a microphone and a speaker, chances are Google's coming for it.

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