Google Assistant launched with just a few third-party product integrations, but the list has grown considerably since then. You can add Dish to that list soon. The satellite television provider has announced its set-top boxes will soon plug into Google Assistant on all your other devices. That means you can channel surf without touching the remote.
Dish has provided a list of sample commands that will work with its boxes once the update goes through. Here they are.
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"Change channel to ESPN"
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"Tune to channel 130"
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"Go to the History Channel"
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"Find the Big Bang Theory"
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"Search for Game of Thrones"
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"Search for home improvement shows"
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"Show me Tom Hanks movies"
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"Play This is Us"
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"Skip forward"
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"Rewind 30 seconds"
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"Pause"
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"Resume"
Like other smart devices in your home, Dish's TV boxes will connect to the Assistant on your phone and Google Home. Just start shouting commands, and your TV will respond. Well, as soon as this feature rolls out. Dish hasn't provided a specific date, saying only that Assistant functionality will roll out in the first half of the year. To use Assistant on your Dish service, you need an internet-connected Hopper DVR, Joey client, or Wally HD tuner.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- DISH today announced that its customers will have the ability to watch Hands-Free TVTM using the Google Assistant in the coming months. This marks the first time that DISH customers with a Hopper, Joey or Wally can use voice to control their TV in multiple languages, including English and Spanish.
"Throughout 2017, DISH took major strides toward building a suite of voice control options for our customers, including a new DISH voice remote," said
Niraj Desai, DISH vice president of product management. "We're pleased to be working with the Google Assistant to offer our customers the ability to control Hopper's video experiences through the Assistant on speakers and phones."
Starting in the first half of this year, DISH customers with a broadband-connected Hopper DVR (all generations), Joey client (all models) or Wally single-tuner HD receiver can use the Google Assistant to control their TV when paired with the Assistant on speakers like Google Home, Android phones or iPhones.
The Google Assistant will be able to help you navigate, play, pause, fast-forward, rewind and search TV content based on channel, title, actor and genre. Below are examples of commands you will be able to ask the Assistant:
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● "Change channel to ESPN"
● "Tune to channel 130"
● "Go to the History Channel"
● "Find the Big Bang Theory"
● "Search for Game of Thrones"
● "Search for home improvement shows"
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● "Show me Tom Hanks movies"
● "Play This is Us"
● "Skip forward"
● "Rewind 30 seconds"
● "Pause"
● "Resume"
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In addition to the Google Assistant, DISH's voice control technology suite includes a recently released
voice remote that ships at no extra cost with all Hopper DVRs.
Source: Dish
