Google Home app starts rolling out full TV controls for compatible sets - 9to5Google

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Some tv sets tin beryllium controlled by the Nest Hub, and the Google Home app is present yet starting to prime up those touch-based controls.

Back successful August, Google said it was “rolling retired redesigned controls for fashionable astute location devices successful the Google Home app,” including fans, aerial purifiers, vacuum cleaners, and TVs. This turned retired to beryllium beauteous insignificant ocular tweaks to a device’s power page.

Users that person TVs compatible with Google Assistant/Home enactment are present noticing that the Google Home app is offering afloat interaction controls. This includes measurement up/down, un/mute, powerfulness on/off, play, pause, channel, and a Source list.

It’s the aforesaid template arsenic for non-Cast astute speakers, with a ample power for measurement and pills lodging everything else, but play/pause.

Old vs. caller (u/PhilStation)

These controls mightiness person already been disposable connected the Nest Hub, but they are present disposable connected the Google Home app. This is antithetic from Cast-enabled televisions oregon Google/Android TV, which are alternatively served by the caller Google Home app’s media controls.

As of today, determination are reports from LG and Samsung tv owners who are connected the redesigned Home app Preview Program. This functionality is not yet wide rolled retired successful the Google Home app for each users.