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[GPM]

Did they fix that silly 15 second channel switch display? As for Google, I worked for them for a bit. I stay as far from any of their products as possible. Which unfortunately is getting more and more difficult.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Dish move the microphone from the remote to the Hopper in a future release, or to a stand alone module. That way they can catch all those who use another remote for their systems.

 

[navychop]

Why would they care if I use a Harmony?


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[TheKrell]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Dish move the microphone from the remote to the Hopper in a future release..

Then they'll be listening to my furnace and water heater.

 

[ekilgus]

Maybe it's just me but I would much rather use the buttons on my remote than have to speak into it, I don't find the voice remote compelling at all.
But I'm old fashioned, still using my preferred 40.0 remote.

 

[GPM]

Then they'll be listening to my furnace and water heater.

In your case that may be a good thing. Furnaces and water heaters have been known to plot against their owners.

 

[Cheddar_Head]

They're collecting voices now ?

Wonder what they plan to do with them.

All these voice systems "collect" them. The ability to parse and understand your requests lives in the cloud so the system has to "collect' your voice and send it to the computer in the sky AKA cloud for processing. The services keep the requests on file to analyze and hopefully improve the ability to recognize future requests.

<Tin Foil Hat On> The services also keep your voice on file to use in the future to replay one day to impersonate you to the bank. <Tin Foil Hat Off>

 

[reubenray]

Maybe it's just me but I would much rather use the buttons on my remote than have to speak into it, I don't find the voice remote compelling at all.
But I'm old fashioned, still using my preferred 40.0 remote.

In my case Google would most likely not understand what I am saying in my slightly South Louisiana accent.

 

[HipKat]

Thanks, but no thanks. I gave Google the right to share on my phone and I am getting spam all the time now.

You know you can turn that off in your Google preferences on the Google app on your phone, right?

 

[HipKat]

No way I'm letting Google into my TV. If I decline, will the old voice system still work?

No

 

[HipKat]

What the heck is Dish thinking to crawl in bed with Google?

They're already in bed with Google. Google Nest, Google assistant has actually been on the hoppers for a while

 

[DJ Lon]

No way I'm letting Google into my TV. If I decline, will the old voice system still work?

No, it reverts to text search

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

While useful for some things....

If you want the real Google Assistant, spend the $39 and but a real one, as there is so much it can do, that its Hopper version can not do.

 

[DJ Lon]

Did they fix that silly 15 second channel switch display?

Yes; it's up for about 7 seconds now

 

[rvvaquero]

No, it reverts to text search

What about other voice features, other than search?

 

[dweber]

I have been playing around with Google Assistant on my Hopper3 receivers. I integrated my Cub Scout and Iphone Calendars into Google Assistant. When I ask questions such as "Who won the Democratic Debate last night?" the Hopper brings up a set of YouTube videos dealing with the question. When you select one of the videos YouTube on the Hopper3 plays the video. I also like that it speaks to you besides showing the visual results. For example asking what is the weather, it displays a banner showing weather conditions and tells you the info. It also controls 15 lights throughout my house. I have Setup routines that automatically dim the lighting for ideal TV viewing.


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[jayiw]

I also like that it speaks to you besides showing the visual results. For example asking what is the weather, it displays a banner showing weather conditions and tells you the info. It also controls 15 lights throughout my house. I have Setup routines that automatically dim the lighting for ideal TV viewing.

Weird mine stop talking, only shows visual results now.

UPDATE: So weird, it talks on SD channels and not on HD channels. Maybe something to do with Dolby sound?

 

[Howard Simmons]

Supposedly and part of it is to integrate Google Assistant into the Voice Remote.

And a lot of techs who t est this new stuff don't like it. They say it doesn't recognize commands like the way it does now

Is this for the Hopper 3's or all Hoppers?

 

[peggy97850]

Must just be in limited release, does not let me manually update on neighbors H3, says it's already got latest version & the message doesn't show up. Works fine on my H3 & both wired & wireless Joey's.

 

[eddie willers]

In your case that may be a good thing. Furnaces and water heaters have been known to plot against their owners.

Yes. I've seen A Christmas Story.

 

[Cold Irons]

Maybe it's just me but I would much rather use the buttons on my remote than have to speak into it, I don't find the voice remote compelling at all.

Exactly!