Second-generation voice remote features voice search and command, motion-activated backlighting and Remote Finder Two customizable buttons create shortcuts to user’s choice, like Netflix, parental ...

DISH just released a second-generation voice remote control (model 54.0) to ship with all new Hopper DVRs. It features voice search and command, motion-activated backlighting and Remote Finder. Simply ...

Smart TVs and TV platforms these all flaunt some sort of voice control or another, whether they be Google Now, Siri, Alexa, or some unnamed, disembodied voice. Naturally, set-top boxes and DVRs have ...

If manufacturers and tech companies are to have their say, everything will be controlled by voice in the not so distant future. And not just simple voice commands, mind, but smart voice recognition ...

Soon we’ll all be mumbling to everything in our homes, calling up microwave popcorn and vacuum cleanings like befuddled Scotties in the Voyage Home. Until then Dish is giving us the option of chatting ...

Smartphones and tablets have endlessly customizable interfaces, but sadly we’re usually stuck at the mercy of remote controls that have no awareness of context when we watch TV. It looks like Dish is ...

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