Honestly, I get where you're coming from, but I’ve had the opposite experience lately. My remotes constantly disappear—kids, pets, who knows. Voice controls aren’t perfect, but at least I don’t have to tear apart the living room every time I want to change the channel. Still, when routines glitch out like that... yeah, it’s frustrating.
I hear you on the missing remotes—mine seem to vanish into thin air, too. Still, I can’t quite get used to talking to my TV. Half the time it misunderstands me or just ignores me altogether. Maybe it’s my accent, or maybe it’s just stubborn tech. I end up repeating myself and feeling a bit silly. Honestly, sometimes I’d rather just dig through the couch cushions than argue with a voice assistant that thinks “volume up” means “open Netflix.”
Honestly, I get where you’re coming from. Voice assistants are supposed to make things easier, but it’s hit or miss—especially with background noise or if you don’t enunciate just right. I’ve noticed some brands handle accents better than others, though. Have you tried tweaking the sensitivity settings or retraining the voice recognition? Curious if that actually helps or if it’s just marketing fluff.
Have you tried tweaking the sensitivity settings or retraining the voice recognition? Curious if that actually helps or if it’s just marketing fluff.
I’ve played around with those settings a bit. Honestly, retraining helped a little, but it still struggles when there’s hammering or saws running in the background—pretty common at my place. The sensitivity tweak didn’t do much for me. Maybe in a quieter home it’d be different, but I’m not convinced it’s more than a minor improvement.
The sensitivity tweak didn’t do much for me.
Honestly, I had a different experience. When I retrained the voice recognition with my usual background noise—TV on, dog barking, even the dishwasher running—it actually picked up my commands way better after that. Not perfect, but definitely more usable. Maybe it depends on the model? Or maybe certain frequencies mess with it more than others. Curious if your TV has a “noise reduction” setting for the mic... some of them do, buried in the menus.