LG Turns on Google Assistant Voice Control for 2018 AI TVs

LG said its 2018 AI TVs, announced at CES, are activated with Google Assistant voice control. Artificial intelligence features are available through the TVs’ remote control with no smart speaker required, it said Tuesday. Users can speak natural language commands to control TV functions, discover and play content and control TV settings, and they can engage Google Assistant to manage tasks, access information and control Assistant-equipped lighting and appliances, it said. Customers with Google Home speakers, and other devices with Google Assistant built in, can send voice commands to the TV from those devices, it said.