Alexa and Google assistant on Panasonic TVs

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Yetti92

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#299040 5-Aug-2022 14:15

Im looking at getting an Oled to replaced our old LG LCD and was looking at the well priced Panasonic Oleds. My question is do they support Google assistant and/or alexa because the website says yes but with the big caveat that its not supported in all countries. Most of the gadgets in my home are Google assistant enabled but knowing googles odd support of it services in NZ im not holding my breath that Panasonic My Home Screen OS supports Google or even Alexa in NZ.

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#2951048 5-Aug-2022 15:17

@Yetti92 - what sort of controls are you wanting to manage on the TV via Google?

We have two Panasonic OLEDs (a GZ and a JZ); both are connected to our Google Home (we similarly have at least one GH device in every room, including both bathrooms). TBH, I don't bother using the connection much more than turning them on and off (quite useful to link into routines, eg turns the fan keeping the receiver cool on/off at the same time).

I have just had a play and find it's fairly erratic as to what it'll play directly on the TV when using voice commands; often gets a bit confused about the device name (even though ours are 'lounge TV' and 'big TV'!) and so spits the dummy.

We have a GCCWGTV plugged into one of the TVs and I find that far more responsive to voice commands, whether via the mic on the remote, phone or Google Mini.

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#2951093 5-Aug-2022 16:37

Yetti92: ... im not holding my breath that Panasonic My Home Screen OS supports Google or even Alexa in NZ.

I have a Panasonic TV and it most definitely supports Alexa in New Zealand. You can give commands to the TV (using the remove control mic) or using any other Amazon Echo/Alexa compatible device.

"Alexa, turn on TV", "Alexa, turn off TV", "Alexa, change input to HDMI1", "Alexa, set volume [1 - 10]" all work fine.

Yetti92

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#2952629 9-Aug-2022 16:48

jonathan18:

@Yetti92 - what sort of controls are you wanting to manage on the TV via Google?

We have two Panasonic OLEDs (a GZ and a JZ); both are connected to our Google Home (we similarly have at least one GH device in every room, including both bathrooms). TBH, I don't bother using the connection much more than turning them on and off (quite useful to link into routines, eg turns the fan keeping the receiver cool on/off at the same time).

I have just had a play and find it's fairly erratic as to what it'll play directly on the TV when using voice commands; often gets a bit confused about the device name (even though ours are 'lounge TV' and 'big TV'!) and so spits the dummy.

We have a GCCWGTV plugged into one of the TVs and I find that far more responsive to voice commands, whether via the mic on the remote, phone or Google Mini.

Thanks Jonathan, I have routines and devices such as lights etc but was more after TV controls as well as me and the wife are bad at losing remotes sometimes and Im not sure what the mobile app remotes like for panasonic Tvs. LGs Thin Q app isn't too bad but i'm not sure about Panasonic. I too have a GCCWGTV so that might be a better options for most things anyway bar the TV control.