Voice control is all the rage these days… and TiVo is working on, not one, but two solutions. Beyond this exclusive pic of TiVo’s upcoming voice remote and native natural language processing capabilities, sources also indicate TiVo is dabbling in Alexa. Integration is not “terribly hard to do” given Amazon’s Alexa Skills api and TiVo’s already exposed network remote control and I’m guessing we might see the fruits of their labor this fall. Equally intriguing is a tip indicating TiVo will be bringing an IFTTT app to to the platform. How and where the automation framework links up remains a mystery, but there are certainly some interesting possibilities.
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IFTTT as an "app" is interesting phraseology as a visual interface isn't actually required ... hoping to gather more details on implementation. For the uninitiated, IFTTT links up all sorts of services and products. So when my Arlo detects motion my deck, the Wemo deck light at that location goes on.
Hooking up to Amazon echo sounds amazing, and pretty straightforward! Voice on the TiVo, meh. I have it on my Nvidia Shield, and I'm never that impressed. Add a headphone jack to that remote and I finally won't need to use other boxes!
These are only interesting if Tivo can deliver. Look at there 2 way IP control they announced 2 years ago with Control4 and hydra. Can Tivo actually deliver?