Far field voice control on TCL android TV?

by Strawberry_rat

So my boyfriend got me a TCL TV as an Xmas present. I only set it up a few days ago. It was advertised as having google assistant built in and compatible with animal Alexa. However, the voice control for my Amazon echo dot doesn’t work with it and neither does the integrated google assistant voice control. The google assistant voice control works using the MagiConnect app but I don’t think the remote that came with the TV has a microphone. When I try to activate far field voice control in the setting menu it just says “far field voice control currently unavailable”. I’m in the Republic of Ireland so I figure maybe a lot of the features advertised could be region locked, such as far field voice control and Freeview Play apps (All4 and BBC iPlayer). Has anyone else had this issue? And is it possible maybe to use a VPN to fix this? Thanks everyone. -One v tech clueless girlfriend

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Same. Before the 2 recent system updates, far field function (ok google) was working.

I don't know what happened.

muhkuhri

I own a TCL EP660 (aka p8m). Afaik it does not have a microphone built-in.

In some countries it came with an remote with Bluetooth and voice Control. But not in mine. So i bought one from AliExpress. Works perfectly.

Ball_back

Hey, I just got one myself this morning in Ireland, and seem to be stuck in the same boat. I can't find a right fix anywhere. I'm also disappointed I can't seem to download iplayer and get a vpn to work for it! Have you had any luck with this?