The highly anticipated XFINITY Voice Remote is here, and it's as awesome as promised. Searching by title is only one of the amazing things that you can do with this new voice remote for the X1 System. Post and giveaway sponsored by XFINITY, but all opinions are my own. Please see below for additional disclosure.
So, a few weeks ago Mike and I were scrolling through the many areas of the X1 XFINITY system. A movie that we both wanted to see caught our eye. Neither of us had the time to devote our full attention to a good movie at that point, so we just mentally made a date for another time. Well, Saturday night rolls around, and it's an excellent time to settle in for a movie. Where the heck was it? We searched and searched and couldn't find it. We didn't realize until later that Mike had misspelled the title in the search box. In any case, we just gave up and chose another movie.
Whoa, I didn't know Anna Kendrick was in so many movies!
Fast forward to the present where we now have our very own XFINITY Voice Remote. No spelling skills needed. You just speak what you are looking for, and the remote finds it. Anyone in the family can use it. It's not programmed to one voice. You can search by movie title, by actor/actress, by channel, and even by movie quote. That's right, say “I'll be back” and “The Terminator” pops up.
XFINITY Voice Remote – So Many Possibilities
Talking to your remote can help you discover so much more about your system. I think most of us are guilty of sticking to our favorite channels and tend to miss out on what else is available. For example, we wanted to search for the Chicago Blackhawks Celebration Parade, so we said “Chicago Blackhawks” into the remote. Several shows and highlights were being aired that Mike would enjoy watching. We added them to the DVR so he can check them out as time allows.
The new XFINITY Voice Remote functions as a normal remote, as well. Actually, it's better. It has a backlit keyboard and aim control for easier use in the dark. To us, it seems more responsive, too.
No special commands are needed to work the XFINITY Voice Remote, but there are some cool hidden features. In addition to saying popular movie quotes, as I said above, you can also do other fun things. For example, if you say “Taylor Swift 22,” Taylor Swift will respond. If your child, or, let's get real – yourself, sings “Let it Go” into the remote, the movie “Frozen” will appear. This remote is kind of creepy smart!
New XFINITY X1 customers will receive a voice remote during their installation. Existing customers can either pick one up at your local XFINITY store or order online here. Requesting one shipped is free, except for shipping and handling.
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What's the coolest feature of the XFINITY Voice Remote?
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Julie says
the voice command seems awesome
Lisa Manlove says
The entire remote is wonderful! I love the voice command, and wow the search and X1 functions are so cool!
Stephanie Phelps says
I love the Find an actor, director, music artist or personality:
Stephanie says
find shows by voice command is pretty cool!
Cheryl says
I think the coolest feature of the voice remote is “Control DVR functionality”.
Mami2jcn says
I like the voice command.
Loria says
WOW I have one of these great remotes at home, can’t wait to try it out.
shelly peterson says
I like how you can change the channel just by speaking.
Julie Wood says
I like that I can use voice commands to change the channels!
Tabitha says
I like the recomendations feature.
Jessie C. says
I like it can be used to search for TV shows and movies.
Pamela Gurganus says
I think the coolest feature of the voice remote is you can find an actor, director, music artist or personality.
Amy Orvin says
The coolest feature to me would be the Control DVR functionality
Candice says
I like that it will make recommendations based on your viewing history.
Amanda Sakovitz says
I love how it gives you personal recommendations on what to watch.
Fee Roberts says
I like that you can search by actor, name of show, recommendations, etc. I can search by name of actor which would be great for me because I’m partial to certain actors than genres.
Sarah L says
I think the coolest feature is how you can just say what you’re looking for and it will find it.
Thanks for the contest.
Natalie says
I love the voice command feature the most!
Thomas Murphy says
I like the voice commands
Barbara Montag says
I think the Get recommendations, and find out what’s popular now feature is the coolest!
thank you
LaTanya says
“voice command can Turn on Closed Captioning and
“Show me settings.”
Kayla @ TheEclecticElement says
I definitely think the coolest feature is how you can FIND a movie or actor/actress you like just by saying “Find SO-AND-SO”! So very neat 🙂
Thank you for this giveaway opportunity!
Marissa M says
Voice command!
Andrea Williams says
I think the command to find movies by actor is neat.
Colleen Boudreau says
The recommendations feature!
Leigh Anne Borders says
I think this is such a cool remote. My boys have video game players that they are able to talk to and now we can have remote! I just love this idea!
Jacob LaFountaine says
I like the ability to search for a show by saying it.
steve weber says
I like the voice command feature the best.
Dawn Monroe says
I like that you can search by actor or ask for suggestions on what to watch.
Jeanna says
I think the voice control is the neatest feature!
Alina Hahn says
I like that you can ask for suggestions and it will give you recommendations. The voice command feature all around is neat!
James Robert says
I like you can Explore sports by team, event, school and more:
amy tolley says
I love the voice command and you can just say about anything and it will go to what you asked pretty neat feature
Darlene Owen says
I love you talk to the remote.
emily n. says
It’s neat that you can get recommendations by asking what’s trending.
Sarah Hall says
I love that you can find a movie by just saying the name of an actor.
Lisa Brown says
I like one can find an actor, director, music artist or personality.
Gina M says
I love the voice command feature – so cool that you can do things with it such as control the DVR.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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Dana Rodriguez says
I also love the voice command.Very cool!
Ellie Wright says
I like that you can just say the name of an actor and it will locate what shows are on that they are in.
nicole dziedzic says
I like that you can Control DVR functionality and record a show just by saying the show names.
sandra davis says
I would love to search for tv shows with voice command
Beth Hill says
To change the channel based upon station name, WATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL, would be great instead of me always having to ask my husband, what channel is discovery!! LOVE IT. We already have xfinity cable so this will be something I am looking into.
Marnie G says
I think the fact that it is voice activated is awesome! I also love the search features.
denise low says
The best feature to me would the voice command. This is pretty cool.
Mary Cloud says
I like that you can quote movies or sing songs from them and it will find them
ken ohl says
love the voice command
Tiffany Dover says
I am loving the fact that you can speak movie quotes into the remote and it pulls up the movie for you. That’s just impressive!
shelly sawicki lash neuhouser says
I like that it can be used to search by TV show names.
Lisa says
I think the voice command is so cool!
Sarah Hayes says
i love that you can find movies buy actor
Jennifer Finn says
the voice command
Kelly D says
I like that you can use the voice command to change the channel.
Wendy R. says
It does sound kind of creepy cool. lol I like that it will give you recommendations too.
Amber L. says
I think the voice command feature is the coolest! I like that it’s not programmed to one voice and even my kids would be able to use it.
Nicole Michelle says
I LOVE the voice command! I think that’s so awesome!
Julie Waldron says
I just think that everything can be done by voice command is the coolest.
Ryan Origon says
I love the voice control!!
Jerry Marquardt says
I like the fact that the voice command works without having to fool with all those buttons.
Claire says
like that it will give you recommendations
liz l says
Find an actor, director, music artist or personality!
Emma says
I like that you can search for a favorite show just by saying it, without having to scroll through titles (like I do now!)
E Kay says
I like that you can search with the voice control
Pam Scott says
I like the fact that you can search in so many different ways ( actor, keyword, title, sport, event, etc.)
Kayla Hyde says
I like the backlit keyboard
Misti says
I like that you can find your favorite shows just by asking it by name
Jessica Snow says
I that the voice command function is awesome!
Thanks for the giveaway! =)
Shea Adams says
I think its neat that you can control the DVR with a voice command! Thats awesome!
Rita Leonard says
I love the voice command can change channels and find movies.
Daniel M says
can use it to search for tv shows and movies
rust says
This feature is great! — Voice commands can also be used to search for TV shows and movies.
Linda Bradshaw says
I like the Control DVR functionality. I have never heard of something like this.
Tracy Robertson says
The coolest thing is that I can search by movie quote. The quotes are what I always remember more than the titles.
Ronda says
I like that you can search by a sports team name.
Laticha A says
the voice feature of a mention it knows what your wanting
lissa crane says
I love everything about this remote! But the coolest feature to me is that it isn’t sensitive to any one voice. My kiddo’s can use it the same as my husband and myself!
Kristen says
I love that you can just ask it to find a show you want to watch and it will seek it for you.
Stacey b says
I like that you can use it search for TV shows, movies.
Bridget Merker says
I love the backlit keyboard.
Natalie S says
I think it’s pretty cool that you can get recommendations.
Ashley says
Its so cool – the voice recognition!
Susan Christy says
To change the channel without worrying about knocking my drink over reaching for the remote would be life changing. haha. I love the voice control.
Jenna D says
I like that you can use voice command to search actors!
courtney b says
I like that it kind of decides for you based on what YOU like what you should watch.
it’s almost like it has it’s own brain! lol
Courtnie says
I like that you can search by actor.
Laura J says
Oh I really love that you can Find an actor, director, music artist or personality! That is so neat!
Stephanie Davis says
That I can get recommendations, and find out what’s popular now!
Laurie says
The coolest feature is all the different search functions – by show, director, genre, etc.
Rebecca Shockley says
This is the craziest product I have ever heard of. It comes close to the cablebox watching eye article I read about about a year ago, very creepy. Most assuredly, I’ll be trying this product, Thanks for the review.
Nancy says
I love the ease of the Voice Command feature. You simply speak! There’s no more tedious typing involved!
Tammy Woodall says
My goodness, I had no idea a Voice Command Remote had even been invented. The whole Voice Command Remote itself is the coolest thing. If I had to pick one of the features I really like – I think its great that you can not only look for specific shows or movies with the remote, but that you can look for a specific actor, musician, personality or director.
lindsay hess says
I like the Voice feature because we always know what movie we are looking for but sometimes we couldnt find it because we were not spelling it the correct way. I could just say what Im looking for!! Thats awesome!!
wen budro says
I think that the coolest features of the voice remote are that I can get recommendations and find movies based on quotes or actors in them.
Cori Westphal says
I think the voice feature would be great for searching! It’s so time consuming to type in all those letters individually!
allyson tice says
My favorite feature is the Voice commands that can also be used to search for TV shows and movies!
Patricia M says
I like that you can change the channel by just speaking the channel name.
Katie J says
The search by movie quote feature is my favorite!
Jessicca says
Obviously the voice control is awesome! Searching by movie quote is also amazing! I know I look things up on google this way!
Leah Shumack says
The voice command searching for an actor. Means I won’t miss when Channing Tatum is on someplace!! lol
Lisa Vanhook says
Love the voice feature..
Birdiebee says
I love the feature that you just speak what you are looking for, and the remote finds it. I have limited use of my hands and that would be the perfect solution for me.
conor s. says
I like that you can change the channel with voice commands
Serge B says
The movie quote feature is amazing
Madeline says
I like that you can find a particular actor.
Liz @ Yes/No Films says
I currently have X1 and the voice remote as well 🙂 I like that you can search anything by voice. I just started watching a new (to me) show, Finding Carter, and I spoke that to the remote and it showed me what Xfinity had available to watch on-demand.
lauren says
I love the voice command options
amanda rauch says
I like that you can search for the tv show. I know what shows i like to watch but i almost always forget what channel they are on or what time or day they are on. That would make it so much easier!
John Joseph says
The voice is the coolest thing that responds in the stars voice that you mention
rachel cartucci says
Um,voice commands is really awesome but also the recommendations might really be useful too!
mary j says
I like the voice commands especially searching for sports events.
Montanna Kawzinski says
The fact that all of these features are on a remote at all is my favorite lol
Paticia E. says
That you can even find shows by the actor’s name!
debbie says
With a large family, I love the fact that it isn’t programmed to one voice.
heather b says
The voice feature is amazing all though the kids may use it agaisnt while I am trying to watch my soaps! lol!!
jenn giannetto says
I love that you can pause a show using your voice, this would come in handy when you are watching in a dark room and cannot see the remote.
Matt says
I like that directional keypad — looks very sturdy
Deb K says
I like the voice command.
Donna Cheatle says
I like that you can even use movie quotes to look movies up, that’s too cool!
mechele johnson says
I like that you can use voice command to search for shows. I hate having to manually type in shows on my direct tv!
Carla G says
i love this voice command!
Marcia Goss says
I like that you can change channels with the voice remote.
Pam H. says
I think the ability to control DVR functionality is the coolest feature of the voice control remote.
shaunie says
Love that it is specific it can be when searching for programs you are looking for
Tanya devenney says
THE BEST FEATURE OF THIS PRODUCT IS VOICE CONTROL.
Dominique says
because the fact that just talking to it isn’t enough! lol I love how specific you can get1
Teresa Moore says
I like that you can ask it what is on at a certain time. Also like that you can tell it an actors name and it finds a show with it.
Kelynnma says
I loooove the voice commands!
janet says
Voice control sounds awesome especially for handicap people with hand problems who have a hard time with a remote like my hubby.
Taryn T. says
I like the ability to open different apps, as well as being able to easily navigate voice commands around different subjects- such as sports…
Kim D says
I think the voice command is one of the coolest features! Technology just keeps getting better and better!
jeremy mclaughlin says
Love the voice commands.
Christy Peeples DuBois says
It would be wonderful to use the voice command to search for the name of the show I want to watch and by the channel name when I don’t know the channel number.
Alita Alexander says
Using voice command means not having to put your glasses on to read what you’re trying to find! lol.. Brilliant idea!
laurie steiner says
I think the voice command is neat, dont have to put on my glasses every time i want to change the channel
liz says
I would love to have this!
Jasmine R says
I really like that you can tell it what channel you want so much easier if you can’t remember the number of the channel. 🙂
Dawn Keenan says
Since we lose the remote in the couch, the voice command would be great!
Lori says
voice command is cool!
Savannah Miller says
I love that it can be used to search for certain shows 🙂
cody says
That I can literally say “find taylor swift” and it will find her on tv. That’s amazing!! Or I can find a nice tom cruise movie that way.
Emily Endrizzi says
I love the voice control feature. So cool!
klynn says
I like how you can change the channels with your voice
Peggy Johnson says
being able to search by voice command is so cool
Lily Kwan says
I like being able to use voice commands to control DVR functionality.