Deep linking technology allows you to use the TiVo®voice search functionality to search content over multiple platforms. Try searching for your favorite show or actor and see options from all your content aggregated in one place. Please note: you must be logged in to your Google account to utilize this feature. (If you don't have a Google account, see instructions below)
How to create a Gmail account:
To sign up for Gmail, create a Google Account. You can use the username and password to sign in to Gmail and other Google products like YouTube, Google Play, and Google Drive.
- Go to the Google Account creation page.
- Follow the steps on the screen to set up your account.
- Use the account you created to sign in to Gmail.
HOW TO USE MY TIVO VOICE SEARCH
- While viewing any TiVo menu or watching TV, press and release the Google Assistant button on the remote.
- Speak naturally into the remote. Say a title, actor, or keyword and look for results to be displayed on top of the TiVo menus.
Here are some things you can do with TiVo voice:
- Search or browse by title, actor, or keyword: Example: “Find Modern Family,” or “Show me some action movies.”
HINT: Add on to your initial command to get more specific. For example, after the command, “Show me some action movies with Bruce Willis.”
- Fast forward or rewind a certain number of minutes: Example: “Fast forward three minutes.”
- Jump to a particular point in a show: Example: “Jump to 10 minutes,” will jump to 10 minutes from the beginning of the recording.
- Watch a show that’s airing on live TV: Example: “Watch The Big Bang Theory on now.”
- Watch a particular episode: Example: “Watch Season 1, episode 3 of Grey’s Anatomy on Netflix.”
- Watch a show or movie on a specific provider: Example: “Watch Coco on Netflix."
- Fast forward or rewind a certain number of minutes: Example: “Fast forward three minutes.”
- Launch an app: Example: “Launch Netflix.”
- Change channels: Example: ”Go to NBC.”
- Turn closed captions on or off: Example: “Turn on/off closed captions.”
- Go to a TiVo menu screen: Example: “Take me home” or “Show me the Guide.”
The voice feature only works with the TiVo® menus. It will not work within Apps such as Netflix, YouTube, etc. However, if you use it to search for titles/movies/actors/genre in the TiVo menu, once it finds the content you are looking for it will show you all the viewing options and should be one-click to launch on TV, Create a OnePass, or play Netflix, etc.
Check out this short video for more information about your TiVo® search features.