Google Home users can now control YouTube TV broadcasts with their voice

Himanshu, 18 October 2017

Google Assistant has gained a new feature that makes it capable of streaming YouTube TV. So this effectively means that Google Home users - including those owning a Home Mini or Home Max - can now control their YouTube TV broadcasts with their voice.

You can now stream YouTube TV with #GoogleAssistant. Link #GoogleHome with #Chromecast to get started. Hey Google, play #TheWalkingDead. pic.twitter.com/MGCL6GFi6E
— YouTube TV (@YouTubeTV) October 17, 2017

For the uninitiated, YouTube TV is a streaming video service that delivers live TV from some of the major broadcast networks out there, including the likes of ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. Aside from these, content from "popular cable networks" is delivered as well.

The service was launched back in February, and have been expanding steadily since then.

Source

Google Online services

Reader comments

Roy-86
18 Oct 2017
NQj

Home to chromecast was always there, it talks about a specific service which you can control from google home.

AnonD-632062
18 Oct 2017
3J5

Hey Google, stop spying on us.....

ethereal
18 Oct 2017
GXp

I thought this was from day one with the Google Home. Then I tried it to make it work on my phone via Assistant but it failed. Then I saw a news regarding Assistant now supporting streaming over to connected chromecast but it just doesnt work yet at ...