[genericacct]

Can't entirely agree, alexa makes navigating smart TVs much easier for older folks

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I managed to set one up for my in-laws. It works well enough with their smart tv (a plasma lg from 2010) that they can say “Alexa cable tv” or “Alexa Die Hard” and it will turn on the tv, find the streaming service that has the movie, and start playing. The voice incantation does have to be fairly specific and it did take some practice to figure it out.

[pjmlp]

Doesn't help if language recognition is broken.

[josefritzishere]

older folks struggle with the set up so the efficacy is mixed.