Google adds Google Assistant compatibility to Android TV and Android Auto in Australia
Your smart home or smart car can now talk back – and make sense when it does!
A day after LG announced the arrival of Google Assistant to its LG ThinQ AI TV range, Google has announced that Google Assistant has arrived for Android TV and Android Auto platforms in Australia, although depending on your make and model, you may have to wait a little while for them to actually appear.
On the Android TV front, Google Assistant is available right now for the NVIDIA Shield TV once you accept a system update. Google states that Google Assistant will be coming to other Android TV platforms available Down Under, including Sony, TCL and Kogan Android TVs "in the coming months". For those TVs, you will also need to accept a system update in order to get Google Assistant properly working.
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