What you need
- WatchBridge TV on a Google TV / Android TV device: a 2-day free trial with no card, then €4.99 once.
- For channels and the TV guide, your own IPTV list (M3U or Xtream Codes) loaded in WatchBridge. WatchBridge includes no channels: you bring your own list, from your own provider.
- A speech recognizer on the TV and the microphone permission, which Android asks for the first time you use it. If the TV has no recognizer, WatchBridge tells you instead of failing silently.
WatchBridge doesn't provide or host any content. Voice search only finds things in the list and the apps you already have.
How to use it
- Open WatchBridge TV. Move the cursor to the side bar: a microphone appears next to the logo at the top. You reach it with Up from Movies.
- Press OK on it and say one phrase.
- WatchBridge works out what you meant and opens it.
Inside the IPTV screen there is also a voice button in the header of the guide, and you can search by typing there instead.
What you can say
- A channel: “put La Sexta”. It opens that channel from your list. It forgives names that are not said exactly like the list ("tele 5" for Telecinco).
- A show or a match in your guide: “Andorra - Burgos”, “Más que coches”. WatchBridge looks it up in your IPTV guide for the next 12 hours. If it is on now, it opens it; if several channels carry it, you pick; if it has not started yet, you can set an alert.
- A movie or a series: any other phrase goes to the movies and series search, where you open the title in the player you chose.
Good to know
- The guide search covers the next 12 hours and depends on the guide (EPG) your provider supplies.
- If a title is both a movie and something airing in your guide, the guide wins: that is what you get with the voice button inside IPTV too. To search movies and series only, use Search in the side bar.
- Voice recognition is the TV's own: how well it hears you depends on the device.
If it doesn't work
- "Voice recognition isn't available on this device". Your TV has no speech recognizer; search by typing instead.
- It asks for the microphone permission and nothing happens. Accept it and tap the microphone again.
- It goes to movies and series when you expected a channel. The guide may not have loaded yet (it downloads when the app opens): wait a few seconds and try again, or say the channel's name with "put" before it.
Independent tool. WatchBridge TV is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Google or any IPTV provider.
About WatchBridge TV
WatchBridge TV is the app behind this guide: it includes an IPTV guide for your own list (M3U, Xtream Codes or Stalker portal) with a live guide, sports events, multiview, recordings and voice search. And its headline feature: it opens Google TV recommendations straight in your player (Nuvio, Stremio, Plex, Jellyfin, WuPlay, Wholphin or Arvio), on the exact title, instead of in the app the recommendation came from. It includes no channels or content: you bring your own list and your own apps. See how it works or watch the full video tour. Free 2-day trial, no card.