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Gemini is unusually capable for a TV assistant, handling conversational follow-ups, general questions, smart-home tasks, and content discovery.
Pros: overall image accuracy, resolution
Cons: motion clarity, response time
Hands-free Alexa/Alexa+ is the TV’s most consistently praised smart feature. Reviewers and owners like launching content, asking questions, and controlling the TV without reaching for the remote.
Pros: local dimming performance, HDR format support
Cons: gradient handling, banding control
Voice control and AI search offer broad device and content commands, and some consider LG’s assistant among the best for TV control.
Pros: panel type, display technology
Cons: account requirements, DTS support
Gemini adds conversational search, news briefs, artwork, and direct picture or sound adjustments by voice.
Pros: resolution, HDR format support
Cons: software updates, account requirements
Voice control is convenient for media tasks such as launching apps, changing inputs, and adjusting volume, but it is less capable as a whole-home assistant than Google or Alexa.
Pros: resolution, display technology
Cons: customer support, optical audio output
Google voice control is convenient for hands-free commands and search, though it is not completely trouble-free.
Pros: sustained brightness, HDR format support
Cons: gaming mode quality, Bluetooth audio support
Alexa is useful for voice search and smart-home control, but several sources dislike the lack of an onboard far-field microphone. Voice support is therefore functional but less hands-free than some...
Pros: resolution, HDR format support
Cons: advertising intrusiveness, gaming dashboard
LG’s assistant, Gemini, and Copilot add voice and AI features, but their usefulness and reliability remain inconsistent.
Pros: resolution, contrast ratio
Cons: HDR10+ support, account requirements