Siri Voice Control

[radioboy]

Is there a way that something like this can be implemented with Channels? Even a workaround that someone uses would be good to know about thanks!

Siri on Apple TV lets you launch live channels with just your voice - 9to5Mac

[Fofer]

Yes, you can create Siri Shortcuts for your favorite llve channels per AppleTV:

Channel Navigation

It is also very easy to set up iOS Shortcuts that wake the AppleTV (which also turns on the TV, if necessary,) open the Channels app, and tune to whatever channel you wish… via customizable voice commands to Siri. I do this often to jump between favorite live channels. More information about that is here: Channels Support - Siri Shortcuts For example, this API command embedded into the shortcut, tunes to ABC (channel 7.1) on my AppleTV whose IP address is 192.168.1.99: http://192.168.1.99:570…

[radioboy]

Ahh thank you! I will look into trying to set that up. I see it doesn't work via Siri on the Apple TV itself, so I may still need to look for another function that's a bit more native for the family

[Fofer]

Yes, and even if it did, Siri would get confused by the "launch live channels" feature that tvOS includes, for all of the apps listed in your link above. For changing between favorite live channels on the Channels DVR app though, the simplest solution might be to just add a HomePod mini to the living room, for hands-free voice commands like I explained.