Control integration between Nvidia Shield TV power, volume, apps, and more with Google Home

Earlier this month, Nvidia is detailing all of the new controls you will be able to use with a Google Home and the Shield TV. Google Assistant is already built up into the Shield.

This week, Nvidia announced the integration to the device with a handful of voice commands that work with Google Home speakers. A lot of these “new” commands have worked for quite a while, but there are also some truly convenient uses of functionality here.

You can now ask Google Home, or any other Assistant speaker, to turn your Shield on/off, or to open up a specific app. You can play/pause the content on screen, you can also adjust the volume of what’s playing with specific percentages or even asking to mute/unmute.

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Nvidia says that all of these new features will be released to all Shield TV owners within the next month, but restarting the box should deliver them “within a day.” The full list of commands are listed below, though some are not new in the commands.

Basic Commands

Turn on SHIELD
Turn off SHIELD
Open [name of app] on SHIELD

Playback Features

Play [name of Netflix, HBO NOW, CBS, Viki, or Starz show] on SHIELD
Play [name of song] on [name of app] on SHIELD
Watch [name of channel] on YouTube TV on SHIELD
Play on YouTube on SHIELD
Pause on SHIELD
Play on SHIELD