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Using Voice Commands

Speak into your remote to control entertainment, smart home devices and recordings with ease.

  1. Press and hold the Mic button on your Rogers Xfinity Voice Remote. 
  2. Say a voice command into the Voice Remote.
  3. Release the Mic button. Rogers Xfinity set-top box will display results based on your voice command.

Examples of voice commands

Access live camera views

  • "show me front camera"
  • "driveway camera"
  • "pull up cameras"
  • "garage camera"
  • "camera"

Access saved 24/7 video recordings or review past footage

  • "show me the camera recordings"
  • "video recordings"
  • "show me people clips"
  • "show me car clips"
  • "show me camera events"

Control your lights

  • "are bedroom lights on"
  • "dim the bathroom lights to 40%
  • "make it brighter"
  • "all lights on"
  • "turn off living room light"

Control your thermostat

  • "what is the temperature upstairs"
  • "what is the thermostat set to"
  • "set hallway thermostat to 72 degrees"
  • "turn on the heat"
  • "make it warmer" 

Change the channel

  • “Sportsnet”
  • “watch channel 810”
  • “find the Discovery Cchannel”

Search for movies and TV shows

  • “find Pitch Perfect” 
  • “Hockey Night in Canada”
  • “play season one of Friends”

Find an actor, director, music artist or personality

  • “Tom Cruise”
  • “Search for Taylor Swift”
  • “Movies directed by Tim Burton”

Explore sports by team, event, school and more

  • “Golf”
  • “Turn on the Leafs game”
  • “What sports games are on now”

Get recommendations and find out what’s popular

  • “What should I watch”
  • “Show me more like Moana”
  • “Trending action movies” 

Browse your On Demand options

  • “HBO On Demand” 
  • “Free movies for kids”
  • “Shows that are free for me” 

Find titles with accessibility features

  • “Turn on Closed Captioning”
  • “Show me movies with Video Description”

Control your PVR functionality

  • “Go back to the beginning”
  • “Skip ahead one minute”

Open an app

  • “Weather”
  • “Open the Traffic app”
  • “What’s my horoscope”

Record a program

  • “Start recording this episode”
  • “Record this entire series” 

Note: You can also find TV shows and movies by speaking a quote from the program into your Rogers Xfinity Voice Remote. It will either show you titles related to the quote or start playing the program at the time of the quote was said.