Yes, it’s for “easy searching.” I dunno about current offerings, but even Roku boxes from five-ish years ago had them; you’d hold a button and talk into the remote.
They still have them. This was from a Roku stick but has been repurposed for Flirc. The devices it was once connected to had a productive meeting with a pipe wrench.
The mic is right below the power button and you held down the mic button above the play/pause button to use the voice search.
Yes, it’s for “easy searching.” I dunno about current offerings, but even Roku boxes from five-ish years ago had them; you’d hold a button and talk into the remote.
They still have them. This was from a Roku stick but has been repurposed for Flirc. The devices it was once connected to had a productive meeting with a pipe wrench.
The mic is right below the power button and you held down the mic button above the play/pause button to use the voice search.
Why? What can I say to remote? “Switch to channel 15?” Isn’t it easier to press a button?
It’s for searching (so you don’t have to type words on a virtual key pad with a remote with no alpha-numeric key pad).
It would actually be OK, if they all had a hardware switch that cut power to the mic, but I doubt that how they work.
Having the mic on the remote always on and streaming back to the host would drain the battery in about a day.
Less. They’re usually just a couple AAAs, so like 1800 mAh.
How often are you switching channels these days??
It’s to search instead of using the on-screen keyboard via remote.