TELUS Home Assistant giving Optik TV customers hands-free voice control
TELUS has launched TELUS Home Assistant, a Google Assistant-based platform that gives Optik TV customers the freedom to control their entertainment experience hands-free using voice commands, at no extra cost. Read full story...
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