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Re:Roku says it may lose YouTube TV app after Google made an... by azinman2 on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:01PM (#26944913)
Not if I have the notion that search from a button on the remote is universal and I want to be taken directly to that content elsewhere. That’d be like suggesting Siri should only fetch content from the active app. It’s a signal for ranking, but not an absolute one.
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Re:Roku says it may lose YouTube TV app after Google made an... by fra on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:03PM (#26944959)
That's what they are asking! Take it into account while ranking, not remove all other results:

"[...] favor YouTube music results from voice commands made on the Roku remote while the YouTube app is open"

Key word is "favor"

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Re:Roku says it may lose YouTube TV app after Google made an... by 8note on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:44PM (#26945487)
If I'm asking it to play music, favouring YouTube music means playing it from there
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Re:Roku says it may lose YouTube TV app after Google made an... by jellicle on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:38PM (#26945400)
Voice commands aren't going to give you an exhaustive list of possibilities, they're going to play the top result.

Q. "Play Diamonds by Rihanna"

A1. "Playing Diamonds by Rihanna from Youtube Music"

A2. "Playing Diamonds by Rihanna from Spotify"

Either A1 or A2 will happen, but not both. There can be only one.

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Re:Roku says it may lose YouTube TV app after Google made an... by azinman2 on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:21PM (#26946028)
You don’t always need to have a verb. The way I use my Apple TV is usually to just say the name of the content because I want to pick where it comes from.

But even if you say play, it could still ask you where from and/or confirm it got the right thing. Roku != Amazon Echo.

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