This post and giveaway are sponsored by XFINITY, however all opinions expressed are my own and have not been edited by XFINITY in any way. Please see the end of this article for additional disclosure information.
The XFINITY voice remote is here, everyone! What does that mean? It means that your XFINITY experience is even easier and more convenient than ever before. With the XFINITY voice remote, you can tell your remote what you want rather than pressing little buttons until you find the show you're looking for.
XFINITY Voice Remote - Entertainment Made Easy
The XFINITY voice remote gives you an even easier way to surf and navigate your way through XFINITY's massive library of tens of thousands of shows and movies. You just talk to your remote! Think of it as your XFINITY Entertainment system co-pilot. With the XFINITY voice remote, you've got a wing man helping you find all the great entertainment options the X1 system has to offer! Take a look at this video to get a better feel for this powerful new technology.
Say it and see it: Press the voice button then tell your XFINITY voice remote what you'd like help with. Change channels, find shows, get recommendations, launch apps - you can do pretty much everything with your voice!
Simple searching: Search by actor, channel, sports team, and more. Your remote will find it. You can even ask for show recommendations based on your viewing habits.
Easy to use: Even in the dark! Its backlit keyboard and aim-anywhere design make it easy to peruse XFINITY's massive entertainment library.
Accessibility: I've referred to XFINITY's commitment to entertainment for all in previous posts, and this is just one more example of that. Vision or hearing impaired customers can simply instruct the XFINITY voice remote to turn on Closed Captioning or Voice Guidance to make their television experience easier and more entertaining.
Easter eggs: Who doesn't love Easter eggs? The XFINITY voice remote recognizes hundreds of movie quotes. So if you said "If you build it, he will come", you'd be watching Field of Dreams in no time. Experiment with quotes from your favorite movies to see what happens.
Cool hacks: The XFINITY voice remote even responds to your voice with celebrity voices of its own. When you speak specific celebrity names, you might get a response! You can see more cool features of the XFINIT voice remote here.
It's free: That's awesome. New customers will receive the new XFINITY voice remote as part of their standard installation package, and existing customers can get it for free. Simply visit a local XFINITY store or order online using this form to have it shipped to your home. You only pay shipping and handling.
To make your XFINITY experience even more fun, the XFINITY voice remote now speaks the language of those adorable little yellow guys, the Minions! The XFINITY voice remote recognizes your Minionese commands and responds accordingly. Do you want to see a food program? Simply say "Banana". In the mood for a silly, slapstick comedy? Of course you say "Butt".
Here's a list of great Minionese commands.
- Banana - Food programming
- Booyah - Action
- Minions - Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2
- Popagonia - Romantic movies and shows
- Cumbaya - Music shows
- Scarlet Overkill - Sandra Bullock movies
- Soccerr - Premier League soccer
Be sure to see how the other XFINITY features can simply your life - and don’t forget to see what Ty So Fast is up to! He shares time-saving tips, technology and life hacks, and more!
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And Now, the Giveaway!
By now you should be as excited about the new XFINITY voice remote as I am. If you'd like to learn more about the new XFINITY voice remote and maybe win a $100 AmEX gift card, you can do both! Simply comment below with what you think the coolest feature of the new XFINITY voice remote is, and you'll automatically be entered to win!
This giveaway is open to US residents 18 and over and ends on July 15th, 2015 at midnight EST.
XFINITY partnered with bloggers such as me for their Fast Life program. As part of this program, I received compensation for my time. They did not tell me what to purchase or what to say about any product mentioned in these posts. XFINITY believes that consumers and bloggers are free to form their own opinions and share them in their own words. XFINITY’s policies align with WOMMA Ethics Code, FTC guidelines and social media engagement recommendations.
Estelle S
I like that it respond with an actor's voice if you speak their name! That's cool!
harold
I love that you use your voice for the commands, my eyesight is getting worse and worse and can't read the remote buttons any longer.
Kimmy Ripley
I love the simple searching. It is so much easier to find what I am looking for now.
HS
XFINITY X1 Remote app with voice control is pretty cool.
rajee
Its remote app with voice control is nice
Adrienne Gordon
Love voice control.
Mami2jcn
The movie quotes are really cool.
John Busby
I think the Say It And See It feature is awesome!!!!!!!
Sandy Klocinski
I think the voice feature is pretty neat and think it could be expanded to the physical remote via a small microphone.
Allyson Ballard Bossie
Honestly, the voice control is super cool Say it and it appears!
Margaret Smith
I love the Voice command feature. This controller really sounds amazing.
Dana Rodriguez
I love that it responds to your voice!
Lisa Brown
I like the Say It and See It feature: Pressing the Voice button then telling the XFINITY voice remote to change channels, is great 🙂
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Tina Wahrmund
I love the Xfinity voice remote. My only comment is why didn't I think of it first!
Ann Fantom
I like the XFINITY's voice recognition feature
james doyle
Search by favorite sports team is SO AMAZING <3
Sharon Kaminski
I think the XFINITY VOICE REMOTE best feature is that it responds to your voice.
Layne Austin
I love the movie quotes and the voice control! Maybe itll hear me far enough away that I wont have to search for the remote anymore!
Linda Lansford
voice control is pretty cool
Cynthia C
I love the backlit keyboard. I'm always hitting the wrong buttons in the dark.
Robin M
I like the Voice Control so that I don't have to figure out which button combo to push.
Geoff K
I love the Easter eggs and being able to access content with fun knowledge like movie quotes!
McKim
I like the celebrity voices.
Denise S
The coolest part is that it responds to your voice.
Chrystal D
The Easter Eggs is definitely the coolest feature!
Lisa
I think the celebrity voice feature, that is so cool!
Margaret Schmidt
The movie quotes feature sounds really cool!
beth shepherd
I love the voice control. Very cool! Thank you
Beth Minyard
I love that it recognizes movie quotes, that would be funny!
Mike S.
The simplified search is what I would be interested in most
Suzanne K
I like that it can find a movie for you based on a quote in the movie.
Ashley C
I love how easy it is to search for things based on types of movies, actors, or even your sports teams!
Bonnie Day
I love the movie quotes feature sounds awesome
Debbi Wellenstein
I love the Easter Egg feature-"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!" Sweet!
Barbara Montag
I like the Remote - so easy to change channels and looking through TV listings!
thank you
LaTanya
I like the voice control
KELLY NICHOLSON
Simply comment below with what you think the coolest feature of the new XFINITY voice remote is
i would say the voice control hands down...
cas p
I love the simple searching. so cool.
Ty
The Easter eggs sounds cool to me. I love movie quotes!
Ausitn
The best feature has to be the voice control.
Erin F
I like the Easter eggs and the ability to launch an app via the voice control.
frank
easter eggs.thank you
Kimberly O
My husband is quoting movies ALL THE TIME so the Easter Egg feature is awesome! Thanks!
Valencia
I like that you can search by actor's name. That would come in handy for me.
Debbie F
I love the easter egg function. 🙂
al
The easter eggs.
STEPHEN ALEXANDER
I like the High Quality voice response
heather s
I like the simple searching feature
jose benavides
I like that you can use your voice for commands. so cool .
Alison Tolar
I like that it has the simple searching feature. It's really neat that you can search by an actor.
Art C
I really like the celebrity voice feature. I can have a celebrity impersonations contest against the remote. Is it me or does that sentence sound crazy?
Brittney House
It's pretty cool that it responds to your voice.
cjjmesser
The celebrity voices are an awesome feature. I would love to hear Groot!
Samantha Daleo
The Voice Command is my favorite part. Totally futuristic and cool but also very helpful for my terrible eye sight and for multi tasking!
Jack B
I like the Easter Egg movie quotes function. Sounds fun to try out.
brittany doerfler
I think the coolest feature is the voice control. Really hate struggling to find the right button to push.
Kimberly M.
I love that you can search by actor, sports team, etc. Makes it easy to find everything you want.
Kristin Goodson
So cool that it recognizes movie quotes! I would probably spend all day just blurting out movie quotes and having it play that movie.
Oanh H.
I like how it will respond to specific celebrity voice. It'll be fun to have around.
Elena
I like the XFINITY’s voice recognition feature
Brad
Being able to control with your voice is the best feature. My eyesight is getting worse, and it is hard being able to see the labels on remote buttons.
steve weber
I love the voice recognition feature the most.
Ashley C
I love the Easter Egg feature, how fun!!
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Emmalene
I mean how cool is that say it and see it feature?! I seriously want to try this!
Aaron
The coolest feature is the aim-anywhere design.
Rosanne Morrison
One of the coolest features to me is how it responds with celebrity voices. When I see movie with voiceover's I am always trying to figure out who the celebrity is.
sandra
I like the simple search feature
Carmen Q
I think the Easter Eggs feature is pretty cool!
elcane desir
the celebrity names I love to see what my favorite celebrities are doing and whats new
Shayna
I LOVE THAT the XFINITY voice remote even responds to your voice with celebrity voices of its own LOL 🙂
shelly peterson
I like that you can change the channel just by speaking.
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Kathleen
I really like the voice controls.
kport207 at gmail dot com
kyl neusch
movie quotes are really cool.
kath g
There is a lot to like here, but I think what I would like the most is the fact that it is back-lit, I like to watch movies in dim light so it feels more like a theater, so the lighting on the remote would make it a lot easier.
Elle
I like the use of celebrity voices.
Stephanie V.
Say it and see it: Press the voice button then tell your XFINITY voice remote what you’d like help with. Change channels, find shows, get recommendations, launch apps -- awesome!
tvollowitz at aol dot com
Susan Christy
I like being able to change the channels by voice command.
victoria
i like the closed captioning
Tara L
I think it is awesome that the remote can recognizes quotes from movies.
Eloquence
Ooh, show recommendations sounds so cool!
Stacy
The Easter Egg fuction sounds awesome! Especially since I am always quoting movies.
Sarah L
I think the coolest feature is how you can just say what you’re looking for and it will find it.
Thanks for the contest.
Rosie
I like it can get me news and weather!! my fav!
Deirdre
The writer in me loves that it can take a movie quote that I have spoken and suggest watching the correct movie that is associated with that quote. Thanks for the chance to win.
Jessica L.
The movie quote feature sounds awesome.
amy tolley
My favorite feature is you can just used words or the actors name and it will show you what you have asked for super neat
Kimberly Snyder
I love the backlit keyboard..
Linda g.
I like the say it see it feature, just say what you want ad it does it!!
Betsy Barnes
My favorite feature is the Cool hacks, I think I would have a blast with XFINITY voice remote that would respond to my voice with celebrity voices of its own! 🙂
Taylor Bowman
I think the coolest feature is that when you speak to the remote it can reply back in celebrity's voices! I mean who wouldn't love that?! I would speak to my remote all the time just to get a reply!
LaTanya
https://twitter.com/sweetums82/status/614515499309772801
Tabathia B
I like that it recognizes movie quotes
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Roy F.
The coolest feature is the voice commands.
Sara
The voice comman feature is the best! And I love that it can use an actor's voice
joni
I like the simple search feature.
Stephen Almberg
The celebrity voice feature is the coolest!
Mindy DeLisi
Voice Remote! Cool, will I always need to look for the remote now? lol
Kathryn C
oh that really amazes me that it recognizes movie quotes! how cool!
KC
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LaTanya
https://twitter.com/sweetums82/status/615898218900144128
Olivia A
My favorite feature would have to be the reciting a quote from a movie which then allows Xfinity to find the movie for you to watch. Awesome! This remote is great!
Stacey b
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Michelle H.
I like the voice remote feature.
Tabitha
I love that you can search actors names!
Kimberly M.
I love that you can use your voice to get to the programming you want. This is especially nice for my dad. He has arthritis so bad in his hands it would be so much easier for people like him to get to a channel they want without having to use their hands to do it. It would save them the frustration it causes them when they hit channels they actually don't want. This is an awesome invention.
clynsg
Voice control of searching and other commands is definitely the best part.
nickie
I like the voice control
Sarah Cool
My favorite feature is that the remote recognizes movie quotes!!! How awesome!
Robin
I like that you can search by actor's names.
Michele Baron
The Easter Egg feature is my favorite...lol...that would be fabulous
LaTanya
https://twitter.com/sweetums82/status/619201049442824192
Kimberly Hilbert
It is fun that it will respond to my voice with a celebrity voice. However, I'm not convinced a voice remote is for me.
Danielle
I like the voice remote feature.
LaTanya
https://twitter.com/sweetums82/status/619668422964568065
Vera
I love that it recognizes movie quotes. How fun!
Karen Drake
I like the simple searching feature.
LaTanya
https://twitter.com/sweetums82/status/620032404518887424
Crystal F
Being able to see it in the dark is huge. I'm always pressing the wrong buttons on the remote in the bedroom. Thank you!
MelissaO
Pretty amazing! I watch Xfinity when visiting my parents and it would be great to use the voice feature to find something interesting rather than scrolling through the unwieldy guide.
LaTanya
https://twitter.com/sweetums82/status/620381609926115328
Leigh Anne Borders
Say It and See It feature has got to be one of the coolest things ever! My kids have video game players that you talk to--I want an adult tv remote that does this too;)
Leigh Anne Borders
https://twitter.com/leighanne000/status/620420745819258881
Erica B.
The easter eggs are fun.
Daniel M
I like the Voice command feature
Lisa Henderson
I love Easter Eggs and searching by an actor's name--these are the coolest features of xfinity voice remote!
LaTanya
https://twitter.com/sweetums82/status/620964889683750912
Laura J
Oh I think my favorite feature is the Simple search! Sometimes I really have a hard time finding what I am looking for, this would be so awesome!!!!!
Susan Smith
The Say It and See It feature has got to be one of the coolest features
stephanie baker
Movie quotes! That is awesome. I do love the simple commands, too. My husband is sold on the fact that it has voice commands.
Heather K
I think that a cool feature is that it recognizes movie quotes.
Richard Hicks
One of my favorite features is the voice recognition
Susan Smith
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/621072572503994368
Lisa V.
I like the voice recognition.
Danielle Magee
I love that it can find a movie based on the movie quote.
kim keithline
I love that the remote speaks minion that is too cute!!
Laurie Emerson
I love the XFINITY’s voice recognition feature the most.
elfette
all ... can't wait to try them
Joy Q
I like that the the XFINITY voice remote speaks Minion.
Tammie Venne
I love being able to talk into the remote
Lesley F
I like the voice remote!
Sand
I really like the voice command, that would be great for my parents!
Kyle Banderman
Love the voice control features!
Brian E.
The cool feature that I like: you can search by category i.e. college football, musicals, documentaries, etc., all via voice.
Michelle S
Voice command to find what type of show you want to watch.
Shannon
Just being able to change channels by voice sounds great to me.
liz l
Voice control is cool
Betty C
The voice control is awesome.
Rhonda R
I like the movie quotes! I also like the actors' voices and think that would be fun to play around with!
Claudia Davis
I think the coolest feature of the new XFINITY voice remote is the backlit keyboard! I always watch my movies in the dark so this would be a great feature for me.
Angela Cash
I think that the coolest feature of the XFINITY voice remote is the Easter Eggs. The kids would have a blast quoting their favorite movies.
Pamela Jaenke
The movie quotes feature is cool.
Eugenia Hall
Love the voice control, would be great when I want to change the channel from animal planet and I've got a cat on my lap.
Trisha McKee
I love the voice control feature.
james jenkins
I like the voice command and simple search features.
laurie murley
my favorite thing is that new customers will receive the new XFINITY voice remote as part of their standard installation package, and existing customers can get it for free
Stephanie Galbraith
I like that it listens to your voice and does what you want.
Kristen
I think it's neato that it can recognize movie quotes.
DEBRA RILEY
It's great for my 5 year old 🙂