The Nvidia Spot is on its way. Does this mean that the Shield is now able to respond to voice commands without having to use the mic on the controller? If so, how responsive are the voice commands? Can you ask it to play a specific episode from a specific season of a TV show on Netflix? How is the PLEX integration? I currently have an Apple TV, but would love to have a (mostly) hands-free experience in the living room. If the Shield TV and a Spot can accomplish that, (and my next model doesn't randomly lag) I'm in.
Edit: Was notified that the device has not been released, but still planning for the future.
Hands-free 100%? Not really. But the gamepad has an always-on microphone (if you so choose) and you can do quite a bit. Like "Hey Google, play breaking bad season 5 episode 3 on netflix" will work. I believe it can do quite a bit more like volume, play/pause etc but it's probably more of a hassle (or inconsistent) as opposed to just a button click.