Hi everyone!

I own a Mi Box S (MiBox4) which is running Android 9.0. Recently I've been trying to control my TV with voice via the Google Assistant, but the results haven't been good.

The box is connected to a Philips TV which has the EasyLink (their version of HDMI-CEC) enabled, so I'm able to power on/off the TV by simply using the Mi Box remote without any problem. The issue presents itself when I try to control it via the network using the Google Assistant: I can turn off everything, but I cannot turn them back on. Whenever I say "Hey google, turn my TV on", nothing happens. Sometimes the box will turn on a few minutes after I do that, but I'm not sure it is every time or not, because the time interval seems to be different each time. (Note: both devices are connected to the same WiFi network).

After searching a lot, to the point where you visit the same page many times, I've found out that this might be related to the fact that whenever I turn the Mi Box off, it's somehow disconnected from the network and so the assistant can't do anything.
I've tried a few things:

• Go to the Box Settings -> Screensaver -> Never sleep
• Install the wakelock revamp apk to prevent it from powering down completely
• Resetting to factory settings
• Unplugging everything and plugging back on. This produced some positive results (i.e, I was able to turn the box on again with the voice command), but eventually it started to fail again

Any suggestions?