Turning off new Sony Bravia TV (A80J) using Google Assistant Speakers

by iammarco2

I had a Sony Bravia x90F (Android TV) before, telling my Google Assistant to "turn off the living room TV" will turn it off.

With the new TVs that I got, A80J and X90J, you have to use Sony's cloud services for it to talk to your assistant speakers.

The trigger phrase is "Hey Google, talk to Sony's TV". Then a bell will sound which means the assistant speaker will now wait for the next command, where you can control the TV (turn off, volume up/down, change source).

I don't know why they did this, I honestly think it is stupid.

I am ok with using the remote to turn it off, it's just because of this "feature", I can't turn off the TV anymore as part of my (Bedtime) routine. Before I would just say , "hey Google, goodnight" and it will pretty much turn off everything (lights and TVs).

Am I missing something? Is there a workaround? Hoping for sugestions.

Thanks.

unbelievable1981

I can say to my Assistant speaker in any room "Hey Google turn off Sony", etc. directly for my J Series. I can change volume, pause, play, etc. by just saying like "Hey Google volume 20", "Hey Google pause", etc.
Now I think you've installed that silly Sony integration "TV Control with Smart Speakers" app on your TV. I don't have that app installed.
https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00256290
Perhaps need to look at removing the integration with that app, uninstalling, setup on Sony TV the Assistant integration and make sure the TV is in Google Home app on your phone. Your problem lies around here.