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LG Magic Remote Adds Speech

LG overhauled the remote control last year with the Magic Motion remote (now simply called the Magic Remote) that worked similarly to a Wii controller—point and click. Now LG has added a microphone to the remote so you can give it commends verbally. The best feature I saw was the ability to make social media posts via voice command. Rather than type (or hunt and click) out your comments on the new episode of “Walking Dead Jersey Shore Edition,” you can just speak your post into the mic, and it appears on Twitter or Facebook.

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