Use voice commands within the Philo app to control your device, or quickly search for a long title.
Voice commands are currently available in-app and out-of-app on Android, Apple and Fire TV, as well as on Roku and iOS devices. In-app commands let you control Philo while you have the app open. Out-of-app commands let you control Philo from your device’s home screen.
Click your device below for voice command instructions and examples.
Press and hold the microphone icon on your Android TV remote and say a command.
Follow these steps to link Philo to your Google Assistant on your Android TV:
Press the Home button on your Google TV remote.
Select Settings in the top-right corner of the screen.
Select Accounts & sign-in.
Select your account.
Select Your services.
Scroll down and find Philo.
Set the Philo toggle to “on” (blue).
In-app
“play <name of content>”
“pause”
Out-of-app
“open Philo”
“play <name of content>”
“pause”
Press and hold the microphone icon on your Apple TV remote, and say the command.
In-app
“pause”
“play”
“resume”
”turn on/off captions”
“rewind <amount of time>”
“fast forward <amount of time>”
“play from beginning”
and more!
Out-of-app
“play <name of content>
“open the <name of channel> channel on Philo”
“open Philo”
Voice commands can also be used while AirPlaying from your iPhone. During AirPlay, you can use Siri to pause or resume video playback.
On your Fire TV remote, press and hold the microphone icon and say a command.
In-app
“play <name of content>”
“show me <name of content>”
”pause”
“stop”
“start over”
“skip <amount of time>”
and more!
Out-of-app
“open Philo”
“play <name of content>”
“show me <name of content>”
and more!
Search results only include on-demand content. Live TV, saved contents, and add-on shows and movies won’t be shown.
On your Roku remote, press and hold the microphone icon and say a command.
In-app
“what’s playing?”
“play”
“resume, pause, stop, replay, instant replay,start over, go to beginning, rewind, start rewinding, can you rewind?,fast forward, forward, start forwarding, can you forward?, can you fast forward?,forward 10 minutes, fast forward half an hour,
“skip <amount of time>”
“go forward <amount of time>”
“rewind <amount of time>”
“go back <amount of time>”
“next”
and more!
Out-of-app
“open Philo”
“play <name of content>”