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how'd you like to turn on your TV switch inputs and start watching a show using just the power of your voice that's the promise of kaavo a new home entertainment device coming this fall for 400 bucks think of it as a smarter version of a universal remote control the two-piece system that consists of the remote and a box that sits in your entertainment center you connect your gear such as your cable or satellite box Apple TV Roku or game console to any of its eight HDMI inputs and connect its output to your television the box has an IR blaster you can stash it out of sight and USB ports for power it comes in a choice of woodgrain finishes seen here is the bamboo the second piece is the universal remote itself as most the standard keys such as a circular cursor control power and menu commands although it's missing a numeric keypad the big difference is voice control speak into the clicker with commands as simple as watch Deadpool or watch cooking channel and the system springs into action it turns on the TV switches the correct device and begins playing which you asked for the key is integration of your watch lists across different streaming services like Netflix Amazon and even your DVR Cobo knows which show is on which service in which episode you last watched as well as which device you prefer to use for each service you can tell you prefer to watch Hulu on your Roku for example and next time you say empire it'll just start playing the show you can also use an Alexa device instead of the remote to issue commands and kaavo says Google home support is being added to the system also works with airplane Google casts you can initiate and control playback of videos from apps on your phone in addition to voice and watch lists cava has a cool ability to let you keep using your original device remote controls and game controllers traditional universal remotes like harmony lose track of devices if you try that Cabo is more expensive than a typical harmony but it also promises to make watching your favorite TV shows and movies as simple as possible we're looking forward to testing it in full when it comes out later this year you