Sky Q Voice Search hands-on review: Talking to your TV has never been more fun and useful

When you're searching for a movie to watch, a remote control isn't the quickest way to go. Mostly it involves using the number keypad and pressing keys repeatedly to invoke the letter you want. When the latest version of Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV set-top boxes arrived, they came with remote controls equipped with microphones. Press a button and you could say "The Lord of the Rings" – which is much quicker than typing it – for the box to find the movies you're after. The latest box from Sky, Sky Q, teasingly came with a remote equipped with a microphone button when it launched more than a year ago.