Go with external “smarts”. We bought an Amazon Fire Stick with Alexa services.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZV9RDKK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Amazon reduced the price from $99 to $39 this year making it a cheap way to try out smart technology with an Alexa capability, to boot.
We also got an Echo for Christmas and have been having fun setting timers for cooking, getting weather information, playing classical music, and general chicanery with the audio interface. It is quite sophisticated for being so cheap.
Do you really want Amazon listening and recording every word and sound in your home?
There is fairly recent news about a police force trying to force Amazon to turn over Alexa data to "help" with a murder investigation.
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IMHO curved screens are only useful in some situations, and are a definite disadvantage in others. If you have any source of light in the room behind your viewing position (window during the day, light at night), a curved screen will show a very distracting reflection somewhere on the screen. Moving your position will cause the location of the reflexion to move, but will not eliminate it. A flat screen will allow you to move and the reflection will no longer be a problem. Windows are a particular problem because they are large. This can be very distracting in the summertime when sunset is well into the evening hours.
The advantage of a curved screen is that if you can sit nearly at the center of curvature, you are looking perpendicular to all of the screen, even the edges.
We have a 70" flat, smart Vizio and are very happy with it.
Cool...I just said “set timer for ten minutes” and Siri did it. Then “stop timer” and it paused. Never thought to try that! Thanks.