LG smart TVs will have voice recognition capabilities in 2012. LG’s new magic wand remote will act as a microphone that can be used to speak commands to your TV.

Play, pause or stop the current movie you are streaming. Or change the channel with simple voice commands.

Voice recognition can be used to tell the LG to search for a specific movie title or TV show. It can also be used to dictate tweets or Facebook updates.

Details of the LG voice recognition’s full capabilities and features will be announced when the TVs are released in Spring 2012.