Vizio HD/FHD Series (2024)

This model has no built-in far-field microphone — voice control goes through the remote.

What a far-field mic does →

Vizio's own official user manual for this tier lists "Remote Control Type: IR Remote" for every model — no Bluetooth, no microphone button, unlike the mid-range and flagship lines' "BT / IR Voice Remote." The manual's voice-control section for this tier is titled "Using the VIZIO Mobile App for Voice Control" (not "Using the Voice Remote" like other 2024 manuals), confirming voice input here is app-only — there is no physical remote mic and no built-in TV microphone.

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Firmware support status hasn't been confirmed for this model from a citable source yet.

What that actually means for your TV →

No official Vizio policy stating a minimum number of years of firmware/security updates could be found, unlike Samsung's public seven-year Tizen commitment or LG's stated webOS support windows. Vizio's own support site indicates some older models eventually stop appearing in the firmware-update list, but no source states how long a 2024 model is guaranteed updates for. Stays unverified rather than assumed either way.

This model has Vizio's ACR feature (branded "Viewing Data"), which analyses on-screen content — including over HDMI — to identify what's playing.

What ACR is and how to turn it off →

Vizio's own current privacy policy confirms its ACR system, branded "Viewing Data," collects "audio and video programming content playing on the display unit" plus device/network identifiers. Critically, the same policy states each device receives a notification and "an opportunity to choose whether to turn on Viewing Data" before any collection, and a factory reset returns it to "OFF" — this is opt-in, not the opt-out-by-default design LG and Samsung ship. This model's own manual confirms the same opt-in flow directly: first-time setup step 7 of 8 is a discrete "Accept the VIZIO Viewing Data policy" screen with Decline/Accept buttons shown. `value: true` here means the feature exists and can run if enabled, matching how this site records ACR for other brands — not that it ships on by default.

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Whether this model looks for other devices on your home network hasn't been confirmed from a citable source yet.

How to put a TV on its own network →

Vizio's own Viewing Data policy says it collects "the identity of devices connected to the VIZIO OS product (e.g., a streaming stick plugged into an HDMI port)" and the identifiers (MAC addresses) of nearby Wi-Fi access points. That covers devices plugged into the TV and nearby Wi-Fi networks, not other devices on your home network. We haven't found a Vizio source that says whether this TV looks for other devices on your home network. LG's answer isn't applied to other brands.