I don’t own a smart TV. I have a regular TV with an Xbox One and Chromecast to send content to it. That is the smart option, because “smart” TVs tend to be clunky, slow, and will date too much before your next television purchase.

I know what I want – a really smart TV.

Google Nest Hub, and Amazon Echo Show do everything I want from a smart device except for one minor detail. The screens are too small, maxing out at 10 inches. I want the same functionality, but built in to a big screen TV.

It surely isn’t hard? The same devices already have everything you have, you just need the display to be larger, and the software to adjust to the screen size.

I guess the problem is that Google and Amazon do not make televisions. There is nothing stopping them – there are many TV brands that don’t manufacture the hardware, but simply market it.

I would like to think that both have a TV up their sleeves, and are simply waiting for a glut in hardware / lull in TV purchases. I recommend:

• 4K, with nothing fancy except for whatever makes blacks blacker
• wall mountable
• really good speakers built in
• cameras that can focus on who is talking – with an off switch
• screensaver of your choice, that turns off when nobody is home
• screensavers like security camera, news and weather, photos (yours or others) and social media streams, in general or a specific person/group
• has your wake up info in the morning – public transport, weather, appointments etc
• voice-operated shopping app – starting with clothing. Incorporate camera for fitting and previews.
• access to all content, from everywhere, with ease

TVs are cheap these days, if you ignore fancy features. Incorporating most of the above is not technically difficult. If you can sell a TV for $200 more that is really smart and has a killer feature, it will outsell every other TV.