Weekend

Weekend is a voice controlled game service for the TV. It turns the living room into a game show: players answer out loud, and the games listen to and respond to what they say. The vendor's FAQ describes it as needing no controllers, just your voice and your remote, and phones act as the buzzer and controller for each player. The catalog mixes licensed shows such as Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune with Song Quiz and Weekend originals including Wit's End, Spot On, Sketchy AF, Guess the Emoji, Meme Supreme, Word Rush, Bingo and Weekend Poker, plus a CoComelon title for younger children. Karaoke and 20 Questions also have game pages. Games span trivia, music, drawing, geography and fantasy adventures, and the vendor says new games arrive weekly. The site does not explain how speech input is processed. The Weekend app runs on Roku, Fire TV, Samsung and LG TVs. Setup takes three steps: install the app on the TV, sign in with the remote or scan the QR code on screen with a phone, then everyone picks up a phone and plays. A related Volley Games page on the same site also lists Alexa smart speaker games. One membership unlocks every game and new weekly releases. The home page offers a free trial for 7 days and says members can cancel anytime. The membership price is not shown on the home page or the support page. Roku subscribers manage auto renewal in their Roku account, and Samsung and LG subscribers manage billing at pair.weekend.com/account.