Vizio V-Series (2022)
Built-in far-field microphone
No TV micThis model has no built-in far-field microphone — voice control goes through the remote.
Vizio's own official user manual states in its legal/privacy section: "VIZIO will only capture voice commands when you press the microphone button on your remote or mobile app and speak into the microphone on the remote control or mobile phone." The specifications table lists "Remote Control Type: Voice Remote" with no separate TV-side microphone listed anywhere in the manual. This is a direct, explicit statement that the TV has no built-in far-field/always-listening microphone, not an inference from a missing spec row.
Automatic content recognition (ACR), including over HDMI
Runs ACRThis model runs Vizio's ACR feature (branded "Viewing Data"), which analyzes 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 includes a discrete "View and accept VIZIO Viewing Data Policy" step, and the Admin & Privacy menu has an explicit Viewing Data on/off toggle. `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.
Scans your local network for other devices
UnverifiedLocal network scanning hasn't been confirmed for this model from a citable source yet.
How to put a TV on its own network →
Vizio's own Viewing Data policy discloses collecting "the identity of devices connected to the VIZIO OS product (e.g., a streaming stick plugged into an HDMI port)" and the MAC addresses of nearby WiFi access points — but this is scoped to devices connected to the TV itself and visible WiFi networks, not the kind of unprompted scanning of other devices on the local network that the LG entries on this site cite a specific investigation for (Gamers Nexus/Level1Techs, 2026). No equally specific source describing that broader behavior on a current Vizio model could be found. Stays unverified rather than conflated with the narrower, confirmed HDMI-device-identity claim.
Security vulnerabilities in SmartCast
UnverifiedFirmware 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 2022 model is guaranteed updates for. Stays unverified rather than assumed either way.
Settings paths for SmartCast
Not yet verified for this SmartCast version. Menu wording and structure vary enough across releases that we don't want to guess — check how to report a correction if you can help verify this one.
This page covers what this model has and collects, and where to change it, with a source for each answer. See About & sourcing for how each row above is checked, and how to report an error.