A method for controlling and/or communicating with a household appliance by means of voice commands and with verification of the enabling of a remote control, comprising the steps of: - receiving an acoustic voice signal, corresponding to a voice query and/or request expression uttered by a user, and generating a corresponding first electric signal representative of the acoustic voice signal, by voice receiving means integrated in the household appliance; - generating a query and/or request electric signal, based on said received first electric signal, representative of the acoustic voice signal, by first processing means integrated in the household appliance operatively connected to said voice receiving means; - transmitting said query and/or request electric signal to second processing means; - processing said query and/or request electric signal, by the second processing means, to identify a user query and/or request; - recognizing, by the second processing means, whether the user query and/or request is a command and/or control action which requires remote control enabling; - if the user query and/or request is recognized as a command and/or control action which does not require remote control enabling, proceeding directly with the following steps: - determining a response to be provided to the user on the basis of the identified user query and/or request, by the second processing means; - generating a response electric signal corresponding to the determined response, by the second processing means; - transmitting said response electric signal to the first processing means of the household appliance; - providing the user with a visual and/or written and/or voice response, by visual display means or sound reproduction means comprised in the household appliance, based on said response electric signal; - if the user query and/or request is recognized as a command and/or control action which requires remote control enabling, performing a remote control verification and/or enabling procedure and then performing said steps of determining and providing a response to the user; wherein said remote control verification and/or enabling procedure comprises: - verifying whether a remote control enabling state is activated in the household appliance; - if it is verified that a remote control enabling state is activated in the household appliance, determining the execution of the command and/or control action in the household appliance; - if it is verified that a remote control enabling state is not activated in the household appliance, setting a standby state and asking the user for an enabling action before executing the command and/or control action. - receiving an acoustic voice signal, corresponding to a voice query and/or request expression uttered by a user, and generating a corresponding first electric signal representative of the acoustic voice signal, by voice receiving means integrated in the household appliance; - generating a query and/or request electric signal, based on said received first electric signal, representative of the acoustic voice signal, by first processing means integrated in the household appliance operatively connected to said voice receiving means; - transmitting said query and/or request electric signal to second processing means; - processing said query and/or request electric signal, by the second processing means, to identify a user query and/or request; - recognizing, by the second processing means, whether the user query and/or request is a command and/or control action which requires remote control enabling; - if the user query and/or request is recognized as a command and/or control action which does not require remote control enabling, proceeding directly with the following steps: - determining a response to be provided to the user on the basis of the identified user query and/or request, by the second processing means; - generating a response electric signal corresponding to the determined response, by the second processing means; - transmitting said response electric signal to the first processing means of the household appliance; - providing the user with a visual and/or written and/or voice response, by visual display means or sound reproduction means comprised in the household appliance, based on said response electric signal; - determining a response to be provided to the user on the basis of the identified user query and/or request, by the second processing means; - generating a response electric signal corresponding to the determined response, by the second processing means; - transmitting said response electric signal to the first processing means of the household appliance; - providing the user with a visual and/or written and/or voice response, by visual display means or sound reproduction means comprised in the household appliance, based on said response electric signal; - if the user query and/or request is recognized as a command and/or control action which requires remote control enabling, performing a remote control verification and/or enabling procedure and then performing said steps of determining and providing a response to the user; - verifying whether a remote control enabling state is activated in the household appliance; - if it is verified that a remote control enabling state is activated in the household appliance, determining the execution of the command and/or control action in the household appliance; - if it is verified that a remote control enabling state is not activated in the household appliance, setting a standby state and asking the user for an enabling action before executing the command and/or control action.