Voice control system for a piece of seating/reclining furniture , comprising: a seating/reclining furniture , in particular an armchair or a seating group with several seating units, with at least one component manipulable by means of an actuator (A); and an intelligent personal assistant (IPA) for receiving voice commands for actuating the at least one actuator (A), the intelligent personal assistant (IPA) being set up to convert the voice commands into control commands for actuating the at least one actuator (A); wherein the seating/reclining furniture comprises a data interface for receiving control commands from the intelligent personal assistant (IPA) and a control unit linked with a signaling technique between the data interface and the at least one actuator (A) and arranged to selectively actuate the at least one actuator (A) based on the control commands, wherein the intelligent personal assistant (IPA) is associated with a third party provider independent of the manufacturer of the furniture and is connected or connectable via the internet to a third party provider unit of the system, wherein the third party unit communicates with the seating/reclining furniture or with a local network to which the seating/reclining furniture is connected via a service unit of the system comprising a cloud, which is a manufacturer unit associated with the manufacturer of the seating/reclining furniture , wherein the third party unit is arranged to perform a first part of the conversion of the voice commands into the control commands, and the service unit is arranged to perform a further part of the conversion of the voice commands into the control commands as well as to communicate the control commands to the seating/reclining furniture . a seating/reclining furniture , in particular an armchair or a seating group with several seating units, with at least one component manipulable by means of an actuator (A); and an intelligent personal assistant (IPA) for receiving voice commands for actuating the at least one actuator (A), the intelligent personal assistant (IPA) being set up to convert the voice commands into control commands for actuating the at least one actuator (A); wherein the seating/reclining furniture comprises a data interface for receiving control commands from the intelligent personal assistant (IPA) and a control unit linked with a signaling technique between the data interface and the at least one actuator (A) and arranged to selectively actuate the at least one actuator (A) based on the control commands, wherein the intelligent personal assistant (IPA) is associated with a third party provider independent of the manufacturer of the furniture and is connected or connectable via the internet to a third party provider unit of the system, wherein the third party unit communicates with the seating/reclining furniture or with a local network to which the seating/reclining furniture is connected via a service unit of the system comprising a cloud, which is a manufacturer unit associated with the manufacturer of the seating/reclining furniture , wherein the third party unit is arranged to perform a first part of the conversion of the voice commands into the control commands, and the service unit is arranged to perform a further part of the conversion of the voice commands into the control commands as well as to communicate the control commands to the seating/reclining furniture . <EOS>