Tuesday, 1 August 2017

You can now use Alexa to control Amazon’s Fire TV without a remote

Amazon is expanding what Fire TV users can do with their Echo devices. Starting today, you'll be able to control your Fire TV from your Amazon Echo device. The company announced that it's officially rolling out the ability to pair Echo devices with Fire TVs, so users can tell Alexa to "show me an action movie," or "open Hulu." Alexa can launch apps, play shows or movies by title / actor / genre, and control video playback. This functionality was first announced last month with a limited rollout, but today it’s available for Fire TV owners in the US. All generations of the streaming hardware are supported.

Alexa can also control TVs with Amazon’s software built in, like the Element 4K Fire TV Edition. People who own that or future Fire TV...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/8/1/16075272/amazon-fire-tv-echo-voice-control-alexa

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/08/you-can-now-use-alexa-to-control.html

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