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But Amazon has announced that it's rolling out new Alexa features for the Fire TV platform, allowing you to do Those commands extend to being able to verbally order film and television content from the aforementioned content channels and browse YouTube 4K Ultra HD content. The device, which is being developed by Amazon's Lab126 (the Silicon Valley-based research and development arm responsible for Amazon's Dash, Fire TV, and Kindle Fire devices), is functionally identical to the Echo, Amazon Tap, and Echo Dot speakers in terms of input: It reportedly performs actions by predetermined voice commands.re things using just your voice.
New Alexa voice-control capabilities coming to Amazon's Fire TV set-top box and Fire TV Stick will lets consumers use their voice to select streaming-video content, find local movietheater show times, and search local businesses and restaurants, among other things. This increased dependence on interfaces will provide users with more fine controls to Amazon Alexa than Amazon Echo previously did. More news: Knife-wielding man shot by police in Manhattan The update is the most comprehensive for Alexa on Fire TV to date. Why this matters: Amazon's Alexa has become a sure-fire hit for the company, one that Google obviously envies. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) will soon have Alexa-powered hardware that features a display that will be similar to tablet displays.
More news: Jays' Bautista: I shouldn't be suspended The software update also adds support for the VP9 video format used by YouTube for 4K videos. Amazon Fire TV remains the #1 streaming media player in the U.S. across all retailers as of March (the last month for which there is data). "Amazon in particular has benefited by promoting its Fire TV devices in conjunction with the company's Prime Video service as well as streams from HBO, Showtime, and other premium offerings". Ask for information on local movie showtimes, businesses and restaurants, and Alexa will speak it back to you.