They will likely come with the complete Fire TV Alexa update expected before the end of the year. (Unfortunately, music only plays when the app is open, which means it doesn’t accompany a slideshow.)Īlthough the welcome video (and product descriptions on Amazon) states that Alexa can read news headlines and sports scores, those features are not yet available. Simply ask for a song, artist or a prime playlist, and Alexa instantly plays your musical request from Prime music, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and TuneIn. It also has the ability to control music playback like it can on the Echo. The Fire TV Alexa can tell you what events are on your Google calendar. The shopping list appears on the Alexa phone app so it is available when you are at the store. Alexa can also show and lets you add items to your shopping list.
Alexa displayed the information from Wikipedia along with a few pictures of the Parisian landmark. It can show you the definition of a word or place. The TV’s Alexa can speak the weather and show you a forecast screen.
It is not necessary to address Alexa when using the Fire TV remote in fact, it could confuse a nearby Echo.Īt launch, the Fire TV’s Alexa has only a few of the Echo’s benefits. Where the Amazon Echo is always on and waiting for a command, Alexa on the Fire TV is activated by pressing a microphone key and saying a command. Because the Echo responds to conversational language commands to control lights, play music, time your hard-boiled eggs, tell you the news headlines, report on traffic and weather and much more, many Echo owners (including myself) have anthropomorphized the female voice, referring to our Echo with the pronoun “she.” Alexa has been a hands-free hero that sends info, shopping lists and all commands to an Alexa Amazon app for phones and tablet.Īlthough Alexa is available on the Fire TV, it doesn’t work in the same way nor does it have all of the same capabilities. While it sounds like a person’s name, Alexa is simply the wakeup word for the Amazon Echo connected device that is said before a command (like “Okay Google” or “Hey Siri”). ”Alexa” has been added to the new Fire TV.
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With Mayday a troubled user not only gets help over the phone, the rep will take control of the Fire TV to demonstrate how to use a feature or fix what’s wrong. For those who still need help, Amazon has added its Mayday support that was previously only available on Fire tablets. The video takes users through each of the features and how to use them.
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While I’m thrilled that the new Fire TV can stream 4K, has X-ray movie data and other cool features available in the previous model, it could be better.Īs with the first model, the guided setup is easy and is followed by an animated Welcome video. Yes, this generation has added Alexa, the popular voice control that’s at the heart of the Amazon Echo, but Alexa doesn’t have all the listed capabilities. Speaking of promises, Amazon’s product description of the new Fire TV is filled with claims of features that aren’t actually available on the model yet. While it is one of the best media streamers available, it needs refinement to improve ease of use and to fulfill its promise of global voice search. Amazon did a good job on its first Amazon Fire TV, and the recently released second generation shares many of its attributes while adding 4K streaming.
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