Amazon Echo is used by many people as a hands-free voice assistant in the kitchen, thanks to its support for Alexa. And now, Amazon has brought this feature to the new Fire TV. You can press the voice button on the remote control to ask questions. Alexa will answer this question for you through this set-top box.
In addition to playing music and e-books, you can use Fire TV's remote control to ask around the world for time, sports scores, tomorrow's weather, or order items on Amazon. In the past few months, these features have been gradually owned by Echo, including control of smart homes. And now, for the first time, they came to Fire TV.
Like Echo, Fire TV can now control your home's smart home devices, including Philips Hue, Wink, or SmartThings. In addition, they also support IFTTT services to achieve more functional combinations, such as enabling the SmartThings hub to detect when you get home and turn on the lights.
It is reported that Alexa can support Fire TV 5 version of Fire TV set-top boxes, and Fire TV Stick version of the Fire TV Stick 5.0.3. With the opening of the SDK, developers can now integrate support for Alexa for their own devices and applications.