Amazon Fire TV’s voice search is one of its best features, but at launch it only played nice with Am

Amazon Fire TV ‘s voice search is one of its best features, but at launch it only played nice with Amazon stuff. That’s about to change—last week it got support for Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime, and later this year Fire TV is going to work with Netflix, says CEO Reed Hastings.

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Netflix voice search for Amazon Fire TV “later this year”

Netflix will enable voice search on Amazon’s Fire TV later this year if all goes to plan, the company has quietly confirmed today. Revealed as part of the firm’s financial … Continue reading

AllCast Receiver App for Amazon Fire TV is now available

Koushik Dutta has added Amazon Fire TV support to his AllCast, a popular app that lets you mirror your Android screen or streams content from Android devices to your TV. … Continue reading

Amazon Fire TV adding Hulu Plus, Crackle and Showtime voice search

Amazon has announced an update for Fire TV, with voice search support incoming for Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime Anytime, as well as a fresh batch of games, Amazon MP3 … Continue reading

Amazon Fire TV sold out: low supply, high demand, or both

It would appear that the biggest competitor to Google’s Chromecast has “pulled a Chromecast” and sold out no more than a week after being put on sale. Here we’re seeing … Continue reading

Amazon reveals new Instant Video pilots for 2014

After the launch of the Fire TV, Amazon is ramping up on its content drive with two new pilots, including a dramatic comedy The Cosmopolitans, and a drama called Hand … Continue reading

I bought the Amazon Fire TV, and I love it

I’m a weak person. I know it. Every time a new gadget comes out, I find a way to justify buying it and I do just that – without even … Continue reading

Amazon Fire TV Review

Does the world need another streaming box? Amazon Fire TV argues “yes” and says speed, voice search that actually works, and proper gaming set it apart from the Apple TV, … Continue reading

Amazon Fire TV Review: A Fast Ride That’ll Cost You

Amazon Fire TV Review: A Fast Ride That'll Cost You

Take your pick of streaming devices —there are already plenty out there. Amazon says its new Fire TV can best every Roku, Chromecast, and Apple TV in the land on speed, ease of use, and a treasure box of extras. In most cases, Fire TV delivers on those promises. But it comes at a price.

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Fire TV teardown reveals potent guts and secret RFID

Amazon’s Fire TV surprised some with quite how much power the retailer had packed inside its set-top streamer, but it turns out a quadcore processor isn’t the only unusual component … Continue reading