Rest of the Day: Amazon Adds More Alexa Voice Features to Fire TV
When I watch my favorite shows, I don’t want to talk to anyone – I have to go – but I will make one exception: I will talk to a robot. The Fire TV gets a few more Alexa-assisted voice recognition features to make it easier for you to navigate streaming using just your voice.
- You can control Amazon Video playback, launch apps, search for movie schedule and more just by talking to Alexa . Using voice recognition is definitely convenient in this context without a keyboard, so you can avoid typing on the screen as much as possible. Just you and me, Alexa, watching reruns of Small House Hunters until dawn. [Business Wire]
- Netflix begins broadcasting on television . Netflix has partnered with Univision to air the first season of Narcos ahead of the show’s upcoming second season online premiere. Basically, it’s like a syndication of reruns. It’s a bargain for everyone involved: Univision gets the show for a ” small fee, ” and Netflix is bringing new attention to the show. [Business Insider]
- T-Mobile’s Binge On program just added more streaming services without compromising your data plan . Today, the focus is on videos from Spotify, Google Play Music, NBC, Tidal and others streamed whatever you like. [TechCrunch]
- Google is gradually getting closer to killing Flash . Later this year, Flash will be disabled by default in Chrome, and if a site needs Flash, it will ask if you really want Flash to work. However, some major sites will be whitelisted for the time being as a temporary reprieve until HTML 5 replaces everything . [Venture Beat]
- Remember earlier this year, the mall CEO accidentally announced that Amazon was planning to open more physical stores and then declined to comment? Guess what! Amazon is looking to open more stores , Bezos says. [Business Insider]
- What if, instead of responding to a message with a cute cartoon emoji, you could reply with your real face . Facebook just filed a patent that suggests they want to display your real face when you type 🙂 in a post, using facial recognition to view your tagged photos for an appropriate reaction. 🙁 [ PSFK via The Next Web ]