- Fire TV’s huge makeover comes to the phone app too
- The app turns into a second display screen to management your Fire TV
- Rolling out to everybody in the coming weeks
Amazon‘s Fire TV cell app has simply been upgraded, and it seems prefer it might turn into your go-to remote for all your Fire TV wants, whether or not you may have a Stick or a full Fire TV set.
The app hasn’t simply been given a makeover. It’s been designed as a second display screen for your Fire TV, enabling you to browse for stuff to watch on your phone and handle your watchlist, then play titles on your TV by deciding on them in the app.
You may use your phone as a full remote management, and it looks like it may very well be far more handy than endlessly scrolling utilizing your TV remote, particularly for totally different classes.
It’s additionally been redesigned to match the present, newly updated Fire TV user interface that we noticed Amazon announce final week. And it seems prefer it’ll be arriving quicker than the TV upgrade, particularly for those who’re outdoors the US.
What’s new in Fire TV?
The Fire TV redesign is the most important rework in 5 years, and whereas it is at present US-only and for three Fire TV fashions it will be rolling out to extra units in additional international locations this spring. The redesigned cell app is not rolling out so slowly and it is not restricted to the US: it will be rolling out to all prospects in the subsequent few weeks, beginning as we speak.
Amazon says it is redesigned the Fire TV consumer interface to be “cleaner, faster and better organized” so that you’re going to spend much less time looking out and extra occasions watching: Amazon quotes analysis saying that on common US prospects spend 12 minutes deciding what to watch, and Amazon desires to scale back that.
In addition to the redesigned structure, Amazon’s engineers have additionally made Fire TV quicker: in accordance to the agency “we’re seeing up to 20-30% gains in speed” in some instances.
One of the easiest and only modifications in the new UI is which you could now pin up to 20 apps to your dwelling display screen, up from the present six. And the menu button on your remote delivers quicker entry to video games, artwork & images, and Amazon’s Ambient Experience.
Alexa’s an enormous a part of the new interface too, particularly in its Alexa+ incarnation. That’s free to Prime subscribers and accessible as a separate subscription to non-subscribers. Amazon says you may have the ability to ask Alexa+ for knowledgeable suggestions, for instance telling you about films that share a visible model, and to ask questions as for those who had been speaking to a buddy reasonably than your TV.
The Amazon Fire TV replace is rolling out to US prospects now and extra broadly in the spring.
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