Alexa on Fire TV provides the most comprehensive voice experience for a seamless streaming experience. With thousands of skills that it comes with, users can also check the weather, control smart home, stream music, etc. with Alexa on Fire TV. In addition, Fire TV users can also control playback and search Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows by using just their voice.
Alongside, Primer Video, now, Fire TV users can access a newly expanded Alexa voice discovery and control for apps on Fire TV. Fire TV users can browse and search content from a wide range of apps such as Netflix, Hotstar, Zee5, Voot, JioCinema, Apple TV+, Sun NXT, MX Player TV, Eros, TVF Play and Viu by using their Alexa voice remote or pairing Fire TV with Echo devices. In addition, users can also ask Alexa to control playback on YouTube, Netflix, and Jio Cinema as well along with Prime Video.
For example, if users ask “Alexa, find comedies”, Alexa will find comedy content from the above-mentioned apps and show search results best matching their request. Users can also use Alexa to play content and control playback within YouTube, Netflix, Jio Cinema and Prime Video apps by saying “Alexa, play Sacred Games on Netflix” or “Alexa, play movie trailers on YouTube” or, “Alexa, forward thirty minutes” or “Alexa, rewind twenty seconds”.
Below are the few voice commands to try on Fire TV Stick or Fire TV Edition TVs:
- “Alexa, pause.”
- “Alexa, restart.”
- “Alexa, play.”
- “Alexa, start over.”
- “Alexa, last episode.”
- “Alexa, next episode.”
- “Alexa, rewind 5 minutes.”
- “Alexa, fast-forward 5 minutes.”
- “Alexa, play cricket highlights on YouTube.”
- “Alexa, play Stranger things on Netflix.”
- “Alexa, play Love Aaj Kal on JioCinema.”
- “Alexa, play Jack Ryan.”