In this post, I’ll share the nuances of handling near-field voice control, which uses the microphone button on the remote, and far-field voice control, which uses an Alexa-enabled device linked to a Fire TV.

2018年10月、人気のFire TV StickよりさらにパワフルになったFire TV Stick 4Kと新型のAlexa対応音声認識リモコンが発表されました。米国、カナダ、英国、ドイツ、インド、日本のお客様にご利用いただけます。

第２世代のFire TV Stickよりも80%以上もパワフルなFire TV Stick 4Kは、新しい1.7 GHzのクアッドコアプロセッサーを搭載し、高速なストリーミング体験、ロード時間の短縮、鮮明な色相とくっきりとしたコントラストの映像美を楽しめます。

takt1 likes to describe itself as the "Netflix for Classical Music." Recently, they brought their service to the big screen with Amazon Fire TV. Why was Fire TV their first choice? Find out their reasons and more in this edition of Dev Chat.

With proxy support on Fire TV and using a popular proxy tool such as Charles Proxy, you can set up your Fire TV environment to view SSL/HTTPS traffic in plain text.

Learn how to enable in-app voice control by integrating the Android Media Session API. 

Today, we are excited to announce two TVs, Fire TV Edition - Toshiba 4K (2018) and Fire TV Edition - Toshiba HD (2018), will be available for pre-order in Canada, exclusively at Best Buy retail locations and online at BestBuy.com.

Today, we're excited to announce the Fire TV Stick 4K, the most powerful streaming media stick available, plus an all-new Alexa Voice Remote, are available together for customers in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, India, and Japan.

The experience on Fire TV requires you to think about designing for the 10-foot experience as well as taking into account different control interfaces, like a remote and voice capabilities.

We're excited to announce three new Smart TVs: the Fire TV Edition - Toshiba HD (2018), the Fire TV Edition - Insignia 4K (2018), and the the Fire TV Edition - Insignia HD (2018).

In the 1.0.7 release of Fire App Builder, we added a new feature that has become more relevant given the release of Fire TV Cube: voice interactivity with the media transport controls. Media transport controls refer to the play, pause, rewind, and fast-forward actions with your media player.

Designing for the 10-foot experience does require that developers understand the capabilities (and limitations) of TV hardware, and to reconsider how they present information and handle user input. There are a few key design principles that apply.

For developers, this new smart TV adds yet another way to reach potential customers. When you publish on the Amazon Appstore and target Fire TV, your apps and games will be available on the Toshiba 4K Ultra HD - Fire TV Edition out of the box.

Check your doorsteps, Amazon Fire TV Cube is now shipping to customers in the United States. The hands-free 4K Ultra HD streaming media player with Alexa is available for $119.99 and ships with an IR extender cable and Ethernet.

This is a guest post by Ling Shi, principal software development lead at Hulu, originally published on the Hulu Tech Blog. 

Today, we are excited to introduce Amazon Fire TV Cube, a hands-free 4K Ultra HD streaming media player with Alexa, allowing you to control your TV from across the room.