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.

Fire App Builder, a Java-based framework that you can use to build streaming media Android apps for Amazon Fire TV, has a new release that allows you to send recommendations to the Fire TV home screen. Recommendations appear on the “Recommended by Your Apps” row.