AMAZON’s Fire Stick streaming device has a little-known feature to transform the user experience and simplify finding content.
Amazon Fire TV offers users a new type of search experience with its AI-enhanced feature that adds convenience for device owners when it comes to browsing between media.
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Amazon FogoTV introduced a convenient way to search for entertainment content using just your voice for ten years.
The multinational technology company has now redesigned this feature, updating the way it works using the power of AI.
The new AI-powered Fire TV search experience is powered by a large language model (LLM) created by Amazon.
AI-powered Fire TV search is able to understand users making requests using natural language.
LLM allows users to ask the Alexa system that Fire Sticks are equipped for personalized TV show and movie recommendations using just a few words or phrases.
The AI-enhanced search available on Fire Sticks is perfect for anyone who feels like they spend too much time searching and browsing streaming apps to find something to watch.
On average, people sit in front of the television and spend more than 10 minutes looking at their options each time they access their streaming services, according to a study. Nielsen Report 2023.
Recommendations provided by AI-enhanced search are contextual and personalized based on the user.
When you use the feature, it includes options from Prime Video and other streaming subscription libraries.
During the search, it shows recommendations on streaming networks and even lets you know which ones are free for you.
In addition to movie and TV show names, users can use AI-enhanced search, requesting certain themes or genres with a quick, natural phrase.
It works the same way traditional Alexa search on a Fire Stick worked.
All you need to do is hold the ‘Alexa’ summon button while telling the system what you’d like to watch. The key difference is that AI-enhanced search understands users speaking naturally.
In an Amazon video released As an example showing customers how to use AI-enhanced search, a man is shown speaking to his remote to request the media he would like to watch.
What is Alexa?
If you’ve never heard of Alexa, here’s what you need to know…
- Alexa is a “smart” personal assistant developed by Amazon.
- You can find it on a number of different devices, including Amazon’s Echo speakers.
- Alexa responds to voice commands and can respond to you.
- It can perform thousands of different tasks, including telling you about the news or the weather.
- But it can also do more complex things, like ordering a pizza or arranging a taxi pickup on Uber.
- To activate Alexa, you need to say “Alexa” to an Amazon Echo speaker.
- Because it is powered by artificial intelligence, Alexa is increasingly intelligent.
- Alexa will also get more used to your voice and better understand what you want her to do over time.
“Alexa, show me movies about friendships between dogs and humans,” the person asked the device.
Instantly, countless options appeared on his TV screen showing films with plots like the one he requested to see.
The television showed the Fire Stick user films about dog-human friendships, as well as which streaming networks they could access the films on.
If you’re someone with an Alexa device and want to save time completely mashing buttons on a remote, Amazon also offers ways to easily control your TV.
“Just tell your Alexa device what you want to do and Alexa completes the action directly on your Fire TV – no remote control required,” Amazon explained.
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