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| 22.05.2024 | Google TV Is Adding a New Remote Finder Feature: Here's How It Works | By John Lopez
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Google TV is reportedly adding a new feature to help users locate their remote control.
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| 06.05.2024 | Google TV ‘Magic Button’ Coming Exclusively to Walmart’s Onn 4K Pro Black Box | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 06 May 2024, 11:05 pm
The rumored Google TV "Magic Button" was leaked and is coming soon. The button is known to be customizable and brings users to whatever shortcut they set it to.
Its first iteration ... |
| 29.04.2024 | Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time | Enlarge
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Roku CEO Anthony Wood disclosed plans to introduce video ads to the Roku OS home screen. The news highlights Roku’s growing focus on advertising and an alarming trend in the streaming industry that sees ads ... |
| 28.02.2024 | Amazon Fire TV software update is disrupting apps | Amazon’s most recent Fire TV software update has reportedly blocked a Fire TV capability that has been present since the original model’s release in 2014. As a result, several popular apps have experienced issues, with users noting disrupti... |
| 27.02.2024 | Amazon bricks long-standing Fire TV apps with latest update | Enlarge / The Fire OS home screen advertising Ford.
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Amazon has issued an update to Fire TV streaming devices and televisions that has broken apps that let users bypass the Fire OS home screen. The tech ... |
| 28.11.2023 | Google Bans ‘Downloader’ Again Following Markscan DMCA Notice | Created by software developer Elias Saba and released on the Amazon Appstore in November 2016, ‘Downloader’ offered two things; an empty URL field and a download button.
Downloader was intentionally basic but as a former Fire TV Product Man... |
| 24.05.2023 | Google удалила приложение Downloader из Google Play по требованию телекомпаний | Магазин Google Play удалил приложение Downloader, сочетающее в себе веб-браузер с файловым менеджером. Причиной стала жалоба нескольких телекомпаний, заявивших, что приложение способно открыть пиратский сайт, что, по их мнению, нарушает Зак... |
| 23.05.2023 | Google Bans ‘Downloader’ App: TV Outfits Claim Browser Violates Injunction | If the best ideas are always the simplest, in 2016 software developer Elias Saba hit the jackpot.
Two years after Amazon launched its first generation Fire TV, there was still no easy way to transfer files to the device. Released on the Ama... |
| 20.02.2023 | Amazon hamstrings free app that makes Fire TV remotes reprogrammable | Enlarge / The Fire TV Stick 4K Max. You're pretty much stuck with those streaming-service buttons on the bottom of the remote.
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| 11.02.2023 | This Week in Apps: AI apps, Bing hits the Top Charts, Google and Mozilla test non-WebKit browsers | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year dropped for t... |
| 15.06.2022 | Amazon revamps Fire TV user interface with new home screen, improved navigation and more | Amazon Fire TV revealed an updated user interface that aims to improve the navigation experience for users. Instead of a text menu item, there will now be an icon-based navigation bar that offers quick access to popular destinations, includ... |
| 21.05.2022 | This Week in Apps: Snapchat policy checkup, more Twitter deal drama, TikTok games | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 26.07.2021 | Amazon Alexa Now Supports Multiple Custom Phrases for Routines | Amazon Alexa has received a crucial update that allows users to add custom phrases for an Alexa routine. It works seamlessly with smart home automation, too, making it a must-have for every Alexa-enabled home.
Simply put, the feature would ... |
| 03.07.2021 | This Week in Apps: iOS 15 public beta arrives, Android App Bundles to replace APKs, app consumer spend hits new record | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 bill... |
| 19.06.2021 | This Week in Apps: Spotify debuts a Clubhouse rival, Facebook tests Audio Rooms in US, Amazon cuts Appstore commissions | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 bill... |
| 26.05.2021 | Roku’s rumored smart home expansion could accelerate smart device interoperability | Roku is apparently considering expanding into the smart home device market, according to a job listing viewed by Protocol. The since-removed listing reportedly sought applicants to help craft Roku’s “home technology product strategy” and de... |
| 08.04.2019 | Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Now Supports Miracast With Latest Software Update | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 08 April 2019, 07:04 am
The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K now supports screen mirroring via Miracast. The company has just rolled out an update to Fire OS that brings the new functionality, which was previously available ... |
| 26.10.2018 | You can now use Alexa to move around inside apps like Netflix and Hulu on Fire TV Cube | Amazon is making it easier to use Alexa to do more than launch apps and streaming services on Fire TV devices, but to also navigate once inside them. The company confirmed it quietly launched an update specifically for Fire TV Cube devices ... |
| 12.06.2018 | Running Kodi on Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick? You're at risk from cryptocurrency mining malware | Amazon’s Fire TV products are very popular with Kodi users, because it’s easy to install the media center software on it, along with any streaming add-ons.
Users of Kodi boxes are used to hearing of potential dangers -- some threats of whic... |
| 12.06.2018 | Android Malware Found Mining Cryptocurrency on Amazon Fire TVs | Amazon’s Fire TV devices are a popular way to watch streaming content on a TV because they support plenty of services and come with a low price tag. However, a new spate of malware infections has the potential to interrupt your viewing as t... |
| 12.06.2018 | Crypto-mining virus invades Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick | Be careful what you side-load on your Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, as there’s a new strain of malware going around that can affect Amazon’s products even though the app isn’t exactly tailored for these devices.
The purpose of the virus... |
| 07.06.2018 | Amazon’s Fire TV Cube is like a Fire TV blended with an Echo Dot | reader comments 63 with 52 posters participating
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The Fire TV Cube is a small Fire TV with an Echo Dot baked into it. It has a shiny black finish around the sides, with a ma... |
| 25.04.2018 | Amazon just quietly confirmed the Fire TV Cube, a next-gen streaming device | Last September, AFTVnews showed off two unreleased Fire TV streaming devices that Amazon had yet to announce. One appeared to dangle from the television by a USB cord, while the other looked like a miniaturized, square-shaped Echo. Amazon w... |
| 25.04.2018 | Amazon Teases ‘Fire TV Cube,’ Will Reportedly Come With Far-Field Microphones Like Echo Devices | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 25 April 2018, 08:04 am
Amazon confirms the so-called Fire TV Cube, but beyond the name, there's practically no other information about it, other than it's going to be part of the Fire TV line of streaming devices.
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| 25.04.2018 | Mysterious Amazon.com page hints at forthcoming Fire TV Cube | Enlarge
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| 24.04.2018 | Hidden Amazon page drops hints about a ‘Fire TV Cube’ | Rumors have been floating around for a few months now of a new device from Amazon that would mash-up the media streaming capabilities of its Fire TV line with the voice assistant abilities of the Echo. After leaked images turned up showing ... |
| 23.03.2018 | Watch Alexa rap with Too Many T’s in this interactive music video | Alexa can already sing and rap, but now she’s the star of a new music video by the English rap duo Too Many T’s. The London-based rappers this week released an interactive video that lets Alexa sing along by triggering with voice commands, ... |
| 17.03.2018 | Amazon Rolls Out Alexa Brief Mode For Echo Owners Who Want Less Words And More Beeps | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 17 March 2018, 07:03 am
Amazon has rolled out a new Alexa feature named Brief Mode, and it is perfect for Echo owners who want the digital assistant to respond with less words and more beeps.
Alexa is a very useful ... |
| 16.03.2018 | Alexa’s new Brief Mode will make your Amazon Echo far less talkative | If you’re tired of Alexa chiming in with a verbal confirmation every time you ask her to do something for you, you’re going to want to check out the new “Brief Mode” that Amazon just rolled out. When you activate Brief Mode from the Setting... |
| 16.03.2018 | Alexa’s new ‘Brief Mode’ replaces verbal confirmations with chimes | Amazon confirmed it’s rolling out an optional “Brief Mode” that lets Alexa users configure their Echo devices to use chimes and sounds for confirmations, instead of having Alexa respond with her voice. For example, if you ask Alexa to turn ... |
| 29.12.2017 | Amazon Fire TV YouTube App No Longer Works Ahead Of Schedule: Users Redirected To Browsers | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 29 December 2017, 07:12 am
The YouTube app is no longer working on the Amazon Fire TV, a few days ahead of Google's planned shutdown of the app on Jan. 1.
As the feud between Google and Amazon takes the next step, F... |
| 28.12.2017 | Amazon updates Fire TV’s YouTube app to redirect users to a web browser instead | The feud between Amazon and Google continues today with the early removal of YouTube from the Fire TV – a move Google had said wouldn’t take place until January 1, 2018. But as a number of Fire TV owners have now noticed, launching the YouT... |
| 29.11.2017 | Amazon adds its Silk web browser to Fire TV | With little fanfare, Amazon launched its Silk web browser for Fire TV, allowing users with Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire TV Edition televisions to surf the web from their big screen. The app offers several standard web browser features, ... |
| 30.10.2017 | Following exec shakeup, Amazon Studios announces expansion plans | Amazon today announced plans to expand its TV and movie division, Amazon Studios, which includes relocating to a new location in Culver City, California. The physical move coincides with Amazon’s plans to increase hiring across new roles in... |
| 01.10.2017 | Amazon Echo owners can now make free phone calls in US, Mexico and Canada | Amazon has been gradually expanding its range of Echo devices, and it has been possible to make free calls between Alexa-enabled devices for a few months -- now Amazon is extending the free calling capability even further.
Owners of any Ama... |
| 11.09.2017 | Two New Amazon Fire TV Models Leaked: One Of Them Works Like An Echo Dot | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 11 September 2017, 09:09 pm
There are two new Amazon Fire TV models planned to be released this year, which would mark the first time in a couple of years that Amazon will update its Fire TV hardware.
The first mode... |
| 11.09.2017 | Two new Amazon Fire TV models just leaked, and one doubles as an Echo | Amazon is working on two new Fire TV models, both of which are set to be released this year, says a report from AFTVnews. The report claims that the first of Amazon’s new Fire TV streaming devices will be a dongle that hangs off of the side... |
| 11.09.2017 | Amazon’s New Fire TV Will Double as Echo Speaker | Amazon’s New Fire TV Will Double as Echo Speaker
Ava Mutchler on September 11, 2017 at 3:54 pm
Today AFTVnews confirmed that Amazon is working on two new Fire TV models. The first one hangs off your television’s HDMI cord, similar to Google... |
| 16.08.2017 | Roku cracks down on private channels | Roku has begun to crack down more on private channels – a feature originally intended to allow developers to test their channels ahead of submission to Roku’s channel store, but which soon became a means for channels streaming pirated conte... |
| 19.07.2017 | Amazon’s push into social may set it on a collision course with Facebook | After years of indifference toward social networks, Amazon is suddenly getting very social this year. Spark, the company’s social shopping feature introduced this week, is the clearest sign of that trend so far, but Amazon has given other h... |
| 19.07.2017 | Amazon’s push into social may set it on a collision course with Facebook | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
After years of indifference toward social networks, Amazon is suddenly getting very social this year. Spark, the company’s social shopp... |
| 17.07.2017 | Does the world need a new messaging app? Amazon seems to think so | It’s not as if the tech world needs another messaging app, but that apparently won’t stop Amazon from throwing their hat into the ring. According to a new report from AFTVnews, Amazon has been busy working on a new messaging service dubbed ... |
| 17.07.2017 | Will Amazon’s all-in-one messaging app topple WhatsApp and Messenger? | What if I tell you that you don’t need your friend’s number to chat with him, his name is enough to start a conversation. And while talking, you can also perform multi-task like listen to music, order food, play games and pay the bill direc... |
| 17.07.2017 | Amazon Anytime Could Be The New Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp Competitor | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 17 July 2017, 12:07 am
The leading online retail company might take on Facebook's WhatsApp with its own messaging app. Amazon is allegedly working on a new messaging platform called Anytime, with reports suggesting ... |
| 16.07.2017 | Do we really need yet another messaging app? Amazon seems to think so... | While certain corners of the software arena have been, well, cornered by a single big name, there are others in which there is choice aplenty. Case in point -- messaging tools.
The number of messaging tools vying for attention is nothing sh... |
| 16.07.2017 | Amazon работает над созданием собственного мессенджера | Amazon выпустит собственный мессенджер Anytime. Об этом сообщает телеканал AFTVnews.
Источники сообщили телеканалу, что клиентам компании предлагают пройти опрос о сервисе обмена сообщениями. Один из собеседников AFTVnews утверждает, что ме... |
| 14.07.2017 | Is Amazon working on a new messaging app called Anytime? | Messaging apps today are one of the most popular ways consumers communicate today, not just with each other but, increasingly, with businesses and services. Now there are signs that we could see another big player enter the messaging fray, ... |
| 05.06.2017 | Amazon brings its big-screen shopping app to Fire TV | In December, Amazon introduced a way to shop its site from the Apple TV through a dedicated app designed for tvOS. That same app, which lets you search and browse Amazon products and make purchases using your remote, has now officially laun... |
| 09.05.2017 | Amazon Echo Show with touchscreen to launch today for $229.99 | After cutting its teeth as an online bookseller, Amazon has quietly become one of a small handful of trendsetters in the consumer electronics business. The company’s Kindle eBook readers led to a boom in the eReader market, and then Amazon ... |
| 08.05.2017 | The Amazon Echo with Touchscreen and Calling Feature May Be Announced Tuesday | The Amazon Echo with Touchscreen and Calling Feature May Be Announced Tuesday
Bret Kinsella on May 8, 2017 at 9:10 pm
Update May 9: AFTV News is reporting that the device will be called the Amazon Echo Show, will be available today for pre-... |
| 06.05.2017 | Here's The First Look At The Amazon Echo With Touch Screen: Amazon To Officially Unveil Device This Month | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 06 May 2017, 09:05 am
Amazon could soon launch a new version of the Amazon Echo that will come with both a built-in camera and a touch screen, following up on the recently announced Amazon Echo Look.
Images of the n... |
| 05.05.2017 | This could be Amazon’s Echo with a built-in display | Rumor has it that Amazon has been working on an Echo device with a touchscreen for a while. AFTVnews spotted an image on Amazon’s own servers. And it looks like a device we’ve never seen before.
As you can see, this isn’t exactly the best i... |
| 05.05.2017 | Amazon Echo touchscreen device shown for the first time in new leak | When Amazon launched the Echo back in 2015, it immediately shot to the top of charts. Two years later, Google has released its own competitor and Apple is rumored to introduce a smart speaker as soon as this year, but a new leak suggests th... |
| 05.05.2017 | This is Amazon’s purported touchscreen Echo | Photos obtained by VentureBeat reporter Evan Blass indicate that Amazon appears to be working on an Alexa-enabled device with a touchscreen and front-facing camera.
Signals of a touchscreen Echo have trickled out in recent days. Today AFTV ... |
| 05.05.2017 | Amazon Fire TV code hints at plans for single sign-on support | Alongside the rollout of its TV app last year, Apple introduced support for single sign-on in iOS and Apple TV, which allows you to enter TV provider’s credentials just once in the Settings so that you can watch streaming TV across a number... |
| 03.03.2017 | Amazon Could Be Working On An Alexa Home Security Camera | Anne Baker, Tech Times 03 March 2017, 12:03 am
Amazon's virtual voice assistant Alexa has already become everyone's favorite. The AI assistant, which comes along with Amazon Echo and Echo Dot, has dominated sales in 2016 and emerged a winne... |
| 07.10.2016 | Amazon Rumored To Launch Echo Music Streaming Service Soon, Spotify Competitor In 2017 | Chris Loterina, Tech Times 07 October 2016, 10:10 am
In what appears to be a bid to further ensure that its customers are thoroughly invested into its ecosystem, Amazon is rumored to be building a new music streaming service slated for next... |
| 05.02.2016 | Original Amazon Fire TV Gets Alexa Virtual Assistant With New Fire OS 5.0.5 Update | Kyle Nofuente, Tech Times 05 February 2016, 04:02 am
Amazon's personal digital assistant, Alexa, is coming to more devices in an over-the-air update.
Owners of the original Fire TV will soon be able to talk to Alexa to ask about the weather... |
| 24.10.2015 | Amazon scrambles to fix glitchy Fire TV ahead of holidays | More On: amazon
Wildly popular former punter in discussions with Amazon for 'Thursday Night Football' Austin Whole Foods unveils pay-by-palm service for grocery shoppers Ben Affleck, Matt Damon reuniting for biopic based on Nike exec Sonny ... |
| 06.10.2015 | Roku Unveils Its 4K Streamer, The Roku 4, Plus New Software, Discovery Features, And Upgraded Mobile App | In what’s been the worst-kept secret thanks to a number of leaks, including photographs of the new player, streaming media device maker Roku is at last officially announcing the launch of its latest product, the Roku 4. The updated hardware... |
| 12.09.2015 | FCC Listing Tips Next Amazon Fire TV With MicroSD Slot And More | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 12 September 2015, 07:09 am
An FCC listing provides some intriguing details of what appears to be the next Amazon Fire TV (or Stick?) with microSD and other treats.
Amazon is widely expected to update at least ... |
| 04.08.2015 | Why can't Amazon Echo handle this seemingly basic feature? | Since receiving Amazon Echo, Alexa, the name Amazon gives these devices, and I have grown to know one another. We mostly get along, but occasionally argue. It (she?) has learned my habits, but began playing the news the other night while I ... |
| 16.06.2015 | Amazon Bans Kodi/XBMC App Over Piracy Concerns | Taking “infringing” apps out of popular app stores is one of Hollywood’s key anti-piracy priorities for the years to come.
Various entertainment industry groups frequently report “piracy-enabling” apps to Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon... |
| 27.02.2015 | Vimeo Finally Adds Chromecast Support Via Its iOS App | Streaming video service Vimeo now works with Chromecast, the company announced this morning, making it one of the more high-profile services to support Google’s dongle-based media player which plugs into your TV’s HDMI port and allows you t... |
| 05.12.2014 | Amazon starts bricking hacked Fire TVs in latest firmware update | You may want to think twice before hacking your Fire TV set-top box to get around its limitations.
In the latest firmware update for Fire TV, Amazon has added a mechanism that determines whether you’ve rooted (aka hacked) the device, and if... |
| 05.12.2014 | Amazon starts bricking hacked Fire TVs in latest firmware update | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
You may want to think twice before hacking your Fire TV set-top box to get around its limitations.
In the latest firmware update for Fi... |
| 05.12.2014 | Amazon Fire TV Firmware Update Bricks Rooted Devices, Prevents Rollback To Previous Firmware Versions | You can buy it but you can’t own it. Digital goods remind us of this fact all the time. But physical goods? Those should be ours. But somehow, they often aren’t, especially if the company behind the product is trying oh so hard to lock cust... |
| - | Alexa’s new Brief Mode will make your Amazon Echo far less talkative | If you’re tired of Alexa chiming in with a verbal confirmation every time you ask her to do something for you, you’re going to want to check out the new “Brief Mode” that Amazon just rolled out. When you activate Brief Mode from the Setting... |
| - | Crypto-mining virus invades Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick | Be careful what you side-load on your Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, as there’s a new strain of malware going around that can affect Amazon’s products even though the app isn’t exactly tailored for these devices.
The purpose of the virus... |
| - | Amazon just quietly confirmed the Fire TV Cube, a next-gen streaming device | Last September, AFTVnews showed off two unreleased Fire TV streaming devices that Amazon had yet to announce. One appeared to dangle from the television by a USB cord, while the other looked like a miniaturized, square-shaped Echo. Amazon w... |
| - | Amazon Echo Show with touchscreen to launch today for $229.99 | After cutting its teeth as an online bookseller, Amazon has quietly become one of a small handful of trendsetters in the consumer electronics business. The company’s Kindle eBook readers led to a boom in the eReader market, and then Amazon ... |
| - | Amazon Echo touchscreen device shown for the first time in new leak | When Amazon launched the Echo back in 2015, it immediately shot to the top of charts. Two years later, Google has released its own competitor and Apple is rumored to introduce a smart speaker as soon as this year, but a new leak suggests th... |
| - | Two new Amazon Fire TV models just leaked, and one doubles as an Echo | Amazon is working on two new Fire TV models, both of which are set to be released this year, says a report from AFTVnews. The report claims that the first of Amazon’s new Fire TV streaming devices will be a dongle that hangs off of the side... |
| - | Does the world need a new messaging app? Amazon seems to think so | It’s not as if the tech world needs another messaging app, but that apparently won’t stop Amazon from throwing their hat into the ring. According to a new report from AFTVnews, Amazon has been busy working on a new messaging service dubbed ... |
