Amazon Fire TV s Voice Search Gets New Partners

Amazon Fire TV's Voice Search Gets New Partners

Hulu Plus, Crackle, and SHOWTIME ANYTIME enabling unified voice search starting this summer

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 17, 2014-- (NASDAQ: AMZN)-Amazon today announced that Hulu Plus, Crackle, and SHOWTIME ANYTIME are joining VEVO in integrating their full catalogs into Fire TV's unified voice search.

We're excited and energized by the momentum we're seeing with Fire TV, said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Devices. Customers are telling us they love it, developers are building for it, and we're working hard to expand existing features and build new ones. We're thrilled to have Hulu Plus, Crackle, and SHOWTIME integrating their full selection of movies and TV shows into Fire TV's unified voice search.

The reviews are in:

Fire TV's impressive evolution of the TV-watching experience is a remote control that lets you quickly search a world of Internet video, game and app content with only your voice. - Wall Street Journal

The responsiveness of the box, the voice search, and the no-wait streaming are the best you'll find out there. - GeekWire

After playing with Amazons smart interface, competitors are going to need to catch up. - USA Today

What sets Fire TV furthest apart from competing devices is its voice search. - Associated Press

Fire TVs quad-core processor makes for browsing at breakneck speeds. Load times? Haha, what load time? - Gizmodo

Amazon did a terrific job with the design of the Fire TV. - Mashable

I can say this: gaming on the Fire TV is very real, and bears some serious watching. - CNet

The impressive nature of the fluid control was most notable when typing in account information and passwords, and the nearly instantaneous loading of videos and movies from Amazon Prime and Instant Video. - Consumer Reports

Voice search is never not amazing. You almost dare it to mess up, trying the most complicated names you can think of. - Gizmodo

it's easy to see why the Fire TV replaces the Roku 3 as my set top box recommendation. - The Verge

Boot-up is a matter of seconds, and content starts playing from Amazon Instant Video within a scant moment of hitting the play button. - SlashGear

Dont underestimate Amazons inclusion of gaming on Fire TV. Its the real deal. - The Street

The most exciting thing was watching it play a video. And thats not because is spit out beautiful 1080p content (which it did). Its because the device didnt even take a breath before launching into our selection. When Peter Larsen showed off how quickly its ASAP technology allowed the Fire TV to start playing a video on stage we were impressed but skeptical. After spending some time with the Fire TV we feel obligated to apologize for our skepticism. - Engadget

The ASAP video feature really works. - TIME

it might be the best voice search utility Ive ever used - even better than Google Now on Android. - The Verge

I've owned high-end Rokus, a Samsung SmartTV, and an Apple TV and have never seen a media streaming player move so quickly. - TechCrunch

Here's what customers are saying:

This box is a GAME CHANGER for on demand content! Amazon knocked it out of the park. -William H.

Accurate voice search - This one surprised me, It actually worked - Amadeus K.

This thing is fast fast fast. Moving through the UI is instant, effortless, fluid, intuitive and pretty. - Chris T.

The unit handles everything thrown at it and games like Asphalt arent all that far off from console arcade style racers. - Mike

Wow, I love this thing. Having used a few generations of Roku, 2 Apple TVs and other solutions...I was always left wanting. When Id first heard rumors of Amazon doing a set top box I got excited, when I saw it was available for sale it took me all of 3 seconds to go yup Im going to order and pay for local delivery' - Ryan M.

As with all Amazon products, the team is already working hard to make Fire TV even better:

Voice search is expanding-Hulu Plus, Crackle, and SHOWTIME ANYTIME will be integrating voice search for their full catalogs starting this summer.

Selection keeps growing-There's a big pipeline of great developers working to make their services and games available for Fire TV. New selection is coming from developers like Telltale Games, Halfbrick, Pixowl, Disney Interactive, Minority Media, Paradox Interactive, Gaiam, AllRecipes, and Twitch.

New features are also already in the works for Fire TV, including:

New Prime browse will make it even easier to discover movies and TV shows that are included in Prime Instant Video.

Amazon FreeTime and Amazon MP3 integration coming as part of a free, over-the-air software update.

More Games coming soon. In addition to the over one hundred games available on Fire TV, you will be able to play touch-enabled games with the upcoming Fire TV app for your phone or tablet.

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enab

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