Alexa Plus is coming to a bunch of Amazon’s new and current Fire TV hardware. Just like before, you can summon the new, improved version of Alexa with your voice, but it’s designed to be much more helpful and better at fetching context-sensitive information about things happening onscreen that you might normally reach for your phone to find.
The company shared some ways in which Alexa Plus supercharges its X-Ray feature that tells you more about the content you’re watching on Prime Video. It can tell you about an actor’s background, tell you where a TV series was filmed, or school you on related trivia, all while you’re watching along. One of its coolest features is its ability to search for specific scenes in movies or TV shows within Prime Video, jumping right into the action.
The smart assistant also supports Netflix, HBO Max, and other services, although Amazon hasn’t shared how deep Alexa Plus’ integration is in those apps. Alexa Plus can also help you jump into live sporting events on Prime Video, Sling TV, DirecTV, and Fubo, and it can share scores, and player stats based on the event that you’re watching.
Alexa Plus is supported on the company’s new Fire TV 2- and 4-series, as well as its new QLED model. It’s also coming to the new Fire TV Stick 4K Select. It shared that it’ll also be supported by “additional select Fire TV devices, including Panasonic and Hisense models.” We’ll add specific models once Amazon confirms those that will support Alexa Plus
