Amazon’s revamped Alexa Relate Some distance-off for Fire TV adds shortcuts to Netflix, Disney+

Are in search of to launch streaming Stranger Issues, WandaVision, Bosch, or The Flight Attendant for your Fire TV instrument with out digging by a bunch of menus? If so, the redesigned Alexa Relate Some distance-off would be calling your title.

As a result of intention April 14 for $30, the unique Alexa-enabled distant (first noticed by Protocol’s Janko Roettgers) looks roughly the same because the older model that ships with diversified Fire TV sticks, avid gamers, and units. A circular navigation pad lets you browse and intention shut out items on the Fire TV interface, whereas Residence, Back, Menu, and playback controls take a seat at once below. The rocker on the two x AAA battery-powered distant allow you to alter the amount on most HDMI-CEC-connected TVs, AV receivers, and soundbars.

What sets the unique distant other than its predecessor, on the change hand, are the telltale shortcut buttons stamped with the trademarks of 4 familiar video streaming companies and products: Amazon Top Video, Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu.

Elegant faucet one of the buttons to bounce at once to your carrier, that technique no possess to hunt by menu shows or otherwise raze time higher spent looking at Fleabag.

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Finally, the direct with the prominently marked shortcut buttons is that you simply may possibly well perchance possibly’t reprogram them. That stated, I do know on the least one technophobe (hello, Bubbe) who would be more at possibility of streaming if her distant had a enormous “Netflix” button on it.

Moreover the streaming shortcut buttons, the unique Alexa Relate Some distance-off has a redesigned Alexa button that’s now blue and marked with the Alexa impress (the archaic button had a straightforward microphone icon).

Lastly, a novel Recordsdata button jumps you at once to channel and program listings for are residing TV companies and products, equivalent to Sling, Philo, and Pluto TV.

Finally, $30 for the revamped Alexa Relate Some distance-off is dear given that you simply may possibly well perchance possibly snap up a Fire TV Stick Lite with the archaic distant for the same label. That stated, this is Amazon we’re speaking about, so the distant will possibly be taught about steep discounts within the weeks and months ahead. We also imagine that the unique distant will launch transport with present and/or upcoming Fire TV avid gamers and Fire TV Version orderly TVs, though we haven’t heard the rest concrete.

The unique Alexa Relate Some distance-off is appropriate with the Fire TV Stick Lite, Fire TV Stick (2nd-gen and later), Fire TV Stick 4K, Fire TV Dice (1st-gen and later), and Fire TV (third-gen, with the “pendant” win). It’s no longer appropriate with 1st- and 2nd-gen Fire TV units, the first-gen Fire TV Stick, or latest Fire TV Version orderly TVs.

Ben has been writing about expertise and user electronics for more than 20 years. A PCWorld contributor since 2014, Ben joined TechHive in 2019, where he covers orderly home and home entertainment merchandise.