Amazon’s new Fire TV Blaster works with Echo to control your TV, soundbar, cable box and more

Amazon’s new Fire TV Blaster works with Echo to control your TV, soundbar, cable box and more

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/19/amazons-new-fire-tv-blaster-works-with-echo-to-control-your-tv-soundbar-cable-box-and-more/

Amazon already offers Alexa voice control to TV owners through its Fire TV devices, by way of a voice remote or by pairing an Echo device with a Fire TV, for hands-free voice commands. Now, it’s introducing a new device, the Fire TV Blaster, which extends that same hands-free voice control to your TV itself and other TV devices — like your soundbar, cable box, or A/V Receiver.

That means you’ll be able to say things like “Alexa, turn off the TV,” or “Alexa, switch to HDMI 1 on TV.” You can also control the volume and the playback.