Amazon Fire TV’s voice search gets new partners

Amazon this week 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, VP, 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 team is already working hard to make Fire TV even better, according to the company. Voice search, for example, is expanding. Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime Anytime will be integrating voice search for their full catalogs starting this summer. There’s also what the company describes as “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.