In the near future, Amazon will also be adding the capability for Fire
TV device owners to view footage of their smart home cameras through Alexa's voice commands, with compatibility for a variety of different smart home cameras like those from Ring, August, Logitech and more, though Amazon doesn't mention a specific date for the launch of this particular feature.
Not exact matches
According to Nielsen, more than 85 % of both tablet and smartphone
owners use their
devices while watching
TV.
After mulling the bids, the
owners decided to put more money into Hulu to grow a business that attracts customers who watch
TV shows and movies increasingly through Internet - connected televisions and mobile
devices.
Genesis car
owners need an Amazon
device at home with a built - in Alexa service such as the Amazon Echo, its portable bluetooth speaker the Amazon Tap and Amazon Fire
TV.
After mulling the bids, the
owners decided to put more money in to Hulu to expand a business that attracts customers who watch
TV shows and movies increasingly through Internet - connected televisions and mobile
devices.
The Star Wars themed set will be available to Disney Infinity 3.0
owners for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, mobile
devices, Apple
TV, and PC on December 18, coinciding with the release of The Force Awakens.
Hyundai's Genesis brand has paired with Amazon to allow G80 and G90
owners to control their cars via their Amazon Echo, Tap, Echo Dot, or Fire
TV devices.
«
Device owners also seem to engage with content related to the
TV as well, either by looking up information related to the show or looking for deals and general information on products advertised on
TV,» mentioned Neilsen in the report.
In the U.S., 86 percent of smartphone
owners said they used their
device while watching
TV at least once during a 30 - day period.
«It can be profitable to sell a consumer a
TV set or e-reader, but far more profitable to have that
device owner come back and use your storefront as a content hub.»
Jeff Orr, Research Director at ABI Research stated «Unlike other tablet manufacturers, Amazon views hardware as a commodity and emphasizes focus on its recurring digital content revenue stream, generated from selling digital books, music,
TV, and video programming to
owners of its
devices.
Only 14 % of e-reader
owners said they watched
TV while using the
device.
«
Device owners in the U.K. logged heavy usage for tablets (80 %) and smart phones (78),» a Nielsen blog announcing the results noted, while Italians and Germans were least likely, with 29 % in both countries reporting that they never used a tablet while watching
TV.
About 53 % of iPad
owners and other tablet users watch video or
TV content on their
device at least once per month, compared with just 20 % of the smartphone audience, according to a new study by research firm comScore.
Overall, about 41 % of tablet
owners and 38 % of smart phone
owners uses those
devices at least once a day while watching
TV.
- 20.2 percent of game console
owners purchase
TV shows and movies on a monthly basi - this is up 1.5 percent from a year ago and up 4.1 percent over two years - 16.2 percent of respondents who own a game console purchase about one to three videos per month - 14.2 percent of respondents access their pay -
TV provider's app on their gaming
device, down 1.9 percent - 48 percent of respondents owned a game console in the third quarter of 2015, up 3.4 percent over two years
Remote Play allows PS Vita
owners to play their PS4 games on the handheld rather than on the
TV when both
devices are connected to the same Wi - Fi network.
The Joy - Con wireless controllers also seem to be prone to interference, with Nintendo advising
owners to keep the console away from nearby
TVs, wireless
devices, microwave ovens, and, rather oddly, aquariums.
Both browsers are available on every Fire
TV device in all countries they are sold in starting today — just in time too, since the browsers help
owners get around Google's YouTube block.
YouTube is a cornerstone of any living room streaming
device, and for Google to suddenly decide to strip it from millions of existing Fire
TV owners — assuming no agreement is reached by January 1st — is shameful.
30 percent of smart speaker
owner said the
device is replacing time spent with
TV.
Several months later, in March, Sling
TV began selling the «First Look» version of Cloud DVR to Amazon
device owners.
Live smart home camera feeds also become available today for Alexa
devices owners with Fire
TV and Echo Show in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.
Appliance
owners can speak with Geneva through any Alexa - enabled
devices, like the Amazon Echo, Amazon Tap, and Amazon Fire
TV.
The new skill lets
owners of the multitude of Alexa - powered
devices like the Amazon Echo, Amazon Tap, Echo Show and more adjust the volume, change the channel, change inputs, and even turn their Vizio SmartCast
TV on or off using only their voice.
Starting today, all of Netgear's existing Arlo Baby smart monitoring cameras are compatible with Apple HomeKit following the release of a HomeKit update for the Arlo app.To connect the Arlo Baby camera to a HomeKit setup, Arlo Baby
owners will need to download the update and then toggle on the HomeKit option in the Settings section of the Arlo app.With HomeKit compatibility, Arlo Baby cameras can be viewed in the Home app on iOS
devices right alongside other HomeKit - compatible cameras.Using the Home app, parents can also view a live stream, access two - way audio controls, view the most recent screenshot recorded by the Arlo Baby, open up the camera live stream via Siri, and access live video remotely with an iPad, Apple
TV, or HomePod as a home hub.Netgear first announced
With it,
owners will be able to cast content from their mobile
device to their
TV without a separate casting dongle.
Attention Fire
TV owners: YouTube might soon disappear from your Amazon streaming
device.
Owners would be able to connect their Apple ID to the Apple
TV to create their profile using an iOS
device, an anonymous source told The Verifier.
If you own a NVIDIA Shield
TV, be on the lookout for an OTA update coming soon to your
device, bringing Google Assistant support and the features listed above
Owners of other Android
TV devices, like Sony Bravia
TVs, will need to wait for an official timeline or announcement from their manufacturer.
A
TV owner would have to use a remote - control app on his or her phone and then open a malicious website on the same
device, which would authorize others to control the television.
Amazon has opened up web browsing to Fire
TV users.The online retailer announced that, starting 20 December, all
owners of the Amazon Fire
TV and Fire
TV Stick will be able to browse the web on those
devices via Amazon's Silk browser or Mozilla's Firefox... Read more
Fire
TV owners who still have the old version of the YouTube app, which still works, may disable the automatic app updates option under the
device's Settings.
Plex Live
TV enables users to record shows, movies, and sports and watch Live
TV and now Android
owners can enjoy direct from their
devices.
HomeKit will make it easier to control the smart products within
owners» homes, and the Apple
TV will work as a sort of central hub to make communication between iOS
devices and those smart products even easier.
Owners of Android
TVs should know that for the sync between the two
devices to work, they should have the latest variant of the Netflix Android app.
With this support, Fire
TV owners can ask Alexa to do things on their behalf, no Echo
device necessary.
This includes
owners of the Nexus Player which is currently the only Android
TV device that you can install Android O on.
According to the documents, the CIA takes advantage of dozens of dangerous software vulnerabilities in Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, smart
TVs, Wi - Fi routers and more, and exploits them in order to spy on
device owners.
An update to Google's Chromecast has been announced at Google I / O, bringing screen mirroring to Android
devices as well as a Backdrop mode.Android mobile and tablet
owners will now be able to mirror live to their
TV with a connected Chromecast.
We are big fans of the Fanband app for Windows Phone, which allows
owners of the Microsoft Band fitness
device to customize its wallpaper to show their support for their favorite sports team,
TV show, video game and more.
The reasonably priced
devices allow
owners to stream various contents directly to their
TV sets through an HDMI connection.
Bonus if you are a 3rd or 4th generation Apple
TV owner who stores
device settings in the cloud: Your
TV OS layout will automatically be synced so your new streamer will look almost exactly like your old one — only better.
Arguably the most popular set - top - box on the market, Roku, still isn't supported by the platform, making it an unattractive option for
device owners who have things like Sling
TV, PlayStation Vue, and DirecTV NOW to choose from.
However, if you are the
owner of the Xiaomi Mi Box, which in reality is one of the newer Android
TV devices to become available, then it seems you are likely to still be running Android 6.0 (Marshmallow).
There's almost no refuting it: Chromecast Ultra offers one of the best values for streaming video
devices for 4K
TV owners.
There's not as much benefit for the 1080p crowd, but for 4K
TV owners, it's hard to find a
device that offers as much as Chromecast Ultra for such a low price.
There's not as much benefit for the 1080p crowd, but for 4K
TV owners, it's hard to find a
device that offers as much as Chromecast Ultra for the price.
There's already a long list of
devices that support Amazon Instant video, including Xbox 360, PS3, and many
TVs, so LG Google
TV owners will definitely be pleased.
If you're both a Comcast Xfinity
TV subscriber and an
owner of one or more Roku
devices, you'll soon be able to use one less remote.