As a part of the brand new Alexa+ expertise Amazon launched on Wednesday, the good assistant will acquire the flexibility to navigate via films on Prime Video in your behalf. Due to integrations between Alexa, Prime Video, and Hearth TV, Alexa+, because the upgraded assistant is named, will be capable of “bounce to a scene” in a film with out you needing to fast-forward via the video.
The corporate demonstrated the brand new characteristic at a press occasion in New York, the place Alexa+ was requested a query a few film the place Bradley Cooper sang a track. After Alexa+ responded that the film was “A Star Is Born,” the consumer might then ask Alexa+ to leap to the scene within the film the place he sings.
Amazon notes you may information Alexa+ to the right scene utilizing particulars just like the actor or character’s title or a quote, amongst different issues.
As well as, Alexa+ gadget homeowners will be capable of ask the assistant concerning the track they heard throughout the credit of a TV present, even when they don’t know the track’s title or the artist, the corporate says.
The characteristic joins a handful of different upgrades that permit Alexa+ to work with different gadgets in shoppers’ good properties, together with instruments to maneuver music between rooms, people who provide summaries of occasions within the good residence (like if the trash was taken out), and different new options that enable you create routines (multi-step automation) by voice.