AFTVnewscast 58: Big Music Changes for the Fire TV & Amazon

In this episode, I give a full overview of the new mAmazon music app for the Fire TV. Then I talk about Amazon Music Unlimited, the new music streaming service coming in the next few weeks. I then go over all the streaming news and devices coming out of Google’s big announcement this week. The episode concludes with a Q&A session where I answer questions from the audience.

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Hosted by Elias Saba from AFTVnews.com

Recorded October 7th 2016

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Show Notes & Links:

New standalone Amazon Music app arrives on the Fire TV ahead of UI refresh

New Fire TV music app can access entire Prime Music library

Exclusive: Amazon’s music subscription service will be called Amazon Music Unlimited

Amazon Music Unlimited will be $9.99 per month / $7.99 for Prime members and will include unlimited music uploads

Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Antenna Bundle are back in stock

Alexa now supports Scenes for smart home devices

Amazon opens Alexa’s Flash Briefing feature to developers

Amazon Prime members now get ad-free Twitch streaming, free games, and more

LINK TWITCH AND AMAZON ACCOUNT

Amazon Prime members can now read over a thousand books, magazines, and comics for free through Prime Reading

PRIME READING BOOKS & MAGAZINES

Amazon Fresh grocery delivery is now cheaper for Prime members

AMAZON FRESH

What’s New on Amazon Prime Instant Video in October

What’s New on Netflix in October

Chromecast Ultra announced with 4K UHD and HDR for $69

Google Home to take on Amazon Echo in November for $129

Android TV gets no love from Google’s big hardware event

First look at new Amazon Fire TV user interface

Amazon Fire TV possibly gaining support for TV tuners

TABLO TV TUNER

HDHOMERUN TUNER

Clear pending software updates

Amazon Fire TV & Fire TV Stick Software Update History

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