AFTVnewscast 39: Custom Fire TV Timers & Giveaways

In this episode, I talk about setting custom Fire TV and Fire TV Stick screensaver and sleep timers. I then go over new apps used to talk to Alexa with your phone, and go over notable new Fire TV apps.

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Hosted by Elias Saba from AFTVnews.com

Recorded May 13th 2016

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Show Notes & Links:

How to set a custom Screensaver Start Time on a Fire TV or Fire TV Stick

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How to set a custom Sleep Time on a rooted Fire TV or Fire TV Stick

Alexa can now tell you when your Amazon order will arrive

Alexa Web app lets you use Amazon’s voice assistant from your browser

Amazon takes on YouTube with new self-service video platform

Mezzmo app gives Fire TV owners an alternative to Plex

Mezzmo app on Amazon

Mezzmo Trial app on Amazon

The Great Courses app brings college-level video courses to the Fire TV

The Great Courses Plus app on Amazon

New $5 app brings Amazon’s Alexa to the iPhone

Lexi app on iTunes

Roger app for Android & iOS brings Amazon’s Alexa to phones and tablets for free

Roger app on Google Play

Roger app on iTunes

App Deal: Shadowgun down from $4.99 to $0.99

SHADOWGUN game on Amazon

Amazon Prime membership in the UK is on sale for £59

Amazon Prime sale for UK

Amazon Video sale reduces dozens of movies to $6.99 or less

Animated TV Shows and DreamWorks Movies on sale for $7.99 on Amazon

Dozens of movies down to $0.99 HD rental through Amazon Video

Battery Base turns your Amazon Echo into a portable speaker for less

Battery Base on Amazon

Sideclick Clip-on Universal Remote Review

Sideclick Remote on Amazon

PlayStation Vue app on Amazon

How to block software updates on the Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick

OpenVPN for Android on Google Play

Kodi’s future on Android and the Amazon Fire TV is in jeopardy

MrMC app on Amazon

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