Netflix Getting Support for Amazon Fire TV's Voice Search

Amazon's Fire TV can plan on another voice-search partner later this year: Netflix.

Buried in Netflix's Q2-earnings letter to shareholders was the following sentence (emphasis ours):

Chromecast, Roku Streaming Stick, and Amazon Fire TV (on which we expect to support voice search later this year) push the quality of experience and price points for adapter products.

Last week, Amazon announced that Hulu Plus, Crackle and and Showtime Anytime would be getting support for the Fire TV's unified voice search later this summer.

Buy-in from Netflix, the largest subscription streaming service by a large margin, is encouraging for the Fire TV and its ecosystem of users. Read more...