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I gave up on the idea of voice control for watching/streaming TV. It just doesn't work for me. Some report a good experience,
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I'm certainly the among the latter. Works fairly flawlessly and painlessly the vast majority of the time.
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Originally Posted by OtinG
but I got tired of arguing with Alexa,
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Which is why I learned very early not to do that. I find out what exactly she needs to get the results I want, and then give it to her.
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and I got tired of Amazon inundating me with ads to buy or rent videos.
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'Fraid I don't quite follow, there. What ads?
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I also got frustrated with Hulu Live TV's inability to accurately use voice for controlling their TV options. It worked on some channels, but failed on most. Add to the mix that Fire TVs have a BT remote rather than an IR remote, then that limits the types of remotes you can use with them. To get around that you have to get a special work-around to plug an IR receiver into the Fire TV (more money), or buy an insanely priced special type of remote (way more money).
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Don't know what to say, there. Between Alexa's inherent ability to be linked to my FireTV and my Harmony (Logitech) Hub (and its Alexa skill), I've never had a much trouble getting control of my stuff. Certainly no extra IR blasters (other than what's built into the Harmony Hub) necessary.
Granted: I don't overly complicate stuff. Power/Play/Pause/Resume/Next Episode/Volume are basically my needs in a nutshell. And they seem to work just fine for me (when my Echo is online, that is). *shrug*