If you missed yesterday’s live stream, here’s the latest AFTVnewscast episode. Thanks to everyone who viewed live and who participated by asking questions.
The AFTVnewscast is streamed live on Fridays at 1:30pm PT. You can watch all episodes on YouTube, subscribe via RSS, subscribe via iTunes, or download the MP3 directly. Read on for the show notes and links.
Show Notes & Links
Amazon is diverting all new Fire TV stock to massive internal testing pool for bug fixing effort
Amazon delays all orders for the Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote bundle — Gives $10 credit
Amazon updates delivery of Fire TV Stick voice bundle pre-orders to October 28th
Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote bundle
Understanding the Amazon Fire TV’s various Developer Options
OlliOlli 2 now included for Free with new Amazon Fire TV Game Controller purchases
New Fire TV Game Controller on Amazon
DuckTales: Remastered on Amazon
NBC app coming to Amazon Fire TV
FOX NOW coming to Amazon Fire TV
UKTV brings its free on-demand service to the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick
App Deal: Doom & Destiny down from $2.99 to $1.10
App Deal: Space Epic Untitled game down from $4.99 to FREE
Space Epic Untitled – Season 1 on Amazon
App Deal: Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse down from $19.99 to $14.99
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse on Amazon
App Deal: Su Mon Smash game down from $4.99 to $2.99
App Deal: Five kids puzzle games down from $0.99 to FREE
App Deal: Game Of Thrones the game down from $4.99 to FREE
Game Of Thrones – A Telltale Games Series
New Apple TV to be released next week with new CBS and NBC apps but no new TV service
Kodi may be sideloadable on the new Apple TV without jailbreaking
YouTube Red subscription service will let you watch ad-free for $9.99 per month
Who’s to blame for the Fire TV’s lack of Netflix voice search integration?
Fire OS 5 with Alexa coming to 1st-gen Fire TV and Fire TV Stick
2nd-Gen Fire TV also only supports FAT32 — No NTFS or exFAT support for either USB or MicroSD
Software update with surround sound fix begins rolling out for 2nd-Gen Fire TV
Amazon Echo adds Philips Hue and Belkin WeMo smart home voice control
Some of the things you’ll be able to do with Alexa on the Fire TV
Bluetooth Voice Remote on Amazon
Wifi-Voice Remote on Amazon Japan
List of all Fire TV and Fire TV Stick Remote and Game Controller Specs
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Another nice episode. Nice upgrade! :-)
Must be a Mets fan! I like the orange shirt. As always, keep up the excellent work! Lets go Mets!
Thanks for taking a couple of my questions.
Regarding pairing the bluetooth AFTV stick remote, I went back and tried the add remote option again. I tried with the remote very close and pressed it after starting the AFTV2 searching. It didn’t find it, but I released and pressed again, probably 6-8 seconds after starting the search, and it found it.
I’m not sure if that would be the experience of others, but if so, then you must wait more than a couple of seconds before pressing Home on the bluetooth remote to pair it.
How does 500 devices use up all new supply? Amazon must sell thousands daily. I would think returned product would easily supply the 500 testers and testing returns might be beneficial.