The remote finder feature of the Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote Pro is great, especially if you have an Alexa device, like an Echo speaker, to just shout out “Alexa, find my remote.” If you don’t have an Alexa-enabled device, Amazon’s suggestion is to tap a button in the Fire TV Remote app on a phone or tablet. That sounds easy enough to do, but, in practice, it’s quite annoying and requires way too many steps. Thankfully, there is a much easier and quicker way to find your remote if you don’t have an Alexa-enabled smart speaker. Read more ›

Love them or hate them, app shortcut buttons at the bottom of Fire TV remotes are here to stay. Even the premium Alexa Voice Remote Pro announced this week has four of them along the bottom. While it’s safe to say that the first two app shortcut buttons will always be for Prime Video and Netflix, the other two buttons will likely change over time as different streaming services gain in popularity. These buttons also differ from country to country, depending on where the remote is purchased, so here is a list of which app buttons each country will have on its premium Fire TV remote. Read more ›