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amazon has its own TV now complete with Alexa voice control built in the Amazon fire TV edition television is actually made by Westinghouse and element but it's really all about Amazon these TVs are powered by the same software behind amazon's popular fire TV and fire TV stick without having to plug anything in let's take a look the TV's come with a remote that has a microphone for voice control built in the concept is similar to Amazon's echo or dot speakers but with one crucial difference it's not always on and always listening instead left to hold a button down on the remote and speak into it to get a response Alexa's voice still comes through the TV speakers and she can still control things like lights and thermostats as well as display information like weather and local restaurants on screen there's also a few cool TV centric extras like the ability to find TV shows and movies and switch inputs on the screen you'll find Amazons fire TV menu system with rows of thumbnails displaying TV shows movies apps games and more there's also a row that displays the TV's inputs and you can name connected devices and choose from among different icons and if you use an antenna you might appreciate the ability to pause live TV and incorporate metadata like the show title and more there's even a grid style program guide and a thumbnail guide display shows available via antenna of course you also get access to the thousands of streaming apps available on fire TV including hulu sling TV watch ESPN netflix and many many more amazon taos its integration of third-party apps beyond amazon video itself and offers providers like netflix and others their own rose to showcase content fire TV also receives regular updates and access to new apps before most smart TV systems these Westinghouse and element televisions of 4k resolution but otherwise pretty basic in terms of features lacking stuff like local dimming and HDR which are available on competing Roku TVs this year by our TV edition televisions shipping soon from Amazon and will also be available at other retailers nationwide