Amazon's hardware ventures weren't all quite popular (remember the Fire Phone?!), but beside the Kindles and Fire tablets, and obviously the Echo, the Fire TV is easily counted one of the company's success stories. It has become one of the best streaming and gaming solutions, battling Roku, Apple TV, and Android TV for a spot on every TV's HDMI port.That's also thanks to continuous updates and improvements from Amazon who keeps adding features to its products. In the latest update to the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick rolling out now (or very soon), Amazon is adding more apps and channels to Universal Search so you have fewer and fewer reasons to open apps individually to do a search in them. It is also improving Universal Search by specifying whether an app provides watching, streaming, renting, or purchasing options so you know what you're getting into before you choose it.Recommendations are also taking a front-and-center position on the Fire TV home page, with apps like Netflix or HBO showing you what's new to watch in custom rows without delving into each individual app. Other providers will have this option later.And finally, there are two cool new options with Alexa. You can ask her to skip ahead or rewind while watching Amazon Video, even specifying the length of time for that. You can also ask her for sports updates from your favorite teams, which you can set on the Alexa app.Amazon says the update should already be rolling to devices so check your Fire TV unit for it and try to be patient if it hasn't reached you yet.

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