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"  If you follow technology news, you may have seen the unveiling of Amazon Fire TV \u2014 Amazon&amp;#039;s foray into internet TV streaming. Joining the ranks of Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV offers content from its own Prime Instant Video library, as well as Netflix, Hulu, Watch ESPN, Crackle, Youtube, and more. The standout features: Voice Control: Amazon Fire TV is the first media streaming box to include voice control built into the remote. This feature allows you to quickly find the shows you want to watch. You can search shows and movies by name, genre, actor/actress, and more. Currently, voice search only works for Amazon, HULU, and Vevo content. Games: This is also the first media streaming box to take gaming seriously with its Quad-Core processor and 2GB of RAM. To augment the experience, Amazon is also selling its own Bluetooth game controller for $39.99. As its library of games grows, we could see this being a serious low price competitor to home games consoles like the Xbox One, Playstation 4, and Wii U. Parental Controls: Yes, Apple TV does have parental controls, however they are not as fully featured as Amazon&amp;#039;s FreeTime, which lets you set time limits and restrictions on TV shows as well as games. What we would like to see: Lower price point: At $99, Amazon Fire TV is the same price point as Apple TV and Roku 3. Considering Google&amp;#039;s Chromecast is available for about a third of the price ($35), it&amp;#039;s hard to hard to justify the price unless games and voice control are a big sell for you. HBO GO support: Curiously missing from the Fire TV experience is HBO GO, a popular content provider that all of the competition have. Hopefully, we will see this added in the not-too-distant future. Amazon shopping experience: Okay, maybe this would be horrible for human laziness, but it seems like a missed opportunity for Amazon, a company that is synonymous with online retailing. Somewhat understandably, Kindle support is also missing from Fire TV, so you won&amp;#039;t have access to your book library on your TV either. Rechargeable remote battery: Disposable batteries are becoming pass\u00E9 in the tech industry these days. Sadly, both the Fire TV remote and gaming controller require disposable batteries. How about a remote that recharges when you place it on top of the Fire TV box a la wireless inductive charging? Gordon Grajek is a test engineer in the Consumer Electronics lab of the Good Housekeeping Research Institute. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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