Netflix launched Play Something earlier this yr as a manner to assist viewers who could also be affected by determination fatigue and simply wish to watch something that will swimsuit their style on the finish of the day. Now, viewers may even ask Alexa to do it for them. Customers within the US and Canada with a Fire TV can merely say “Alexa, Play Something on Netflix,” and the streaming service will placed on a present or a film that they could like, relying on what they have been watching on the platform.

They can use their Fire TV distant to situation a voice command like standard. But if they’ve an Omni sequence Fire TV, which was simply launched again in September, they will situation the command fully hands-free. Charlotte Maines, Director of Fire TV, mentioned in a press release:

“Over the past 12 months, we’ve seen that Fire TV customers that used voice engaged with content almost twice as much as those who didn’t. With Fire TV and Netflix’s ‘Play Something’ we can quickly help customers find the TV show or movie that’s right for them.”

The service’s shuffle play function first grew to become obtainable on TV units again in April and seems as a Play Something button you possibly can see throughout the app. When it lastly got here out on Android in October, a Netflix spokesperson informed us that testing for iOS will start within the coming months.