Amazon Alexa and Dish Network Offer Hands-Free Experience
Dish Network and Amazon will integrate to allow watching television a hands-free experience. Dish Network will have customers who use either Hopper or Wally receivers to be able to search for programs as well as pause, rewind, and fast-forward content through Amazons Alexa. This feature is made possible with Alexas new voice controlled skill in addition to Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, or Amazon Tap speakers.
In addition to subscribing to Dish Network, customers must download the Alexa App and connect Alexa to the Hopper or Wally. Instructions to connecting Alexa to a Hopper or Wally are provided here.
Dish Network provides a few examples how one may take advantage of the hands-free experience. Additionally, Dish Network promises More features will be released soonto give you even more hands-free control over your Hopper. Examples demonstrating features are shown below.
Dish Network Hands-Free Voice Commands
- Alexa, find The Big Bang Theory
- Alexa, go to Channel 3000
- Alexa, show me Tong Hanks Movies
- Alexa, play Game of Thrones
- Alexa, pause
- Alexa, rewind
Also, Dish customers may use the hands-free experience in the same fashion with DVR content and live TV. Of course, with the exception of fast-forwarding ahead of live broadcast. This is the first time any TV provider has incorporated Alexa.