Saturday, 25 March 2017

Amazon Fire TV Got The Add-Ons Of Crunchyroll And ABC7 News



Accessing the dynamic range of content through the bunch of different apps is one of the supreme things to experience with the fire tv. In the list of apps, Crunchyroll and ABC7 news app are the two updates to try out. If got fire stick on your side, then just reach out to Fire Stick Help to resolve the issues effectively.


Are you enjoying the streaming experience with your fire tv? The amazing media player of Amazon has positioned itself as the key competitor in the market. With the set of dazzling features and astonishing services, the fire tv has also grabbed the eyeballs of all the potential users across the global boundaries. Apart from fine fire tv, if you are also a holder of Kindle fire tablet, then all you need to do is to head to the kindle fire support for resolving any issue with proper assistance and solutions. 

The product of mighty Amazon has always been involved in the process of improving the performance and quality of streaming with the fire tv by adding many new features. Apart from getting updated with the tech features, fire tv has an extensive bunch of apps and games which simply renders the qualitative content on the big screen. We are pretty sure that you must be having a fascinating streaming experience without any compromise with the streaming quality. While streaming your favorite content through fire tv stick, if you get any issue, then you can simply head on to Fire Stick Support for better assistance and solutions.   

The large list of all the apps and games on fire tv always get extended with the new add-ons in order to render the diverse range of content in a fine way. In the app list, the mighty fire tv has got the add-ons of ABC News and Crunchyroll app. Let’s get to know about both the apps in a detailed manner. While streaming, if you get the issue of fire tv not working, then you can simply apply some of the basic solutions, including checking out the connections of all cables, checking out the settings of the device or performing the reset of the device. 

ABC7 News 



The fine American Broadcasting Company news division is basically under the division of Walt Disney Network (The Walt Disney Company). With the team of professional’s anchors and reporters, ABC7 news delivers the updated news about the area of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose. If you are living in the area of these major cities, then ABC7 news is the best source for your daily news updates, which you can now stream at your Amazon fire tv. You can now easily grab the best videos and stories by simply moving to video to video by using the remote. For all the recent updated videos, just click the “Most Recent” option and get the quicker updates. There is also the weather tab which will deliver you the seven-day forecasting from the weather team of ABC7.


Crunchyroll


The amazing video streaming service focus on the East Asian media, including electronic entertainment, manga, anime, music, and drama content. You can easily grab the app on the fire tv and can enjoy the various shows on the big screen. You can easily use the text search in order to search all your favorite shows.
Grab on these apps and if get any tech issue, then simply navigate to Amazon Fire TV Support for expert guidance and assistance.   
    

Sunday, 5 March 2017

Tips And Tricks When Alexa App In Not Working?

Your Amazon Echo comes with a personal digital assistant and you use a wake word Alexa to activate your speakers along with your assistant. Then you can say anything to Alexa. You can also use Alexa from your Alexa app. But what to do app is not working? Read the article and know what you can do when Alexa is not working.

If you know about smart speakers, then you must be familiar with Amazon Echo and AmazonEcho Dot. You also know the fact that your Amazon Echo Setup comes with personal digital assistant named Alexa. You can do almost anything with Alexa. You can use Alexa app for managing Alexa. But sometime this app faces some issues and doesn’t work properly. You are receiving the error messages or unable to open the app, then what you can do. 

Here are some of the solutions that you should try for making Alexa app work :

Compatibility

Firstly, verify that your device meets the following requirements :


  •        iOS 8.0 or higher
  •     Android 4.4 or higher
  •    Fire OS 3.0 or higher
  •      Computer web browsers Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer 10 or higher.
  •   If any of these requirements is not fulfilled, you will get an issue in working with Alexa app.

iOS Devices

Restart your iPhone, iPod, or iPad touch device


  •     Press and hold the Wake/Sleep button on your iOS device till the time slider appears on the screen.
  •     Press and drag the slider for turning off the device.
  •     After your device turns off, press and hold the Wake/Sleep button for turning on or restarting the device.

Force Close the App


  •     Press the Home button twice till the time previews of your most recently used apps appear on the screen.
  •    Swap until you locate the app of Alexa, and then swap up on the app for closing it.

Uninstall and reinstall the App

  •   Press and hold the Alexa app till the time it starts shaking on the screen and click on the X on the app.
  •     After uninstalling the app, go to Apple apps tore and reinstall the Alexa app.
  •    You can also take Amazon Echo Help in case of any difficulty.

Android Devices

Restart Your device

  •        Press and hold the power button and then choose the option to turn off your device. 
  •       After your device turns off, press power button again to restart the device.

Force Close the App

  •   From the Home screen of Android device go to Settings > Apps or Application > for some devices you need to choose manage devices.
  •   Find the Alexa app from your list of installed apps and after that select Clear Data.
  •    After you clear the application data, select the option of Force stop.

Uninstall and Reinstall

  •   From the app menu of your Android device, select the Alexa app and then choose Uninstall.
  •     After uninstalling the app, go to Google Play and install the Alexa app again. 
  •       The assistance of Amazon Echo Support can also be take in case of any difficulty.

Fire OS

Restart Your device

  •      Press and hold the power button and then choose the option to turn off your device.
  •    After your device turns off, press power button again to restart the device.

Force Close the App

  •    From the home screen of Fire OS device, swipe down to open the quick settings and then click Settings or more > Apps & Games or Application > manage all applications or Installed Applications.
  •    Find the Alexa app from your list of installed apps and after that select Clear Data.
  •     After you clear the application data, select the option of Force stop.

Uninstall and Reinstall

  •    From the app menu of your Android device, select the Alexa app and then choose Uninstall.
  •   After uninstalling the app, go to Apps Library and install the Alexa app again.

Web Browser

  •  Reload the web page.
  • Clear the cookies and cache from your browser. When you clear any cache and cookies, this removes any website settings like username and passwords from your browser.
  •   Close your web browser and open it again.
  •   In case of any difficulty you can visit www Amazon Com Echosetup.

Sunday, 19 February 2017

Is it possible to change the name of Alexa? If yes, then How?



The wake word for Amazon Echo device is Alexa. If using this word for waking up your Echo is creating issues, then here are steps by following which you can change the wake word of Echo from Alexa to something different.



Your Amazon Echo Setup comes with a personal digital assistant and for waking up your assistant you need a wake word. By default, the wake work for Amazon Echo is Alexa. When you will say Alexa near your speakers it will wake them and Alexa, your personal digital assistant will be activated. After waking it will start listening your commands and requests. It takes some time to call a machine by a name and talking to it like a human. But when you are used to of this, then it feels natural.

But problem arises when someone in your house is of the same name or your TV constantly activates your speakers. Then you will be interested in changing the wake word for the speakers. 

Here is the way by which you can change your wake word or you can also take AmazonEcho Help
:


Changing the Wake Word

When you have many Alexa devices in your home, then a wake word will wake them all. But you don’t need to change the wake words for all of them as echo spatial Perception feature make sure that the closet speaker will only respond. But if you are facing unwanted activations, then surely you should change your wake word.

For changing the wake word follow these steps :


  •  Go to www Amazon Com Echosetup or alexa.amazon.com or open the Amazon Alexa app on Android or iOS device.
  •  In Android or iOS apps, click on the button of hamburger at the upper right corner to expand the menu at the side.
  • In side menu select the option of Settings.
  • Click on one of the available Alexa devices under the option of Alexa devices for opening the settings of that device.
  •  Click on the option of wake word.
  •  Tap to open the drop down menu and select from Amazon, Echo, or Computer.
  • Now tap the option of save.
  • Now instead of saying Alexa you will say the word chose by you and your speakers will be activated by that word only.

Changing the Name of the Device

Along with doing inadvertent activations, Alexa beginning to pop up everywhere, there are chances that your list of Alexa devices in Alexa app or web client will go out of control quickly. Along with having different settings for each device, it is important to differentiate them all in the Alexa app to avoid any kind of confusion and easy troubleshooting.

Here’s how you can change the name of your device or you can also take Amazon Echo Support :

  • Go to wwwAmazon Com Echosetup or alexa.amazon.com or open the Amazon Alexa app on Android or iOS device.
  •  In Android or iOS apps, click on the button of hamburger at the upper right corner to expand the menu at the side. 
  •  In side menu select the option of Settings.
  • Click on one of the available Alexa devices under the option of Alexa devices for opening the settings of that device.
  • Click on the option of edit beside the Device Name.
  • Enter a new name and click on the option of save changes.
  • Changing the wake word or device name will not change the working of Alexa rather it will make you to choose the correct speakers when you have so many devices