Find Any Scene Instantly: Describe It to Alexa on Fire TV
▼ Summary
– Amazon has launched a new AI-powered Fire TV feature that allows Prime Video viewers to jump to specific movie scenes by describing them to Alexa+.
– Users can describe a scene by mentioning details like an actor’s name, a character, or a memorable quote, without needing to state the movie title.
– The feature uses visual understanding and movie captions to identify the correct film and locate the requested scene.
– It is built on Amazon Bedrock and leverages large language models, including Amazon Nova and Anthropic Claude.
– The feature currently works with thousands of Prime Video movies included with a membership or purchased/rented, with plans to expand to TV shows.
Finding a specific moment in a movie just got a whole lot easier. Amazon has launched a new, AI-powered feature for Fire TV that allows users to instantly jump to any scene in a Prime Video movie simply by describing it to Alexa. This innovation aims to eliminate tedious scrolling and searching, delivering the exact content viewers want in seconds.
The company emphasizes that its primary goal is speed. The new tool builds directly on that mission. Instead of hunting through timelines or browsing menus, you can now speak to your remote as if you were telling a friend about a favorite part. You might say, “Alexa, jump to the part in The Devil Wears Prada with the cerulean sweater speech,” or “Go to the scene where Tom Hanks talks to a volleyball in Cast Away.”
The system is designed to be intuitive and flexible. You don’t necessarily need to remember the movie’s title. Descriptions can include actor names, character details, memorable lines of dialogue, or even general plot points. Alexa processes this natural language request, identifies the correct film, and then uses advanced visual and caption analysis to pinpoint the precise scene you’re referencing.
This capability is powered by Amazon Bedrock, a service that provides access to multiple generative AI models. The feature combines several large language models, including Amazon’s own Nova and Anthropic’s Claude, to understand context and match descriptions to on-screen action.
Currently, the feature supports thousands of movie titles available through Prime Video, with tens of thousands of individual scenes already indexed. Amazon has stated it will continue to expand this library and plans to bring the same functionality to television series in the near future. It’s important to note that the scene search will only function for content included with a Prime membership or for movies and shows you have personally purchased or rented through the Prime Video platform.
(Source: TechCrunch)
