The Fire TV remote is one of my favorite things about Fire TVs, but didn’t you know that Amazon offers a premium version? That’s right. The Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote Pro has even more features on top of the the one that comes with your Fire TV or Fire TV Stick and right now, Amazon has it on sale for 29% off. The Pro remote normally sells for $35, but the discount ends up taking it down by a solid $10. You’ll only have to pay $25 for a limited time.
Bonus Remote Features
The Pro version of the Alexa remote comes with two customizable buttons. Lots of remotes theses days have quick launch buttons for certain apps, but they’re not always the ones you end up watching most frequently. Here, you can manually program the buttons to act as shortcuts to your favorite channels, apps, or even to initiate an Alexa command.
There’s another reason you might want to opt for adding this Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote Pro to your home theater setup… because you’ve lost your current remote and have given up on trying to find it. Listen, I’ve been there. Couch cushions taken out, all the furniture moved out of place in search for the pesky thing but it still just hasn’t turned up. You’ve settled with using the Fire TV app on your phone to control you TV in the interim, but you’re sick of it.
You can just get this remote to replace the old. Plus, with this Alexa Voice Remote Pro, if this one ever goes missing on you, you’ll be able to find it easily. You can use either any device that supports Alexa like an Echo Dot or jus the Alexa app on your phone to tell it, “Alexa, find my remote.” It can then send an alert to the remote, having it play an audio signal. Now you can easily locate it from sound alone.
Another nifty little function right on the remote is that is has a dedicated headphone button. Some of us prefer to watch TV or play games with headphones. This new shortcut button brings up the on-screen Bluetooth menu that allows you to easily pair a pair of headphones to your Fire TV.
The remote is also backlit which makes using it with the lights off way easier. It’s motion activated so it won’t just be glowing the whole time you’re watching TV. When you go to grab it, it will then become illuminated to make navigation easier.