DISH Expands Amazon Alexa Voice Control Support to Hopper ‘Joey’ Clients for Whole-Home, Hands-Free TV
October 25 2017 - 9:04AM
Business Wire
• First pay-TV provider to offer whole-home
Alexa experience
• Amazon Echo devices now pair with DISH Joey
clients for Hands-Free TV in multiple rooms; builds on Hopper and
Wally Alexa support announced April 2017
DISH today unveiled Hands-Free TV™ for the entire home by
extending its support of Amazon Alexa voice control to all Joey
clients. Now, DISH customers can ask Alexa to control all TVs in
the Hopper whole-home ecosystem by pairing each set-top box with an
Amazon Echo, Echo Show or Echo Dot. In April 2017, DISH became the
first pay-TV provider to natively integrate Alexa voice control
when it enabled compatibility on its Hopper DVR and Wally
single-tuner HD receiver.
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When connected to a Hopper, DISH’s Joey clients extend Hopper
functionality to other rooms in the home. Hopper 3 supports up to
six Joeys simultaneously, while previous Hopper generations support
up to three Joeys.
“DISH is again championing TV voice control, this time by
extending our Alexa compatibility to create a more fully-integrated
experience throughout the home,” said Niraj Desai, DISH vice
president of product management. “Our customers now have the
freedom to ask Alexa for help finding shows and movies in every
room where their families enjoy watching TV.”
With today’s announcement, DISH’s list of Alexa-compatible
products includes Hopper (all generations) and its Joey, Wireless
Joey, 4K Joey and Super Joey clients, as well as DISH’s Wally
single-tuner HD receiver. To enable Alexa voice control, each DISH
set-top box must be paired with its own Echo device.
Ask Alexa for Hands-Free TV on
DISH
Available voice control functions across compatible DISH set-top
boxes include the ability to navigate, play, pause, fast-forward,
rewind and search content based on channel, title, actor or genre.
Universal search functionality works across DISH’s live, recorded
and on-demand titles as well as Netflix’s selection of TV shows and
movies. Example commands include:
• “Alexa, change channel to TNT”
• “Alexa, search for dramas”
• “Alexa, tune to channel 120”
• “Alexa, play This is Us”
• “Alexa, go to Discovery Channel”
• “Alexa, skip forward”
• “Alexa, find The Voice”
• “Alexa, rewind 15 seconds”
• “Alexa, search for House Hunters”
• “Alexa, pause”
• “Alexa, show me Will Smith movies”
• “Alexa, resume”
How to set-up Alexa on
DISH
- Enable DISH TV in the Alexa app: Open
the Alexa app on a mobile device and select Music, Video &
Books → DISH TV → Enable. If the DISH TV skill is
already enabled from previous use, select Settings → Manage in
TV and Video → Manage and Link Devices from the Alexa app, and
proceed to step 3.
- Get receiver code: Turn on
internet-connected Hopper or Wally, and go to Menu → Settings →
Amazon Alexa → Get Code. Enter the generated code into the
Alexa app and select Activate. Click Done in the
confirmation message.
- Pair set-top box with Amazon Echo, Echo
Show or Echo Dot: In the Alexa app, select desired Hopper, Wally or
Joey receiver from list of discoverable devices. Click
Continue. Select Echo device to be synced with chosen
receiver. Click Link Devices. Repeat this step for all
set-top boxes to be paired with Echo devices.
For more information about Alexa on DISH, including possible
commands and additional set-up instructions, visit
www.dish.com/AmazonAlexaIntegration.
About DISH
DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH), through its subsidiaries,
provides approximately 13.332 million pay-TV subscribers, as of
June 30, 2017, with the highest-quality programming and technology
with the most choices at the best value. DISH offers a high
definition line-up with more than 200 national HD channels, the
most international channels and award-winning HD and DVR
technology. DISH Network Corporation is a Fortune 200 company.
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