Amazon’s Echo Show 15 smart display becomes a transportable Fire TV
Enlarge / Fire TV on the Amazon Echo Show 15. (credit: Amazon)
Amazon's Echo Show 15 versatile smart display now has a more mainstream purpose: streaming TV and movies. Amazon pushed a free software update today that grants Fire TV capabilities to the Echo Show 15, and newly purchased devices will be able to stream content from the likes of Disney+, Peacock, and other Fire TV apps.
Amazon initially announced plans to Fire TV-ify the Echo Show 15 in September. At the time, it said 70 percent of people who used the 15.6-inch smart display in the prior month did so to watch videos.
Upon release, the Echo Show 15 supported Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and Hulu (though you could only summon them by asking Alexa). But today's news puts those apps under one umbrella while adding additional streaming services, including HBO Max and Discovery+ (soon to merge into Max?) and Paramount+.