Alexa skills come to the Nvidia Shield TV

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Nvidia has announced that Alexa skills are coming to the Shield TV in the US. This, according to Nvidia, makes the Shield TV the only streaming box that can be controlled with an Amazon Echo and a Google Home. The Shield runs Android TV and already has Google Assistant baked in.

Nvidia is launching this new feature with a hefty amount of Alexa commands. You’ll be able to use Alexa to control a number of things on the Shield TV, like turning it on and off, controlling the volume, playing, pausing, or fast-forwarding, opening entertainment apps, and more.

Also, after using one command, Alexa will assume that relevant follow-up commands are for the Shield TV. (So, you could say, “Alexa, set the volume to 80 percent on Shield,” and then,...

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