SEATTLE – Amazon Fire TV customers may now browse the web on their TV.
The company said Wednesday that the Mozilla Firefox and Amazon Silk browsers are now available on all Amazon Fire TV devices in over 100 countries and territories. Customers must first download the browsers from their Fire TV before browsing.
Amazon Silk has been optimized for Fire TV by designing for a true television viewing experience, reads the company’s news release. With the intuitive approach to browsing using Silk on Fire TV, customers can easily discover websites from across the web, launch bookmarks from the curated home screen on Silk, use the Fire TV remote buttons to navigate individual pages, or search the web for specific content with the Fire TV remote.
"With full web browsers on Fire TV, our customers' entertainment and information options are greatly expanded. We want to make it easy for customers to access the Web from the comfort of their couch," said Amazon Fire TV and Appstore VP Marc Whitten, in the release. "We're excited to bring web browsing to customers on every Fire TV device in every country where they're sold."
