Sony Android TVs First to Offer Live Video Webcam Viewing via Alexa App

Sony’s Android TVs are the first to offer expanded smart capabilities with Alexa through Amazon’s Alexa Music, Cameras and TV Control app, Sony said Wednesday. The app is installable from the Sony Select row on the TVs’ home screen, enabling users to view live video from compatible smart home cameras, including Ring and Wyze, Sony said. TV owners can use the app to voice-control music through Amazon Music, Pandora and, soon, Spotify, on the TVs. The app works with Sony’s Android TV skill for Alexa, allowing customers to use a paired Echo device to control movie and TV show playback from Prime Video and other apps installed on the TV. Customers can use Alexa to turn the TV on and off and change channels, among other functions, it said. The new app is compatible with select Sony Android TVs from 2016-2018 and all 2019 models, it said.