Amazon Fire TV is coming to Ford, Jeep, Chrysler, and Lincoln cars in 2022

(Pocket-lint) - During CES 2022, Amazon announced that its "Fire TV for auto" level is coming to much cars this year.

Late past year, Stellantis became the first automaker to usage Fire TV arsenic an in-car amusement system. It's integrated into the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer. Now, Amazon has announced Fire TV for car volition beryllium disposable connected the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Chrysler Pacifica. It volition besides travel built-in connected the 2022 models of the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Navigator.

Each automaker tin customise their Fire TV for car experience, too.

"Fire TV has the expertise to physique integrations with each car institution and integrate with audio systems and comfortableness controls that tailor to marque and lawsuit needs. So for Ford, Jeep, Chrysler, Lincoln, and others, you volition spot a scope of unsocial features delivered to customers", Amazon said.

Fire TV for car is an infotainment acquisition that offers hands-free Alexa, allowing you to - for lawsuit - play contented by speaking commands.

Imagine determination are aggregate screens successful your car, you tin easy play a movie for kids to ticker successful the back. Fire TV for car adjacent lets rear passengers ticker idiosyncratic contented connected each show and perceive either done Bluetooth, wired headphones, oregon the car's speakers. 

In the US, implicit a cardinal TV shows and movies (including from Prime Video) are available. Amazon has adjacent enabled personalised profiles. It's besides worthy noting that if cellular signals aren't beardown capable wherever you're traveling, Fire TV for car supports downloads for offline viewing.

But possibly the champion portion is you tin extremity a movie successful your car and past spell wrong your location and pick-up wherever you near off.

Another neat trick: If you person a Ring video doorbell astatine home, you tin inquire "Alexa, amusement maine the beforehand door" and spot the video provender from your car.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 5 January 2022.