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Amazon Expands Local News Coverage on Fire TV

Amazon revealed on Wednesday a significant expansion of its news application’s local coverage. The service, available on Fire TV devices, now includes 158 cities throughout the United States.

Initial Launch and Growth

The news app, which became available last year, functions as a personalized news aggregator. It comes pre-installed on all Fire TV streaming media players and smart televisions within the U.S. market.

The initial rollout encompassed 12 cities. This was followed by an expansion to 88 cities earlier in the current year.

Expanded City List and Station Availability

This latest update introduces local news access to cities including Charleston, Wichita, Tucson, Reno, Raleigh-Durham, Honolulu, and Lincoln. The number of available local stations has effectively doubled, increasing from 126 to 259.

Amazon highlights that Fire TV is designed to automatically identify and display your local news station upon launching the application.

Personalized News Experience

Upon first use, users are prompted to select their preferred news categories. A customized playlist is then created, tailored to these individual preferences.

Local news content can be accessed through the dedicated “Local News” tab within the Amazon news app. Alternatively, users can initiate playback by using the voice command, “Alexa, play local news.”

Complementary National News Channels

Amazon clarifies that the newly added local news channels supplement the existing selection of national news channels already featured on the app.

These national channels include prominent sources such as ABC News, Bloomberg TV+, Black News Channel, CBS News, CBS Sports HQ, Court TV, Estrella News, People TV, and USA Today, among others.