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New AI feature will help you remember what happened on your favorite show

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4 months ago

November 6, 2024

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New AI feature will help you remember what happened on your favorite show

Key Takeaways

Prime Video has introduced a new X-Ray Recaps feature that generates AI-generated show recaps.

This feature is currently available on Fire TV devices and will expand to more devices by the end of the year.

Access the X-Ray Recaps through the show’s Prime Video details page or the X-Ray experience during playback.

Have you ever found yourself struggling to remember what happened in a show between seasons? Amazon’s new feature on Prime Video aims to solve this problem by providing AI-generated recaps to help you keep track of the plot.

In a recent announcement, Amazon unveiled X-Ray Recaps, a feature that offers AI-generated text summaries of shows. The beta version is currently available on Fire TV devices, with support for additional devices planned by the end of the year.

“X-Ray Recaps is a generative AI-powered feature that creates concise summaries of entire seasons, individual episodes, and even specific moments within episodes, all tailored to your viewing progress,” Amazon explained in a blog post.

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Where to find Prime Video’s X-Ray Recaps feature

Don’t worry, the feature avoids major spoilers

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To access X-Ray Recaps, simply visit the show’s detail page on Prime Video or use the X-Ray experience during playback located in the top-right corner of your screen.

The feature offers various recap options, including summaries of the current episode, the season so far, and the previous season.

Amazon’s X-Ray Recaps utilize AI to analyze video segments, subtitles, and dialogue to provide detailed descriptions of key events, locations, times, and conversations. The company ensures that the AI-generated summaries are concise and spoiler-free.

At launch, X-Ray Recaps will be exclusive to Amazon original shows like The Boys and The Wheel of Time.

X-Ray Recaps is a promising feature, provided that the AI summaries are accurate. It would be great to see other streaming platforms, such as Disney+ and Netflix, follow Amazon’s lead and implement a similar feature.