The new software 'IMDb What to Watch' is available only on Fire TV and will help you find recommendations by playing games.
Amazon has launched a new app called IMDb What to Watch to help you find new movies and TV shows to watch. It does this through three different game-like interaction methods to make flipping through recommendations a bit more fun than the usual endless lists that you usually scroll through when trying to figure out what to watch.
The first game in the app is called Quick Draw, although it’s not very game-like. It simply displays three content options for you to consider. If none of them interest you, you can press the Deal Cards option to get a fresh set of three recommendations.
The second game is called Watch Challenge where you can scroll through various lists of content to choose from. These lists include things like the top 250 movies of all time, award-winning titles, and popular franchises. You can check off titles as watched as you watch them and the game is to try to complete a list by watching all titles in the list.
The final game is called This or That where, at the start, you are asked a series of quick questions to narrow down the pool of recommendations. When you’re done going through the simple this or that set of questions, you’re shown a list of six titles that fit all the criteria that you’ve narrowed down to. Questions include things like movie ratings, genre, setting, length, and more.
The app is already available in the Amazon Appstore for Fire TV devices in the U.S. Very disappointingly, Amazon has chosen to not support older Fire TV models like the 1st-gen Fire TV, 2nd-gen Fire TV, and 1st-gen Fire TV Stick.