What is Kanzi?
This is a skill for Amazon Alexa that allows you to control one or more instances of Kodi with your voice.
Kanzi in Action
Supported Commands
Most everything you can do with a remote or keyboard is supported in the skill, and more:
- Basic navigation (Up/Down, Left/Right, Page Up/Down, Select, Back, Menu, Zoom, Rotate, Move)
- Open library views (Movies, Shows, Music, Artists, Albums, Music Videos, Playlists)
- Open library views by genre (Movies, Shows, Music, Music Videos)
- Open recently added playlists (Movies, Episodes, Albums, Music Videos)
- Playback control (Play/Pause, Skip, Previous, Stop, Step/Jump)
- Adjust volume
- Shuffle all music by an artist
- Play/Shuffle specific album
- Play/Shuffle the latest album by an artist
- Play a specific song
- Play/Shuffle audio and video playlists
- "Party mode" for music (shuffle all)
- Play/Shuffle music videos
- Play/Shuffle music videos from a specific genre
- Play/Shuffle music videos by a specific artist
- Shuffle all episodes of a TV show
- Play random TV show
- Play random TV show from a specific genre
- Play random episode of a specific TV show
- Play specific episode of a TV show ('Play season 4 episode 10 of The Office')
- Play random movie
- Play random movie from a specific genre
- Play specific movie
- Play trailer for a movie in your library (requires plugin.video.youtube addon)
- Play random music video
- Play random music video from a specific genre
- Continue watching next episode of last show that was watched
- Play next episode of a show
- Play newest episode of a show
- Recommend media to watch/listen to
- List/Play recently added media
- List available albums by an artist
- Clean/Update video and audio sources
- "What's playing?" functionality for music, movies, and shows
- Report time remaining on current media and when it will end
- Cycle through audio and subtitle streams
- Search for something in your library (requires script.globalsearch addon)
- Execute addons
- Shutdown/reboot/sleep/hibernate system
- Toggle fullscreen
- Eject media
Instead of providing the exact verbiage here for each command, we strive to make the experience as natural as we can. Simply try asking for what you want in a way that feels right to you. If a particular phrase doesn't work and you think it should, see Getting Help to notify us and we will see what we can do to accommodate the phrase you prefer.