![]() Second Screen isn't ready for us to test as part of this review, though we did have the opportunity to experience it in Amazon's demo labs. ![]() Or, you can multitask during the dull parts by checking email, browsing the web, or playing Asphalt 8: Infinity. So, if you're watching TV and you want to check out the X-Ray for Movies content about what's playing, you can do that on the Kindle Fire HDX without interrupting playback or, indeed, suffering any slow-down as the tablet tries to simultaneously process a Full HD video and the data content. We had mixed results finding songs with lyrics, however. You can skip through the track and see the lyrics jump along in time, and use Miracast to mirror the Kindle Fire HDX's display on your TV or projector for rowdy group singing sessions. ![]() Amazon has apparently licensed a huge database of song lyrics for tracks both new and old – the company tells us it has "tens of thousands" currently – and they scroll along on-screen as the track plays. X-Ray for Music effectively turns your Kindle Fire HDX into a karaoke machine. The music system is particularly slick, not only telling you the current track (and allowing you to buy the MP3, of course), but letting you jump between different scenes based on the musical backing. As before, X-Ray for Movies shows actor biographies and character lists for whichever character is on-screen at the time, pulled in from the IMDB, but now it also flags up what music is playing, along with show trivia. Amazon launched X-Ray for Movies and TV roughly a year ago, and it gets a revamp on the Fire HDX along with a new X-Ray for Music service.
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