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The interest of all-fiber lasers is stimulated by the inherent advantages they have over bulk lasers in aspects such as heat dissipation and robustness. The performance of Q-switched and modelocked fiber lasers can benefit enormously from the development of all-fiberconfigurations. A fiber laser with strictly all-fiber components can fulfill the requirements for mechanical stability, low maintenance, enhanced power efficiency, simplified assembly process, and low cost. In this framework, recent developments in-fiber acousto-optic devices are reviewed that have demonstrated new possibilities for actively Q-switched distributed feedback fiber lasers, mode-locking lasers and doubly-active Q-switched modelocked lasers. The aim is to demonstrate the great potential of in-fiber devices for the active control of different types of fiber lasers.