Review: Amazon’s new 4K Stick is the Fire TV you want
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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Review: A Welcome Upgrade
Voice search is quite speedy and, unlike earlier Amazon devices, it often serves up content from your signed-in subscriptions before offering it for sale. Tech support immediately supplied a series of less than helpful troubleshooting tips. And it does so absolutely beautifully. It worked well with a Vizio sound bar I tried. Instead, you have to keep it plugged into a wall socket. But Amazon does provide users with a snarky workaround.
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K review: 4K HDR stick speaks Alexa, carries big streaming features
The device also froze up on our home network while watching Thursday Night Football, telling us our network was too slow. Those count for a lot, considering that 90 percent of your experience with a streaming stick is simply picking something to watch, and playing it. It still has menu and playback controls, and now power and volume buttons join them. Voice control opens up even more options. Credit: AmazonBy contrast, Amazon's search is much more straightforward. In fact, the Netflix support extends to content search results, which come up right along side Amazon ones. Without a stick-shaped 4K device the Prime Princess would never find her way out of the haunted forest.
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K review: The best streaming dongle, period
The Alexa functionality is very appealing. Following that, a short but handy video gives you some ideas on using Alexa with your new streaming stick — and is well worth paying attention too. While it's not nearly as minimalistic as an remote, the number of buttons doesn't overwhelm you. Captions are not available for all content. His work and analysis has been seen in GamePro, Tested. Not only do most now feature at least some form of app and streaming service support, but dedicated 4K are becoming less and less expensive. You can use an included adhesive strip to tape down the Roku Premiere, but if you ever need to move it after that, good luck.
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K review: This is the media streamer to beat
Somewhat ironically, the Roku app worked just fine to finish the game, and a speed test told us we had 31 Mbps. Past two initial rows of apps, the home screen is nothing but a long string of Amazon recommendations. First off the remote is a huge improvement. You log into your Amazon account to use it, whereupon a helpful animated video explains that you'll need Amazon Prime to get the most out of your gadget — and did you know Amazon Prime could also net you free two-day shipping, better prices and your very own unicorn? Or you can ask for content starring a certain actor. The setup is quite nice.
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K review: This is the media streamer to beat
Once we got everything working properly, we were equally impressed with the picture and sound quality. You can even bring up live feeds of home security cameras like the and. I like them all for different reasons. More buttons and better functionality make this an easy win for Amazon. You'll also notice rows dedicated to sponsors and live upcoming events. Plus, it also now supports Google Assistant to help level up against Alexa.
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K review: This is the media streamer to beat
Below that stretch shelves galore covering genres, themes and so on. Read on to find out which one better suits your streaming lifestyle. Not quite what I asked for, Alexa. Using either text entry or your voice, you can trawl hundreds of different services, which will then direct you to the best place to watch just about any piece of content imaginable — or show you strange behind-the-scenes clips that you didn't even know existed. There's support for Dolby Atmos soundtracks, too, if you have the home audio gear to take advantage of it.
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Still, Amazon has steadily improved the experience over the last year. In my opinion Roku still wins, although this year the race is closer than ever. The remote is pretty ergonomic. I've spent the past 20 years writing about the world of home entertainment technology--first at Home Cinema Choice magazine, where I became Deputy Editor, and for the past 17 years on a freelance basis. Amazon is still at odds with Google YouTube is not supported natively, but you can get by with the web browser workaround. The design is bulky for a dongle, and it's missing some core apps, most notably YouTube.
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Review: A Welcome Upgrade
The setup of all these features is painless. Credit: AmazonThere are only two major differences between the platforms: the Roku Premiere doesn't have any decent games; the Amazon stick does. One remote to rule them all, and yes it controls volume on the receiver too! Then I tried to watch a little Sunday football. The Bad The user interface pushes Amazon content too aggressively. It remains, as always, optimized for Amazon Prime subscribers, and its interface, while interesting, remains bloated with promotional material and redundancies.
Review: Amazon’s new 4K Stick is the Fire TV you want
Remote Control Remember when I said that the Roku Premiere's design was a serious flaw? It loaded almost instantly and jumped to 4K resolution with Dolby Vision in seconds. There's a cheap fix for that. You can tell Alexa to play, pause, and navigate through Amazon streaming media and a small handful of third-party services. This allows you to talk with Alexa but, it isn't always listening, like an Echo. It stems from Amazon and Google being fierce competitors, and there probably won't be any kind of official solution arriving soon. Of all the streaming dongles out there, this one should be your first choice. Optional and extended warranty available for U.
Review: Amazon’s new 4K Stick is the Fire TV you want
Amazon takes pretty much the opposite approach from Roku, eschewing a simple app launcher and instead splaying out row after row of content recommendations. While there is a customizable row of apps near the top of the menu, only five apps fit on screen at once, so getting to all your apps requires either a lot of scrolling or a long-press on the home button, which brings up another menu that lets you see all your apps together. Again, we can but hope that Amazon now rapidly commits to providing Atmos with more of its shows to keep up with Netflix in this increasingly important area. Design Physical design isn't usually all that important for streaming devices; after all, one small black box or stick is pretty much like another. Voice features are best-in-class, and Echo and Dot owners can control it with Alexa. Even better, it also wants to give you access to levels of picture and sound quality you may not have experienced via an online service before.