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Amazon hasn't given the new Fire TV Stick 4. K capability to match Google’s 4. K Chromecast Ultra, unfortunately, but there are some key differences between this year’s Amazon Fire TV Stick and last year’s model.
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick (2. A faster processor lies at the heart of the new Fire TV Stick and this means it’s faster and more responsive than the previous model. The new, more graphically intensive user interface offsets the performance gain somewhat, but it still feels responsive and zippy, and apps and games launch far quicker than before. Perhaps more importantly, though, it's super quick to buffer up and to click into Full HD resolution. It's marginally quicker than the Chromecast in fact, so you'll be spending less time twiddling your thumbs waiting for your favourite TV show to start.
There’s no change, however, to the physical design of the stick or the way it’s powered – you still need to power it via a spare micro- USB port on your TV or a mains adapter, and it’s still a little too wide to squeeze into a crowded bank of HDMI inputs. The stick still comes with the same amount of RAM (1.
GB) and storage (8. GB) as before. 2. Amazon’s Fire TV Stick (2.
Wi- Fi. The new Fire TV stick also has better Wi- Fi, with a 2x. Assuming your home network is 8. The previous Stick was pretty good on this count, though, so it’s only likely to make a big difference and deliver a tangible benefit if your TV is in a Wi- Fi black spot and you’ve had connection and buffering problems before.
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Alexa voice search built in. Yes, you read that correctly, Amazon has brought its voice assistant, Alexa, to Fire TV Stick and to enable that it also comes with a voice- enabled remote control in the box. Not only will this allow you to search for movies, TV and music using your voice, you’ll also be able to use Alexa to order yourself a pizza, turn your Philips Hue lights on or off, and add things to your Amazon shopping list.
Just hold down the microphone button, speak your keyword and Alexa responds in exactly the same way as it does on an Amazon Echo or Echo dot, except that, since there’s a screen involved here, you also get an info card to with the spoken response. Ask Alexa about the weather today, for instance, and you’ll also get a seven- day weather forecast displayed onscreen; if you want to know about a specific upcoming football fixture, the card shows the crest of the two teams involved, complete with the date, time and location of the match. You can also control playback via the voice remote. If you’re interrupted during a critical part of your programme, it’s now possible to get the playback to skip you back a way simply by saying “rewind 3.
Likewise, if you need to resume half an hour into a movie, you can also say that, instead of having to faff around with buttons or waiting to laboriously forward wind to halfway through. One important thing to note about the Fire TV Stick’s Alexa implementation, however, is that it’s not always listening like the firm’s Echo and Echo Dot speakers do, so you can’t activate it simply by saying the keyword “Alexa”. You have to press and hold the microphone button instead. Plus, since there’s the danger that Alexa will answer when all you wanted was search results, you can switch from the data card view by pressing the menu button on the remote control. How to use Amazon's Alexa on the Fire TV stick Accessing Alexa's voice- activated features is easy. Just press and hold the Voice button on your Amazon Fire TV Voice Remote or the Fire TV Remote app and say what you want Alexa to do.
Alexa then answers back directly through your Fire TV. Many features open in a separate display on your TV screen, so you can both see and hear Alexa in action. When an Alexa display is open on your TV screen, press the Back or Home buttons on your Fire TV remote to return to the previous screen. The language you can use to control her is also pretty flexible.
She’ll respond to “fast- forward five minutes” in the same way she does “skip ahead five minutes”, which makes using it feel much more natural. Amazon Fire TV Stick 2. Apps and content. The one big thing that doesn't change much with the new Fire TV Stick is the content, so you probably already know the score. It's primarily been designed as a great way of watching Amazon Prime content, but there's also loads of third- party content you can access as well. BBC i. Player is available, plus Netflix and a host of special interest channels as well. If you want to stream across your local network, there's Plex, too, and a selection of apps that let you stream via DLNA and Apple Air.
Play sources. You can game on the Fire TV Stick, too, and if you add the Fire TV game controller for . Bear in mind, though, that the available titles are little more than glorified smartphone games. A larger part of its appeal, however, resides in its ability to support Kodi installations, and that's where the extra power of the new Fire TV Stick really comes to the fore, boosting speed and responsiveness hugely.
There are, however, some significant holes in the Fire TV Stick's capabilities that you need to be aware of before purchasing one Most notably it lacks support for Now TV, Google Play Movies and an official You. Tube app, although there are third- party players available. That's disappointing, especially in light of Amazon's superlative cross- service keyword search capability. Amazon Fire TV Stick 2.
New UIAlong with the new hardware and the introduction of Alexa, Amazon has taken the opportunity to give the Fire TV interface the overhaul it has so desperately needed for so long. It’s not particularly innovative.
In fact, the new front- end is reminiscent of the Netflix app interface with its large, “cinematic” image at the top and the removal of the category links from the left- hand side of the screen, but it’s a lot more attractive and should prove to be more intuitive to find your way around as well. Below that big image (which kicks into a trailer if you leave it alone long enough), you get a list of “Recent” content in the first horizontally scrollable row, and then a customisable row of your favourite games and apps immediately beneath that. At the very top of the screen, above the big image, is a list of links to core category areas: search, Home, Your Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Apps and Settings.
It’s all much more involving and browsable than the previous UI, but probably the biggest new feature isn’t related to the way the UI looks. It’s the ability to search across third- party services with one keyword. Search for Breaking Bad on the new Amazon Fire TV Stick, for example, and not only will it find the show on Netflix, but also offer a list of “Other ways to watch” that show, across Amazon and beyond.
Amazon Fire TV Stick 2. Verdict. Amazon has so far kept the price of its Fire TV Stick pegged at the same price it always been (.
That’s a blow, but bearing in mind that you’re getting the voice remote included for that price, which is something that used to cost ? I’d argue not, especially not considering that the old model has already been updated with both the new UI and Alexa, and to take full advantage you'd only need to purchase a voice remote for.
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