Look at the right time, and you can score one for less than $20. The Fire Stick family ranges in price from $20 to $45, but they're almost always on sale.

The Fire TV Stick 4K Max also streams in 4K, but supports Wi-Fi 6, the fastest wireless internet connection available.Īmazon also sells the Fire TV Cube, a 4K streaming device that can natively connect to the internet with an ethernet cable, making it faster than the streaming sticks.Just note that you'll need a 4K television for this. The Fire TV Stick 4K lets you stream in 4K resolution, which is better than HD and the best widely available resolution that TVs are sold with today.The Fire TV Stick Lite also streams in HD, but the remote that comes with it doesn't let you change the volume or turn your TV on and off.The Fire TV Stick is the base model, and lets you stream all your favorite apps in HD.There are four different versions of the Fire Stick, and each of them has slightly different features. 'Fire TV' is Amazon's name for all their streaming devices, most of which are streaming sticks. The full name of the Fire Stick is the Amazon Fire TV Stick. What's the difference between a Fire Stick and a Fire TV? Because this is an Amazon product, you might expect that it has Alexa support, and you would be right - you can give commands to the Fire TV Stick using Alexa, and control all your Alexa-connected products (like the Ring doorbell, Philips Hue lights, and ecobee thermostat, among others) just as if you were talking to an Amazon Echo.

The Stick comes with a remote control which has a built-in microphone. If you want to watch a paid service like Netflix, you need to sign up for a subscription separately.

Just remember that downloading an app onto your Fire Stick isn't the same as signing up for an account. This includes all the streaming services you're familiar with, including Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix, and HBO Now, along with network TV apps, sports, and thousands of niche channels you may not be familiar with. The Amazon Fire Stick is about the size of your thumb.Īmazon claims that the Fire Stick adds 'tens of thousands' of channels to your TV.

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