What is a Fire TV Stick?
The Amazon Fire TV Stick is a streaming video player sold by Amazon. The Amazon Fire TV Devices let you stream video content, play games, listen to music, browse social media and the internet and much more. You’ll be able to watch Amazon’s Prime Video that is included in your Amazon Prime membership. If you don’t have an Amazon Prime Membership, you can explore all the best free no-risk trials here.
The Fire TV Stick is shaped like an oversized USB flash drive, and plugs directly into your TV’s HDMI video input. Rather than storing files, though, it’s a full-featured streaming player, able to turn any television with an HDMI port into a Smart TV.
The Fire TV Stick is free to use. There are hundreds of apps you can download for free. However, to watch subscription-based apps like Netflix, Hulu, or literally hundreds of other streaming apps you’ll need to pay for them separately. There’s a Fire TV Device to suite everyone’s needs. We’ve listed them below. Be sure to check out our handy comparison chart.
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Amazon offers several different Fire TV Streaming Devices. There’s one to fit everyone’s needs. Fire TV Devices let you stream video content, play games, listen to music, browse social media and the internet and much more.
We have the Fire TV Cube and a Fire TV Stick. We watch our favorite streaming services using our Fire TV Cube. You Tube, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video has enough content to keep our whole family entertained. The Fire TV Stick gets moved around to various locations around the house whenever anyone wants to watch movies or play games.
Our Fire TV Cube is equipped with Alexa. She’s handy for playing our favorite music, getting the day’s weather forecast and estimating our morning commute times. Alexa also lets us control lightning and our home’s thermostat while away.
Compare All Fire TV Streaming Devices
| Fire TV Stick Lite | FIre TV Stick | Fire TV Stick 4K | Fire TV Cube | |
| Price | From: $17.99 | From: $27.99 | From: $29.99 | From: $79.99 |
| Our Rating | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | 4.6/5 | 5.6/7 |
| Included remote | Alexa Voice Remote Lite | Alexa Voice Remote | Alexa Voice Remote | Alexa Voice Remote |
| Remote with TV controls (power/volume buttons) | ||||
| Supported audio | HDMI pass-through for Dolby Atmos Audio | Dolby Atmos Audio | Dolby Atmos Audio | Dolby Atmos Audio |
| Release year | 2020 | 2020 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Best for | Streaming essentials | Streaming essentials plus TV control | Vivid 4K Ultra HD streaming | Hands-free voice control of entertainment |
| Hands-free with Alexa | ||||
| Picture quality | Up to 1080p Full HD with support for HDR, HDR 10, HDR10+, HLG | Up to 1080p Full HD with support for HDR, HDR 10, HDR10+, HLG | Up to 4K Ultra HD with support for HDR, HDR 10, HDR10+, HLG, Dolby Vision | Up to 4K Ultra HD with support for HDR, HDR 10, HDR10+, HLG, Dolby Vision |
| Behind-the-TV design | ||||
| Storage | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Quad-core processor | Hexa-core |
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