It is no surprise that the market with dedicated streaming devices continues to churn out new devices and gadgets, and also make innovations in the field as well. The latest addition to the set of innovations done by Amazon is the new Fire TV Stick. It’s a streaming media device for your televisions, and it is known as the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K.
The earlier Fire TV Stick was around the market for quite some time. There were no upgrades, and finally, Amazon has put through a very hefty upgrade. Amazon themselves are calling this Fire TV Stick 4K to be the most powerful streaming media device, you can possibly get on the market right now. This small device also supports Dolby Vision technology, and also HDR10+ technology as well. Both of these technologies will definitely amp up the overall viewing experience of the user.
With the help of these new technologies, Amazon claims this new device to be at least 80 percent faster than the older device. While putting the number game aside, for the time being, we can easily see that Amazon really has made some great improvements, in terms of the overall technology for media streaming.
You also have options for jailbreaking your Fire TV Stick too – as it would open a world of amazing content, totally at a free of cost. Also, jailbreaking is not illegal, as the Fire TV Stick is now your own personal property – according to firesticktricks.com.
The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K plans to deliver almost a catalog filled with thousands of 4K content, in resolutions of 4K Ultra HD, along with Dolby Vision support. There will be HDR 10+ support as well. Since most TVs of today support HDR10 or HRD10+, for example like the Mi TV 4K, it will be more easy for this Fire Stick 4K to be more successful in churning out new 4K content.
The device has a quad-core processor clocked at 1.7 GHz, which definitely helps in faster and quicker load times, along with much better picture quality as well.
Apart from these new features, the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K also give various options to the end user, with an array of channels, Alexa skills, apps, options for music streaming, live TV options and various other media content support too. The Fire TV Stick 4K also comes with a new Alexa Voice Remote as well.
This remote has a dedicated power button, mute as well as volume buttons too. This remote that comes with the Fire TV Stick offers full control over the various other of your home entertainment equipment. There is also the ability to use voice commands as well. Voice commands can be used to control content. And the best part of this upgrade is that all these are compatible with last generation Fire TV hardware.
It is being reported that the new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K is available for preorder, for $49.99, and will be shipping on October 31st. The Alexa Voice Remote will come as bundled with the Fire TV STick 4K. The Remote will also be available to buy separately as well, for $29.99. This Alexa Voice Remote will also come bundled with the Amazon Fire TV Cube media box for streaming as well. The Cube media box is up for preorder for $119.99.