LG's TVs lack the UK's BT Sport app, for example, and this is a fairly inexpensive way to add it.
You may already have these apps downloaded natively to your 4K TV and are probably wondering why an additional device is necessary the short answer is that in many cases it won't be – streamers such as this are most useful for making an older, dumb TV smart, or for filling the occasional app gaps that even the latest and greatest TVs can have.
It's possible to stream content from Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV and even BBC iPlayer in glorious 4K resolution. FeaturesĪs the name of the product suggests, this Fire TV streams in 4K, providing you have the TV, apps and relevant subscriptions to do so. Something that seems to plague many Fire TV remotes is a loose battery compartment, and this model is no exception as the rear sliding door slips off the remote far too easily. There are also some handy shortcut buttons on the bottom for Prime Video, Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Music. It feels fairly light in the hand and includes the necessary buttons to traverse apps, play, pause, fast-forward and rewind content, and control volume. On the subject of things we wish had been updated this year, a move from micro-USB in favour of USB-C would have been nice, as the detachable cable supplied uses the older, non-reversible cable that has mostly been phased out in favour of the new standard.Īmazon includes its Alexa voice remote with the Fire TV Stick 4K Max, and it does a serviceable job of letting us navigate through the Fire OS software. It can be avoided with the included HDMI extender adapter, but it's still a mild annoyance. Certainly, that's the case with the Sony A80K that we’re using to test the Fire TV Stick with.
It would have been nice to see a slimmed-down design this year, as although the Stick 4K Max can still be easily tucked in a pocket to take on the go, with many TVs it will block the HDMI port next to it. It's still a plastic oblong shape that’s reminiscent of a USB thumb drive, with an HDMI connector sticking out of one end and a micro-USB port on the side for power. The Fire TV Stick 4K Max is virtually indistinguishable from its brethren and predecessors.
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