Amazon Fire TV Stick HD (newest model), free and live TV, Alexa Voice Remote, smart home controls, HD streaming

I recently ordered the Amazon Fire Stick, and after using it for a couple of weeks, I can confidently say it outperforms several of its competitors in both ease of use and value.I’ve used Roku and Chromecast in the past, and while they each have their strengths, the Fire Stick really hits the sweet spot. Unlike Chromecast, which relies heavily on casting from another device, the Fire Stick gives you a fully independent interface and remote control—making it much more convenient for quick browsing and launching apps directly from your TV. Compared to Roku, I find the Fire Stick's voice control through Alexa more responsive and useful, especially when searching across multiple streaming platforms at once.What truly sets the Fire Stick apart for me are the small, thoughtful features:Alexa Voice Remote – Super handy! I can launch apps, search titles, and even control smart home devices just by speaking.Personalized Home Screen – It learns what I like and suggests content I actually want to watch.Speed & Performance – Streaming is fast and reliable, with little to no buffering—even on higher-res content.Portable & Travel-Friendly – I took it with me on a recent trip and just plugged it into the hotel TV. Boom—my shows, my apps, my settings.App Variety – Every streaming app I use regularly is available: Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Spotify, YouTube—you name it.For the price, it’s honestly one of the best streaming devices out there. Whether you’re upgrading your old setup or turning a “dumb” TV into a smart one, the Fire Stick is a fantastic choice. It’s user-friendly, packed with features, and more flexible than many other options in its price range.Highly recommended!

I am very happy that I purchased this product. Now I can control streaming and TV with my Alexa Echo and Echo Dot. The installation from my Alexa app was very seamless. I can use Alexa to search for my movies and play my music on my TV or other devices. Buffering is good I only have buffering issues when my signal gets low, depending on the distance from my Wi-Fi. My sound quality is good from my sound bar or Echo. It boots rapid without any gliches. Use your Alexa app to connect your device the internet. The device is easy to tranfer from one TV to the next.

Our former Amazon Fire TV Stick performed so well and was such a pleasure to use, but it had reached the end of its support life from Amazon - no more updates. This new Amazon Fire TV Stick HD is a direct replacement and almost identical, but appears to be much improved in operation. It was 'almost' easy to install the new 'stick' - it retained all the app listings, but each app had to be reinstalled when opened in the menu list which meant that user names/passwords had to be re-entered... as an 'advanced-age' senior I had to actually use 'memory cells' that had not been accessed in YEARS!!! It all went smoothly and within ~30 minutes I had everything ready to go! The new Amazon Fire TV Stick HD has much better screen responsiveness when moving between apps and for some reason unknown to me provides better sound reproduction than the former Fire Stick on the same TV... maybe, like me, 'AGE' had effected its ability to 'function' properly?? As with our other Amazon-linked products they perform flawlessly and accordingly, I highly recommend the new Amazon Fire TV Stick HD.

I had an older Chromecast device that I had been using for years to stream from my phone to my tv. Recently I could not stream anything from Appletv or peacock. It would act like it was going to work and once playback started the screen would go black though you could hear the audio and see the closed captions.Looked at everything out there and took a chance on the fire stick.This thing was plug and play. plugged into the wall, into the tv and downloaded the app to my phone and setup only took a couple of minutes and was well connected. Now I can cast/mirror my phone screen, appletv, peaccock and Prime with the remote control, which works way better than my dish tv remote for functionality and ease of use. I still have to switch the tv back to dish networks input for that but it is easy to do.Wish I had done this sooner I particularly like the remote and the app, which can also be used as a remote.

As usual (this is our 4th Fire Stick), it is a pain to install. It always seems to get stuck in an update loop. For each and every Fire Stick, if has taken at least 30 minutes for updates. You do an update, install and try to use it and there is another update/install. For the same 'system components'. This happened 3 times. Then the Prime Video app needed updating. Say what? It got stuck on that, so we just powered down, came back up and all seemed to be fine. When I bought this one, the page said it was up to date. How often are updates done, anyway?We selected the option to bring our old stick stuff over. Yeah, right. It didn't do that until we actually had to pick apps for our streaming. It seems that each stick is more difficult to install. There may be something good about smart TVs if you don't have to go through the aggravation of this thing!We gave up on using a PIN. It is probably us, but we could not figure out how to pick a pin, let alone validate (repeat entry) of one. So glad we really don't need one.Once this is installed, it is great. They all have been, barring the occaisonal unplug to clear cache because it is in never-never land.