An Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max is a streaming device with a quicker speed and support for the most up-to-date Wi-Fi standards. While there has been a lot of work done behind the scenes, the user interface for
So great news is that streaming video is only half of the capabilities of a Fire Stick. It can also keep records of your smart home gadgets and is compatible with
The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max streaming device seems to be a triple threat to anybody who loves Alexa, shops with Prime and is interested in
What you will see here?
Price and release date
On October 7, 2021,
When it comes to Roku and Google, it’s worth mentioning that there are devices that compete with the 4K Max in terms of functionality, such as the Chromecast with Google TV and the new Roku Streaming Stick 4K. (2021). Both have Dolby Vision HDR support and access to some of the same apps, but neither has Luna.
Design
This Fire TV Stick 4K Max
This Fire TV Stick 4K Max is powered through a micro USB connector on the device’s side. According to how your TV’s HDMI port is angled, the cable will extend from the top or bottom of the stick. If your Fire TV Stick 4K Max’s USB port is already on the bottom side when connected in, you should put it in the top-most HDMI port so that the USB cable doesn’t get in the way of the ports below (reverse these directions if your Fire TV Stick 4K Max’s USB port is already on the bottom side when plugged in).
Interface
This Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max streaming device like all previous Fire TV devices, has an
The newly updated Fire TV interface is more colorful than ever before, and it’s now divided into three tabs. Find is where you search, and Live is where you may find the greatest cable TV alternatives, like Hulu and YouTube TV to use the Fire Stick to get through the operating system.
With rows of paid advertising that appear every 4 to 8 rows of the home page as well as the splashy banners just at top of the screen, you’ll see a lot of adverts. While advertising appears to be the norm on nearly all streaming devices (except for the super-expensive Apple TV 4K), the Fire TV world appears to have a lot more. Roku’s advertisements are in the sidebar but also screen savers, while Chromecast with Google TV suggests content everywhere, but none feels as pervasive.
Performance
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max streaming device is the Max’s refers to its performance and quickness, which you noticed but not by much. A new quad-core 1.8GHz MT8696 processor and a 750MHz GPU are found beneath the hood’s plastic shell (upgraded from the Fire TV Stick’s quad-core 1.7GHz processor as well as 650MHz GPU). Although you didn’t have a Wi-Fi 6 router with it,
In the
Here on Fire TV Stick 4K Max, Disney Plus loads in 8.87 seconds from a restarted state, significantly faster than Fire TV Stick 4K’s 13.47 seconds. The “Disney+” logo stalled in its animations on the Fire TV Stick 4K, yet ran perfectly here on Fire TV Stick 4K Max, so you didn’t need a stopwatch to notice the difference. The app loaded in 9.07 seconds here on Chromecast with Google TV.
On the Fire TV Stick 4K Max, Netflix loaded in 1.38 seconds (also 1.58 seconds just on Chromecast with Google TV), but it takes 20 seconds on the Fire TV Stick 4K.
When you installed the Black Widow film into the Disney Plus app, the time disparities vanished. It took roughly 8-9 seconds for all three sticks to load.
Audio and video
As you rewatched Midsommar, a film as wonderfully produced as it is frightening, you discovered that the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max offers superb picture and sound. On the LG 55-inch OLED TV, the flower colors, as well as its many petals, came out bright and clear.
This is because of Fire TV Stick 4K Max’s ability to deliver the same high-quality audio and video also as Fire TV Stick 4K. For rich images, there’s HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision, and for immersive sound, there’s Dolby Atmos, which supports 7.1 surround sound, 2-channel stereo, and up to 5.1 via HDMI audio pass over. These video formats, and also Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, and Dolby Digital Plus, are available just on Chromecast with Google TV.
Although the Roku Streaming Stick 4K lacks Dolby Atmos. It does support numerous audio formats over HDMI (pass-through digital stereo, DTS Digital Surround, and Dolby-encoded audio).
Remote
At first glance, the
Unfortunately, the Fire TV 4K Max remote has been infected with branded app button disease which makes them feel more like adverts for brands than useful tools for users. Prime Video (of obviously), Disney Plus, Netflix, and Hulu are all represented by buttons. We’d prefer them to be programmable, like the two buttons on the elevated Roku Ultra. But for streaming devices under $50, this appears to be the industry standard.
Content and apps
The
Smart-home camera owners will appreciate the new Live View Picture-in-Picture mode, which allows you to view what’s happening with your video doorbell and home security camera without pausing the movie or show you’re watching. Your Nest Cam feed can view on your TV using the Chromecast with Google TV, and not in picture-in-picture mode.
All of the greatest streaming services and cable TV alternatives are available on the Fire TV Stick’s library, which includes YouTube TV (which is presently unavailable in the Roku store and can only find through the YouTube app). There’s also Plex, Spotify, and a slew of other options.
Conclusion
If you’re thinking about getting an
Is live TV integration worth $5 more when you can get a Chromecast with Google TV at $50 and avoid the ads? The impending $50 Roku Streaming Stick 4K. But we expect it to be a strong competition. Especially given its interface is cleaner and far less cluttered with adverts.
The improved performance in the new
