The company has announced a new Fire TV Stick 4K. It costs less than the older model and has a couple of new features. It costs £49.99, less than the Fire TV 4K which sold for £69.99 previously. The new product is an update to the old regular Fire TV Stick and adds 4K support as standard. The Fire TV Stick 4K is available in the US for $49.99. The design of the Stick remains similar to the old model, though the remote now, finally, includes volume buttons. It simply slots into an HDMI port on your TV and connects to the internet over your home Wi-Fi connection. As the name suggests, it’s 4K compatible but you’ll only see the benefit if you have a 4K TV (but it does work on any TV. It also promises faster performance thanks to its 1.7GHz quad-core processor, a slight step up from the 1.5GHz of the older-gen 4K model. Just bear in mind you’ll need decent Wi-Fi speeds to stream 4K content in the first place. With the Alexa Voice Remote included in the box you can control Fire TV with your voice. It’s actually still easier just to use the remote as a point and click remote, but there’s something satisfying about pressing a button and saying “Alexa, watch American Gods” and have it work. You can also pair the Stick with an Echo device in the same room to get far-field voice recognition to select shows, rather than using the remote. But for a new lower price, the Fire TV Stick 4K looks to be one of the cheapest and easiest ways to stream 4K content to your TV. Henry is Tech Advisor’s Phones Editor, ensuring he and the team covers and reviews every smartphone worth knowing about for readers and viewers all over the world. He spends a lot of time moving between different handsets and shouting at WhatsApp to support multiple devices at once.
