If you want to add smart skills to your TV, an Amazon Fire TV device could be the way to go. And with so many deals triggering big savings across the entire Fire TV Stick range, now is a great time to buy. HBO Max, Hulu, YouTube and - of course - Amazon Prime Video. Plus it'll give you Alexa, Amazon's voice-activated personal assistant, so you can control your TV with your voice, look up trivia, access weather, news and traffic reports, and even control other smart home appliances like your lighting and heating. Read on for a rundown of all the Fire TV sticks and devices on offer - and today's cheapest Fire TV Stick deals. Should you buy an Amazon Fire TV? One of Amazon's best streamers, this Fire TV Stick features Dolby Atmos for immersive audio, and HDR for a greater difference between the light and dark parts of the picture, for a more realistic image. Inside is an enhanced 1.7GHz quad-core processor that boasts 50 per cent more power than the previous generation Fire TV Stick.
This new model delivers faster streaming in 1080p at 60fps, while the dual-band, dual-antenna WiFi supports 5GHz networks and promises more stable streaming and fewer dropped connections. The Alexa Voice Remote has dedicated power, volume, and mute buttons to control compatible TVs, soundbars, and AV receivers, gaming too. Another relatively new member of Amazon's ever-growing family of Fire TV devices, the Fire TV Stick Lite is a more affordable way to bring Alexa to your TV. It's 50 per cent faster than the previous Fire TV Stick, and shows content in HD quality with HDR support. Alexa Voice Remote Lite lets you speak to find, launch, and control content, while the user interface puts the main menu at the centre of your screen, making it easier to find what you're looking for. The difference is it doesn't have the TV button controls, so there are no dedicated power, volume and mute buttons - it's all about the voice. There's also no Dolby Atmos here. This data has been c reat ed with GSA C ontent G enerator D emoversi on!
Or, to give it its full name, the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Ultra HD with Alexa Voice Remote. Quite a mouthful. The first Fire TV Stick capable of showing a 4K picture is a must if you have a 4K TV. Dolby Atmos. How good is it? We gave it an Award in 2019, calling it the benchmark for streaming sticks. Do you prioritise picture and sound quality? The 2021 Fire TV Stick 4K Max is the device for you. The 'Max' has more power, more memory and a quicker Wi-Fi-6 connection than other Fire TV Sticks. It's apparently 40 per cent faster than the standard Fire TV Stick 4K (above), thanks to its new quad-core 1.8GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. There's also a new faster 750MHz GPU and ALLM for the gamers. It also has dedicated Netflix and Amazon Prime Video buttons. Another 4K-capable Fire TV device, the Fire TV Cube is a cut above your average streamer. For starters, it doesn't have a 'stick' design, but instead looks like a cube. The main difference in terms of functionality is that it doubles as a voice-activated universal remote for your whole system. That means you can control your Sky Q box, soundbar, TV, 4K Blu-ray player and games console, just by speaking. Now that's power. It streams in great quality too, supporting all formats of HDR. No wonder it earned five stars in our review. Amazon Fire TV vs Roku: which is better? Sign up below to get the latest from What Hi-Fi? Tom is a journalist, copywriter and content designer based in the UK. He has written articles for T3, ShortList, The Sun, The Mail on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph, Elle Deco, The Sunday Times, Men's Health, Mr Porter, Oracle and many more (including What Hi-Fi?). His specialities include mobile technology, electric vehicles and video streaming. This con te nt was generated by GSA Conte nt G en erator DEMO.
Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards totaled 517 million on June 30, 2020, compared with 510 million one year ago. "This was another highly unusual quarter, and I couldn’t be more proud of and grateful to our employees around the globe," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO. "As expected, we spent over $4 billion on incremental COVID-19-related costs in the quarter to help keep employees safe and deliver products to customers in this time of high demand-purchasing personal protective equipment, increasing cleaning of our facilities, following new safety process paths, adding new backup family care benefits, and paying a special thank you bonus of over $500 million to front-line employees and delivery partners. We’ve created over 175,000 new jobs since March and are in the process of bringing 125,000 of these employees into regular, full-time positions. And third-party sales again grew faster this quarter than Amazon’s first-party sales.
Amazon’s top priority is providing for the health and safety of our employees and partners, and the company spent more than $4 billion in the second quarter on incremental COVID-19 related initiatives to help keep employees safe, provide additional compensation to our employees and delivery partners, and deliver products to customers. Amazon provided a one-time Thank You bonus totaling over $500 million to all front-line employees and partners who were with the company throughout the month of June. This benefit provides employees with up to 10 days of company-subsidized emergency backup child or adult care. Amazon introduced Distance Assistant to help keep employees safe by providing them with live feedback on their social distancing via a 50-inch monitor. Amazon Beauty made the software and AI behind this innovation available via open source so that anyone can create their own Distance Assistant at no cost and get up and running with just a monitor, computer, and camera. Amazon is collaborating with national medical care group Crossover Health to pilot Amazon Neighborhood Health Centers, which are new medical facilities available to Amazon employees and their families.