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With a streaming stick, you can add apps and streaming services to any TV or display, instantly unlocking access to a wide range of movies, TV shows, and music. Amazon’s Fire TV sticks are among the most popular models as they’re easy to use and bundled with numerous options.
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus—the newest model—is currently on sale for just $30. That’s a whopping 40 percent discount on its original $50 price tag, and it’s so popular that more than 10,000 units were bought in the past month alone. The more powerful version—the Fire TV Stick 4K Max—has also been price-dropped, this one by 33 percent, down from its original $60 to a more affordable $40. Nice!
Note! The regular Fire TV Stick 4K was recently renamed as the “4K Plus” for the newest refresh, but the overall features remain identical.
The Fire TV Stick 4K Plus
The Fire TV Stick 4K Plus delivers 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and Dolby Atmos for a cinema-like home media experience—provided your TV and sound system support these standards. You can stream content from Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and more. In addition, thousands of free films and series are available via ad-supported streaming apps such as Pluto TV.
With its quad-core 1.7GHz processor, apps launch faster and navigation through screens is more responsive than in previous models. Thanks to Wi-Fi 6 support, you can stream smoothly even with several devices connected at the same time. (A compatible Wi-Fi 6 router is required to benefit, but this stick also works with older routers.)
The included Alexa Voice Remote allows you to control your TV, apps, and connected smart home devices with voice commands. This means you can control your smart lights, security cameras, and thermostats directly via the TV without having to juggle devices.
One standout feature worth noting: Xbox games! With an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, you can stream games like Starfield and Forza Motorsport directly via the stick even without an Xbox console. For casual gamers, this offers an easy way to play the latest games.
The Fire TV Stick 4K Max
The Fire TV Stick 4K Max on sale is the second-generation model, an improvement on the basic 4K model with a faster quad-core 2.0GHz processor, Wi-Fi 6E for even more stable streaming, and twice as much storage space (16GB). The enhanced Alexa Voice Remote enables additional control functions and faster access to content.
The 4K Max also supports 4K resolution, Dolby Vision, HDR10, and Dolby Atmos. A special feature is the Fire TV Ambient TV, which lets you choose from over 2,000 works of art and photographs to be displayed on the TV as a background piece, complete in museum quality.
Why these deals are worthwhile
For just $30, the Fire TV Stick 4K Plus is a cost-effective way to upgrade your existing TV setup. The resolution is crisp and clear, the sound support is great, the app selection is vast, and the Xbox game streaming is a huge cherry on top. It works with any HDMI-compatible display, so you can even use it with a lone monitor instead of a TV.
And for $40, the Fire TV Stick 4K Max provides even smoother performance thanks to upgraded hardware, better internet stability with Wi-Fi 6E, and twice as much storage space. It’s a worthwhile jump up for users who depend on cloud gaming or smart home integration.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.