Amazon Fire TV Cube (2nd Gen)

Jumping between the different apps and the Fire TV menu felt snappy and responsive. The Amazon Fire TV Cube is the best iteration of the Fire TV yet.

My use case was pretty specific - my old Denon AV receiver was dying and I wanted to consolidate my old echo dot, roku and harmony remote into a simple, small, low-wattage system. The promise of the learning remote and built-in speaker and HDMI audio out was key to my decision. I would be using my a...

The Amazon support model is ridiculous. There is no capability (as is the case in most of the known support environments) to open an actual ticket, and then be able to have an interactive thread, through which you can resolve actual “serious” issues. All you can do is talk to someone on the phone, a...

Purchased July 16, Amazon Firecube, Prime day. I have Not been given this item as a promotion or paid for my review. Let me clarify. My internet connection to my home is true fiber. Hard wired I get 967 down speeds and 924 upload speeds. Wireless on my meshed network at the very very furthest point ...

Well since voice recognition is on here as a metric I'll start there. You can't really have this and a different echo device in the same room because they will argue with each other over who's job it is to listen to you. Using this as an echo device for voice commands such as "turn on the lights" do...

I have had many different streaming devices, Fire TV, Roku, Google Chromecast and Apple TV. We gave up Roku's because their remotes were battery eaters and basically featureless. Google Chromecast was okay but nothing worth writing home about. I settled on Apple TV (newest edition) for it's ease of ...

I already had Fire TV Stick 4K Max models on my three TVs. But during one of the periodic markdown sales, I started looking at reviews for the Fire TV Cube. Being a geek, I noticed that they have a lot more memory than the sticks. Which means you can install more apps-- and if you have multiple stre...

First and foremost let's be clear. This is a streaming devce. The setup is the same as any other fire type streamer. I know this isn't the latest, up to datest in streaming devices but it is a significant step up from the latest, up to datest Fire TV Stick 4K Max. With the stick I enjoyed smooth, HD...

Firstly, for the most stable streaming experience, of course you will want a hardwired aka ethernet connection. Sadly, Amazon uses some ill-designed external ethernet to quasi-usb adapter (included :) ). That would be OK except that the speed of that ethernet port is at most 100 MB. So you could pos...

I bought this to update an older Fire Stick, when Amazon ran a promotion that gave me a discount when trading in my old Fire Stick. Since I have many Alexa integrated Smart Devices in my home, having this Fire Cube gave me a fifth location where Alexa could hear my voice commands 24/7 (I have two Ec...