Amazon's new Fire TV has some hot competition from both the Android TV arena and the new Apple TV. In the fight for your television, which is the one to go for? Here we pit three of the top options against each other.
Amazon is back with a 2015 refresh of its Fire TV set top box. The first one was an impressive product at a superb price, so the new one has a lot to live up to. Does it manage that? Here's our full review.
When it comes to Android, Amazon's always gone its own way, first with its own app store, then with the Kindle Fire tablet and now with Fire TV. Think Amazon's FireTV, the company's first real set-top box, as a logical extension of everything it's built thus far. First Amazon built up its app repository. Then it gave us a device of its own to make the best use of it. Add into that...
It's Amazon Prime Day and today the online retail giant is offering UK consumers some great deals on Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Kindle and the Kindle HD 7 tablet.
Amazon has added its X-Ray feature to both Fire TV and Fire TV Stick to provide owners quick on-screen information about movies and TV shows. The feature, which was previously available on Amazon's Kindle tablets, will be added to the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick via a software update that starts rolling out today. X-Ray will be available for owners of those devices who use Amazon...
For those of you rocking one of Amazon's Fire TV Sticks, today may be your lucky day. HBO GO has finally made its way to the streaming dongle. There hasn't yet been a formal announcement, but HBO GO is indeed available for the Fire TV Stick through the dongle's app store. HBO GO originally hit the Fire TV back in December, but users of its smaller sibling, the Fire TV Stick, were...
Sports fans will be happy to hear that Fox Sports Go is now available for download on your Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Fire TV Stick. With it you can catch live NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, UFC, college football, college hoops, and UEFA Champions League soccer, provided you also have a supporting cable package. The announcement lines up with the upcoming divisional playoff livestreams of the...
Amazon has announced that HBO GO will now be streaming to Amazon Fire TV customers. Customers with HBO's subscription can now bring that experience to the Fire TV set-top box starting today and Amazon's more affordably priced Fire TV Stick will also gain HBO GO streaming capabilities in spring. Since launch, Amazon Fire TV has more than quadrupled its selection, with over 700 apps...
Amazon will be offering the Fire TV set-top box for just $69 — a 30 percent reduction from its usual price of $99 — as part of the retailer's Cyber Monday deals. The exact time the deal is set to go live isn't mentioned, with Amazon noting that it would commence "this afternoon." Fire TV offers a huge selection of TV shows, movies, music, games and more. The set-top box allows you to...
Amazon has fired off a salvo against Google's Chromecast and the Roku Stick with the just announced Fire TV Stick. The HDMI streaming video dongle is now available for pre-order for $39, with shipments beginning on November 19. However, current and new members of Amazon Prime can get the Fire TV Stick for just $19 for the next two days. Amazon says that the UI of the Fire TV Stick is...
Amazon has commenced selling the Fire TV in the UK. The streaming box will set purchasers back by £79, granting access to not only Prime Instant Video, but also iPlayer, Netflix and content from other broadcasters. All that's required is a stable internet connection and you're good to go. Owners have access to BBC iPlayer, BBC News, Demand 5, Sky News, Netflix, Prime Instant Video,...
Spotify is now available for US owners of Amazon's Fire TV set-top box, allowing them to access the popular streaming music service. In a statement, Spotify said: Using Spotify Connect on your Amazon Fire TV allows you to control your music using the Spotify app on your mobile or tablet. You can seamlessly switch your favorite music from your mobile to the TV and continue to make...
If you have yet to pull the trigger on Amazon's Fire TV — now is the time. Amazon is offering a $15 discount on their streaming set top box, bringing the price down to just $84 with free shipping. The offer is only good for a limited time (though we're not sure how long) so get in while the getting is good. If you haven't checked it out before, Fire TV offers a huge selection of TV...
Amazon is a Seattle-based online retail giant that is best known across the world as the "everything store" where you can buy practically anything you want and have it shipped to you in short order. Aside from its retail business, Amazon is well-known for its digital goods marketplace, where it started by selling books, followed by music, movies, TV shows and eventually Android apps...
Amazon is now offering a bundle discount for those who are looking to buy both the Fire TV set top box and the Kindle Fire tablet together as a nice way to kick start the summer with some entertainment. The deal will bundle the Amazon Fire TV along with a 16 GB version of Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 7 tablet with Special Offers for just $249, a savings of $79 from the $328 list price if...
Amazon is in a slightly awkward situation with its new Fire TV streamer. The company is currently under fire from Wreal, the makers of FyreTV. We're sure you know where this is going. WREAL has filed a complaint in a Florida court alleging a total of five counts of unauthorized use and infringement upon held trademarks. If you're not familiar with the FyreTV, it's a streamer...
HBO and Amazon have struck up a multi-year agreement which makes Instant Video the exclusive online-only subscription service for HBO's shows. As a part of the deal, the recently-launched Fire TV will get HBO Go by the end of the year. On-demand streaming for select HBO shows kicks in on May 21st. A few shows — including Girls, The Newsroom, and Veep — will be made available over the...
Fire TV is possibly the best single set-top box available, but it still can’t be everything to everyone In what has been colloquially called the "battle for the living room" (or as I like to call it, the battle for your HDMI inputs), competition is heating up but hasn't exactly hit a flash point. Modern products in the small set top box space like the WD TV Live, Boxee Box and Google...
Oh, what a tangled week we weave. We — and a lot of you folks out there — now have the Samsung Galaxy S5 in hand. Plus we're getting in deep with Amazon Fire TV. Plus we're answering a lot of your questions this week. And there might even be some singing. Just a little bit of singing, though, because Phil runs a tight ship. Or something. Join us!
Wherein our editor resigns himself to needing too many HDMI inputs to cover his streaming bases I don't want that much, really. Just to be able to stream All The Things to my living room receiver. Google content. Amazon content. Netflix. YouTube. Satellite radio, perhaps. I'm not cutting the cable cord. Life without quick and proper DVR access is not something I want to consider,...