Amazon has already entered in the competition of Televisions by presenting its Fire TV. However, it has gone through several ups and down, but the Company has not left the hope and come with an HDMI dongle. The Fire TV Stick is a Chromecast like device and has been introduced to give the tough competition to Google Chromecast and Roku Streaming Stick.
The stick will cost just $20 for the Prime members of Amazons and the users who register for Prime, but it will be effective for two days only. After that, it will be priced at $39. At some places, it has the ability to prove itself improved with few new and advanced features. Inherently, the device is meant for Amazon’s Fire TV and comes bundled with a remote.
Preorder has been begun for the stick from Monday. The small and cheaper than Fire TV Box, the stick is more powerful, better and speedy. This HDMI dongle is far better in specs than Chromecast and also costs low. It is compatible with Amazon Fire TV game controller and grants you with the option of 200 games to download. The dual-core processor and 1GB RAM make it more speedy in performance. It also has 8GB of flash storage.
Streaming movies and TV shows will become easier with this Fire TV stick. ASAP (Advanced Streaming and Prediction) for Amazon Instant Video also blesses your device with instant play ability. Yes, the time duration to begin a video on your TV will be reduced and it will let your device to immediately play the video, without wasting time in buffering.
It comes preloaded with all the apps which Chromecast offers like Netflix, Hulu Plus, WatchESPN, NBA Game Time, Twitch, SHOWTIME ANYTIME, , Spotify, Pandora, Vevo, Plex, A&E, PBS, PBS KIDS, WATCH Disney Channel, YouTube including Prime Music, Amazon Prime Instant Video app. However, HBO Go is missing in this gadget.
Mirroring, casting your smartphone screen on TV screen can also be done by this Fire TV Stick. Overall, this is perfect in every aspect with Wi-Fi connectivity and capable enough to beat the Google Chromecast in performance and technology. It will be out in the market on November 19, 2014.