No offense, to me a new user of the fire stick, the majority of this video was useless. My only concern is the streaming experience itself. I don't care about the background, photographs, or the ambient experience.
Yeah he was just talking about the new features of the max version compared to previous fire sticks. What content are you talking about? Do you need a 4k streaming demonstration? Everyone knows what that looks like already. The only purpose of this video was just to discuss the latest features of the max.
Been thinking about getting a new stick for a while now. Nothing wrong with my old one, but it is almost 5 years old now and it is starting to show its age.
The current shield still plays everything, why do they need a new one? The only advantage to a newer shield, would be emulation of newer games. Which you can buy a mini PC to do that
Something I wanted to see testing was latency using the Home Theater mode of this device, using Echo Studio speakers as sound via eARC to hear the sound from the TV, and playing on the Xbox or even using an AppleTV 4k.
Amazon had it for $39.99 today (Nov. 13) so I bought one to replace the old Fire TV 4k stick I had. It was worth it for the ambient feature, faster processor and more storage.
The new Fire Stick also passes lossless Dolby TrueHD/Atmos via say Plex. The new Cube did this as well and now also the new Gen fire stick. This is also a pretty big upgrade
As long as they continue to allow Side Loads of Application they are going to be a great choice. I do wish nVidia would come out with updated version of Shield. last model was 2019.
Why the shield is still the best streaming device on the market as long as it’s still supported I personally don’t care if they don’t release a new version.
General question on the state of streaming sticks: Any reason why TV Manufacturers refuse to support adding ports that feature USB-C-PD? It's a real chicken/egg problem, but would go a long way to realizing a TRUE plug-and-play streaming stick without having to figure out where to plug them in for power. Cheers!
In Plex go to playback settings and change the original source to automatic (converted). You will find that maybe titles are different I do not use it for a while.
Please add Flickr customization to the ambient screensaver options. I want some cloud-based option for making a photo/video slideshow when the TV is idle.
Was gonna buy this to upgrade my girlfriend’s aging fire stick because she is OBSESSED with samsung’s frame TVs, but seeing that the ambient mode is pretty useless…yawn. I’ll buy us an apple TV instead of
I have a 65 inch in Signa Fire TV, base model cheap, in my living room, purchased earlier this year. Mostly use it for DIRECTV Stream app, and I find it very laggy on the Fire TV. Would it be any faster with the Fire TV ultra stick?it's not laggy on my Apple TV 4K. Thank you
One Major problem for me is My external USB drives will not show uo in Xplore snd while they show up under storage in the firestick IT will not let me set one as a storage place for Tivimate recordings. I formatted in firestick both ways abd still will not work or show up in Xplore
I still have the very first Fire TV (the square brick with sharp edges) and since it's starting to have some issues like stuttering just browsing the menu until a restart, I'm thinking of getting a new one. For $60 my reaction is to just get a used Apple TV. I'm going to keep my Prime subscription, but is there a benefit in having a Fire TV over the others? PS: my Fire TV has even a USB port I can load content from, does any of the current devices have this?
Great video, so my older fire stick has been updated, and every program especially those on Fubo, displays an orange bar showing the program is being recorded. and each time we turn on the tv, we need to make sure we are not recording. Is this part of the new update? Thanks
The new Fire TV Stick 4K Max is a beast! It's like having a cinema in your pocket with Dolby Atmos audio and Alexa at your service. Loving every moment of it! A good purchasing upgrade along with mediatek performance speed.
In October 2024, I got one on sale on Amazon for $29.99. I chose it over Roku Roku Express 4k+ (also $29.99) mainly because it has Wifi 6e (Roku has 5), and Dolby Atmos. The trade-off is Amazon pushing their media content on the main menu. Ambient experience? Okay, fine but not worth the large chunk of time you spent on it, considering it has the other cool features I've mentioned.
That was good episode! I have a question… if I wanted the best FireTV experience, which one would you choose between the fire tv 4K max or the new fire tv cube 3rd gen!
i just want to get rid of my direct tv and enjoy tv again any advice?? i don’t have a Amazon account what if i got one from say walmart or best buy HELP thank you
@@thomashoang6789 I would say about 85% of the content I watch are live streams and youtube videos followed by older TV shows from 20, 30 and 40 years ago. That's why upscaling is the very first thing that I consider before purchasing any display or video device.
@@Caleb_Denison Correct. However, my use-case is slightly different than most. I already have a TV with outstanding upscaling capabilities but I'm looking for a streaming device that will pair well with a 4k monitor that does not have built-in video processing including upscaling.
@@JohnWayne1985 Ah! Makes sense. Nvidia Shield likely your best bet then. As good as the ApplenTV is otherwise, upscaling lower resolution content isn’t its strongest suit. Its faked HDR is not bad, though.
I have a 2023 LG OLED tv and surprised that watching the same Amazon Prime content with the 4k max seems brighter and more vivid than with the LG’s own app.
ok . Great review! Before watching I already knew "it's a good deal for the price" however I still wanna know about the downsides, and I feel that to many ppl focus just on that, but everything has some downsides, and even tough it's a good deal for the price one still might want a bit more and if it does not matter if the product is 60$, 100$ or 150$, i still wanna know what im getting for my money and I feel like I got the information i wanted from this review.. It's from Amazon, so I expect things like it plays videos good and all that crap, but I also wanna know what I would be missing (which can be important) and I just saw this product on sale locally and was thinking "not a bad price", but after watching this , I know i want a bit more so I will not be spending money on something that does not "fully meet my needs" :) Thanks for a good review :)
Google, " where do I point my antenna " it will tell you which antenna gets which channels are around you, then decide if u want a inside or outside antenna, I don't use those apps that come pre install on smart tv's, get a firestick And have fun
I’m thinking of getting this for FuboTV, which has looked like crap on the last couple Samsung TVs I’ve had. I had a Toshiba fire tv in 2021 and Fubo looked great on that, so I’m wondering if since this is a fire stick Fubo would look better on it if maybe the stick was doing the video processing instead of the tv. Can anyone tell me if this would be the case?
Good quality vid, tho consider putting more light to ur face, to balance exposure to match with background. Anyway u can work on lightening ur scenes and it will look beautyfull and professional. :P
Nope, not even. This MAX 4k stick still suffers form the main issue that made me trash my old Fire stick.....clutter and junk. Roku and Apple, and to even some degree Google's Android TV, allow you to clean up and simplify the interface. Bezo's and Amazon ain't having that. No you absolutely cannot declutter / modify the 'Amazon advertising board', because that's essentially what this interface is. Amazon is in the rearview for me, which is where its likely to stay.
The 8GB firestick we have that all the apps we have on it are like 45MB to 250MB and yet it's constantly screaming that we're out of space and asking what apps we want to remove, this 4K MAX 16GB better do better than the 8GB firestick else it's going to be sent back We should be able to install more than just what comes on a new firestick and 3 to 4 apps like Tubi or the likes without running otu of space even when we have a 64GB thumb drive plugged in to use too and 99.9% of apps we want, firestick won't even allow us to install on the thumb drive.
Does anyone know if Kodi works correctly on the new Fire TV Max Gen2, because on Fire TV Max Gen1 it is rubbish to play h264 (mp4) on Kodi, nor does VLC work correctly with H264.
I've always found that firesticks are limited to 100mb/sec. my computer which is located 1/2 meter from my firestick has 250mb/sec wifi but firestick never gets above around 80mb/sec
1. Not sure what do you mean by jail break. I can install a plethora of Android app on it with very little efforts. 2. It is $45 so don't expect it to run windows. 3. I installed iQiyi, Tencent Video, Bilibily, Ads Free RUclips Player, a video player that plays my library from my local network. It ran very nicely for something that is $45. I hardly watched Prime Video even though I am a Prime member. 4 I am also able to install VPN clients so I can stream video that are region restricted. The VPN services are paid obviously. What you planning to do?
Have the low-volume, poor sound-quality, playback problems been addressed with this new unit? Very disappointed in the Fire TV Stick 4K Max!! What good is it to have over $7k in home audio equipment & paying a monthly subscription to Amazon Prime Music (for UHD music), if the playback through the stick makes everything sound like it's broadcast in 32Kbps MP3 format?!?!? These newer sticks are all garbage. Never had any sound quality issues with their first sticks.......
$37 for a 4K, $57 for a 4K Max on amazon at the moment. From your review I can see no reason to go for the Max? Only a few gimmicks that I would never use.
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Still a great stick. It'll be really interesting to see if any of the others get the Ambient Experience. (I wouldn't bet on it though.)
No offense, to me a new user of the fire stick, the majority of this video was useless. My only concern is the streaming experience itself. I don't care about the background, photographs, or the ambient experience.
Thanks for sparing my time.
This review felt next to useless. Literally played no content or compared content to other streaming players.
Facts! The other guy that hosts used to do a lot better
Yeah he was just talking about the new features of the max version compared to previous fire sticks. What content are you talking about? Do you need a 4k streaming demonstration? Everyone knows what that looks like already. The only purpose of this video was just to discuss the latest features of the max.
Thanks for helping me to not waste time
Exactly 💯
Exactly, like WTF is he taking about. I wish you could still see the thumbs down votes.
If I don't care about the ambient experience and all that, is this worth upgrading from the 2021 4k max or is there not much of a difference?
Been thinking about getting a new stick for a while now. Nothing wrong with my old one, but it is almost 5 years old now and it is starting to show its age.
If you sideload , you won't be able to when amazon drops Android
The current generation fire stick 4K is only $23 and it is definitely adequate for most people
Yea me and the fam just bought 3 for the house. I talked them into buying them because of the price and how my 4k fire stick has been holding up
Dang it Nvidia. Give us a Shield TV Pro 2 cowards!!
My first thoughts too
We can only live in hope. Nvidia shield pro is still king at streaming 4k HDR/Dolby vision through your home network using Plex.
agreed, my first thought as well
Not until Switch 2 comes out I fear. 😢
The current shield still plays everything, why do they need a new one? The only advantage to a newer shield, would be emulation of newer games. Which you can buy a mini PC to do that
Something I wanted to see testing was latency using the Home Theater mode of this device, using Echo Studio speakers as sound via eARC to hear the sound from the TV, and playing on the Xbox or even using an AppleTV 4k.
Amazon had it for $39.99 today (Nov. 13) so I bought one to replace the old Fire TV 4k stick I had. It was worth it for the ambient feature, faster processor and more storage.
Same
Same
Bought it today with prime. It works smoothly. And got more storage
The new Fire Stick also passes lossless Dolby TrueHD/Atmos via say Plex. The new Cube did this as well and now also the new Gen fire stick. This is also a pretty big upgrade
Woah no way? I thought only nvidia shield pro did this and every one else transcoded.
Have they fixed the DV blank screen when playing back mkv ? Does it pass lossless audio, ATMOS TRUEHD / DTS:X ?
As long as they continue to allow Side Loads of Application they are going to be a great choice. I do wish nVidia would come out with updated version of Shield. last model was 2019.
Yep. Sideloaded smart tube next. Works fine on the new fire tv
Why the shield is still the best streaming device on the market as long as it’s still supported I personally don’t care if they don’t release a new version.
One thing I hate about the fires stick is all the ads and clutter in the menu. Why can’t we just get a clean interface.
Firestick & VPN do not work ? Does this confirm with your findings
Also is this worth adding to an already smart TV?
General question on the state of streaming sticks: Any reason why TV Manufacturers refuse to support adding ports that feature USB-C-PD? It's a real chicken/egg problem, but would go a long way to realizing a TRUE plug-and-play streaming stick without having to figure out where to plug them in for power. Cheers!
What do you mean exactly? This does have a type c port.
@@BS-ix7qp so the charging port is utb c??? nobody is mentionin that in review and that is a big deal!
1:49 Wifi 6e literally IS the latest standard for wifi. Wifi 7 hasn't really taken off yet nor do I think most devices support it.
For all practical purposes, Wi-Fi 6E is the latest technology.
Nvidia Shield 2 when. With even better DLSS up scaling, HDR10+ support and HDMI out (2.1)
Probably never
I have a first model Fire TV Stick 4k Max, and I have issues playing certain video formats on PLEX. Does this version have the same issues?
In Plex go to playback settings and change the original source to automatic (converted). You will find that maybe titles are different I do not use it for a while.
Please add Flickr customization to the ambient screensaver options. I want some cloud-based option for making a photo/video slideshow when the TV is idle.
Was gonna buy this to upgrade my girlfriend’s aging fire stick because she is OBSESSED with samsung’s frame TVs, but seeing that the ambient mode is pretty useless…yawn. I’ll buy us an apple TV instead of
It has a quad-core mediatek processor and a wireless uptick from Wi-Fi 6 to 6E
I can't wait to try this later this year
I have 15 year old led Samsung tv witch version of fire stick should I get?
Do the 4K sticks still work on non 4K tvs? Have an older tv for now I’d like to use this on and possibly keep for future use.
I ditched the 4K Max stick for Apple TV 4K and not going back to the Ads ! 😂
How about add some of these features to the new fire cube since it will be a few years for a gen 3.
I have a 65 inch in Signa Fire TV, base model cheap, in my living room, purchased earlier this year. Mostly use it for DIRECTV Stream app, and I find it very laggy on the Fire TV. Would it be any faster with the Fire TV ultra stick?it's not laggy on my Apple TV 4K. Thank you
One Major problem for me is My external USB drives will not show uo in Xplore snd while they show up under storage in the firestick IT will not let me set one as a storage place for Tivimate recordings. I formatted in firestick both ways abd still will not work or show up in Xplore
does the firestick come with pre loaded movies and consistency updated
I have commented elsewhere miracast is unfortunately disabled in this version. Worth noting if you use this feature.
What's the difference in using the Amazon fire stick compared to the Amazon app on a smart TV
Probably more lag on the smart TV app and less upgrades.
@@noncustody True, my Firestick gets a couple of updates every week
I still have the very first Fire TV (the square brick with sharp edges) and since it's starting to have some issues like stuttering just browsing the menu until a restart, I'm thinking of getting a new one. For $60 my reaction is to just get a used Apple TV. I'm going to keep my Prime subscription, but is there a benefit in having a Fire TV over the others?
PS: my Fire TV has even a USB port I can load content from, does any of the current devices have this?
Does it support audio passthrough?
I have a ROKU stick and it works great. Is the Firestick any better?
Not much.
yes
Can I use the firestick in multiple houses at the same time or can it only be used in one home
❤❤❤❤ I still have old 4 k firestick and I love it❤❤❤❤
Can you disable HDR on this or is it forced?
Does it allow you to bypass Dolby Vision or select HRD over Dolby Vision when watching certain content?
Great video, so my older fire stick has been updated, and every program especially those on Fubo, displays an orange bar showing the program is being recorded. and each time we turn on the tv, we need to make sure we are not recording. Is this part of the new update? Thanks
The ambient option such as backgrounds, is it 4k quality?
Will it work on a HD TV?
The new Fire TV Stick 4K Max is a beast! It's like having a cinema in your pocket with Dolby Atmos audio and Alexa at your service. Loving every moment of it! A good purchasing upgrade along with mediatek performance speed.
Does the stick make the RUclips videos show in 4k
4k on RUclips most likely doesn’t show, why didn’t he answer you?
So one of the big new features is... screensavers?
Sounds like a typical amazon move.
When holding the home button it doesn't give me the apps selection. How do I customize it?
In October 2024, I got one on sale on Amazon for $29.99. I chose it over Roku Roku Express 4k+ (also $29.99) mainly because it has Wifi 6e (Roku has 5), and Dolby Atmos. The trade-off is Amazon pushing their media content on the main menu. Ambient experience? Okay, fine but not worth the large chunk of time you spent on it, considering it has the other cool features I've mentioned.
Might be a stupid question but I'm failing to find an answer, do I need this mission power adapter thing or is it pointless?
That was good episode! I have a question… if I wanted the best FireTV experience, which one would you choose between the fire tv 4K max or the new fire tv cube 3rd gen!
i just want to get rid of my direct tv and enjoy tv again any advice?? i don’t have a Amazon account what if i got one from say walmart or best buy HELP thank you
Why is mine out of storage with only 6 apps downloaded? It has to delete apps now before adding new ones. Never had this problem with my of 4k stick.
Nearly all the content I watch is in 1080p and below and the only thing that I care about from these devices is how well they handle upscaling.
Just curious. What content are you watching isn't in 4K? Live TV?
@@thomashoang6789 I would say about 85% of the content I watch are live streams and youtube videos followed by older TV shows from 20, 30 and 40 years ago. That's why upscaling is the very first thing that I consider before purchasing any display or video device.
Your TV is almost always going to be the best upscaler.
@@Caleb_Denison Correct. However, my use-case is slightly different than most. I already have a TV with outstanding upscaling capabilities but I'm looking for a streaming device that will pair well with a 4k monitor that does not have built-in video processing including upscaling.
@@JohnWayne1985 Ah! Makes sense. Nvidia Shield likely your best bet then. As good as the ApplenTV is otherwise, upscaling lower resolution content isn’t its strongest suit. Its faked HDR is not bad, though.
I have a 2023 LG OLED tv and surprised that watching the same Amazon Prime content with the 4k max seems brighter and more vivid than with the LG’s own app.
You need to make sure you're in the same picture mode on the TV. Ideally, probably set to Filmmaker Mode on both.
@@coder543 I compared standard mode. I’ll compare again with filmaker mode. Thanks
Apps that come with the TV are compressed
Does this work with HDR10+ on youtube.Only streamer that seems to work with youtube hdr10+ is the apple tv 4k 3rd gen
ok . Great review! Before watching I already knew "it's a good deal for the price" however I still wanna know about the downsides, and I feel that to many ppl focus just on that, but everything has some downsides, and even tough it's a good deal for the price one still might want a bit more and if it does not matter if the product is 60$, 100$ or 150$, i still wanna know what im getting for my money and I feel like I got the information i wanted from this review.. It's from Amazon, so I expect things like it plays videos good and all that crap, but I also wanna know what I would be missing (which can be important) and I just saw this product on sale locally and was thinking "not a bad price", but after watching this , I know i want a bit more so I will not be spending money on something that does not "fully meet my needs" :) Thanks for a good review :)
I hear amazon are moving away from Android, get these while you can,
I'm trying to cut the cable. Problem is I don't understand anything about what is being said here. Where do I start?
Google, " where do I point my antenna " it will tell you which antenna gets which channels are around you, then decide if u want a inside or outside antenna, I don't use those apps that come pre install on smart tv's, get a firestick
And have fun
For the holidays i just ordered It for $49
I have the fire stick original and it's super slow and the remote barely responds and it's slow
I’m thinking of getting this for FuboTV, which has looked like crap on the last couple Samsung TVs I’ve had. I had a Toshiba fire tv in 2021 and Fubo looked great on that, so I’m wondering if since this is a fire stick Fubo would look better on it if maybe the stick was doing the video processing instead of the tv.
Can anyone tell me if this would be the case?
will it turn a tv off ? like after i fall asleep i have the old max and it will just stay on and display a black screen...
Can anyone confirm if this stick plays 4k hdr/hdr10+/dv and atmos for Netflix, and Apple tv? Presumably Amazon prime content does
My new Firestick won't update due to WiFi 6 (i think)....i use a projector. Could this be the issue?
Disappointing that it doesn't come with the new pro remote.
Yeah, but then again the whole thing is only $60, and the Cube doesn't even come with it.
It does have a better remote. It has at least 3 extra buttons, the prev 4k Max remote doesn't have. The main one I would use is the settings button.
39.99$ right now just ordered one.
I picked it up on Amazon. But the store suggests choosing a newer model: All-new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max streaming device ))
8GB storage was absolutely not enough, filled it up with just 5-6 apps so good move there, now go usb c maybe? next year?
Just use an external USB like i do, problem solved
How can I watch local live tv?
Are you able to disable Dolby Vision and only allow HDR10 with this new device?
Who on earth would want to disable dolby vision?
how long can you drag a subject out? here's your answer
Good quality vid, tho consider putting more light to ur face, to balance exposure to match with background. Anyway u can work on lightening ur scenes and it will look beautyfull and professional. :P
I was told you had to get the Max 4th gen what's that???
I have a Samsung smart TV. I have a cube but do I need to get the firestick? I wonder how I check for updates.
If u have a gen 2 or gen 3 cube there's little no need for a firestick
Nope, not even. This MAX 4k stick still suffers form the main issue that made me trash my old Fire stick.....clutter and junk. Roku and Apple, and to even some degree Google's Android TV, allow you to clean up and simplify the interface. Bezo's and Amazon ain't having that. No you absolutely cannot declutter / modify the 'Amazon advertising board', because that's essentially what this interface is. Amazon is in the rearview for me, which is where its likely to stay.
You didn't touch upon the storage aspect as intended at the start of the video ;-)
The 8GB firestick we have that all the apps we have on it are like 45MB to 250MB and yet it's constantly screaming that we're out of space and asking what apps we want to remove, this 4K MAX 16GB better do better than the 8GB firestick else it's going to be sent back We should be able to install more than just what comes on a new firestick and 3 to 4 apps like Tubi or the likes without running otu of space even when we have a 64GB thumb drive plugged in to use too and 99.9% of apps we want, firestick won't even allow us to install on the thumb drive.
Can you get FrndlyTV with fire stick
What sucks this past summer on prime day I bought the 4K max fire sticks before they announced the 2023 version.
Can you use this on a 1080p TV 📺
yes
Well, if you get a new one you won't be able to sideload anymore, but it may look like the older ones are not going to be effective soon,
Does anyone know if Kodi works correctly on the new Fire TV Max Gen2, because on Fire TV Max Gen1 it is rubbish to play h264 (mp4) on Kodi, nor does VLC work correctly with H264.
I've always found that firesticks are limited to 100mb/sec. my computer which is located 1/2 meter from my firestick has 250mb/sec wifi but firestick never gets above around 80mb/sec
Firestick can achieve much more than that. Make sure you connected to the 5 GHZ network and do not use 2 GHZ.
Why doesn't work, I am having extreme basic problems
When Available in INDIA ?
Thanks Phil
I have read that the firestick was going to change operating systems, from android to their own . Is this for real?
Can I watch COPA America on fire stick?
yes
STILL no Sony A95L video’s from you? 😮🤗
Can you jailbreak all fire sticks
1. Not sure what do you mean by jail break. I can install a plethora of Android app on it with very little efforts.
2. It is $45 so don't expect it to run windows.
3. I installed iQiyi, Tencent Video, Bilibily, Ads Free RUclips Player, a video player that plays my library from my local network. It ran very nicely for something that is $45. I hardly watched Prime Video even though I am a Prime member.
4 I am also able to install VPN clients so I can stream video that are region restricted. The VPN services are paid obviously.
What you planning to do?
@@raymondchow8722what’s the name of the ads free RUclips player on your max 4k 2023? And how did u download and install it?
Something on the remote would have been helpful!
Have the low-volume, poor sound-quality, playback problems been addressed with this new unit? Very disappointed in the Fire TV Stick 4K Max!! What good is it to have over $7k in home audio equipment & paying a monthly subscription to Amazon Prime Music (for UHD music), if the playback through the stick makes everything sound like it's broadcast in 32Kbps MP3 format?!?!? These newer sticks are all garbage. Never had any sound quality issues with their first sticks.......
Great stuff
The fire stick 4K max will not update and it just stays on the screen stuck and there’s nothing we can do about it generation three generation three
Why didn't they just rename it? Like 4k+ and 4k+ max. This is very misleading for people who want to buy a new version.
All these "features" are completely useless in my opinion. All i want is a good streaming experience.
What about Plex Server? What about AV1 support?
Video should be title screen saver
Right. I want hdr youtube already.
Quantum dot just got the Nobel chemistry price. I guess tv makers will milk that marketing fact
$37 for a 4K, $57 for a 4K Max on amazon at the moment.
From your review I can see no reason to go for the Max?
Only a few gimmicks that I would never use.
More gb, 8 more. Worth it for me.
No sideloading makes this pointless.