Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max (Newest gen), supports Wi-Fi 6E, Ambient Experience

No subscription required and brings the TV to new life! Quality video & audio and fast boot up after being powered. The only downside is it requires another socket instead of being powered from USB of the TV but I have seen products on Amazon that convert the power to be sufficient from TV USB too so might give them a try later.

Revitalised our TV-watching experience 😊 It’s easy and quick to do stuff that seemed to take forever with our old Roku Express! You can control the TV (on & off) and separate soundbar with just the Firestick remote. Also, the enhanced Alexa button is excellent, controlling all the smart gadgets from seemingly anywhere in the house with a press of a button and a spoken command😲 By far the best streaming device we’ve used, Five Stars!

I found the **Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2nd Gen, 2023)** to be fast, responsive, and packed with features. Wi-Fi 6E support gives super smooth streaming with no buffering, even on busy networks. The upgraded processor makes navigating apps seamless, and 16GB of storage means plenty of space for everything. Love the Ambient Experience—it turns my TV into a smart display. A fantastic upgrade for any streaming setup!

We have been using Firestick type devices since their release and this latest "Max" version is certainly an improvement for us over that of the previous 4k model.The responsiveness withing the menus, even when using the iPlayer for BBC, is so very apparent. Linking it for voice control with our Alexa's is a bonus and great to use to search for films or shows.They seem to have made the setup much easier to navigate also, that has to be good.The only slight negative is the ability to stream some very high bitrate content at 4k, this is over the LAN and absolutely NOT the same as streaming 4k over streaming networks online that the stick supports.Even tho we have Wi-Fi 6, 100% signal quality and very little used for any other connection, the fire stick being in the same room, there can be stutters and pauses noted when streaming the noted content over the LAN. That has totally disappeared when adding an Amazon LAN adaptor to this MAX stick.So, apart from the noted high bitrate 4k content over LAN, this upgraded MAX stick is wonderful. The extra functions on the remote are useful.One star only dropped due to the noted issues that were eliminated with the LAN adaptor for ethernet rather than WiFi.Very please and very much recommended.I hope this has helped you. Happy shopping and watching.

After resetting our 3 year old Fire Stick 1st gen, we set the 2nd gen Fire Stick to use. It's best to sync your content to our Amazon account & on setting it up. It's straight forward to use, the option of QR codes makes the apps easier to set up & use these as much as you can.WiFi was via password but once up & running, it took around 30 mm minutes to update, install to log in & use the stick... As an upgrade trafe-in, it's good value with offers going about. As we've been using on since 2019, it's been a reliable streaming source & film format since with no issues to quibble about. The picture quality is very good too.

I've had streaming boxes ie Shields and random unknown but recommended devices over the years, but having bought an expensive TV that did it all they all became redundant.But, my not even 2 year old TV now is suffering the typical fate of manufacturers selling it and forgetting it - ie apps have become buggy and unfixed or missing all together, and generally bloated performance wise.After a recent failing of YouTube on my TV I decided enough was enough, I'm going to try out the new Amazon Fire 4K Max sticks.Price - I mean it wasn't hugely cheap, but it's certainly not expensive in the grand scheme of media streamers and its certainly fully functional & if Amazon supports it like they do my very old fire tv stick on my bedroom TV which still performs brilliantly then it's worth every penny.Hardware wise, the specifications themselves are strong but the hardware included in the box is all you'll ever need, I'm not sure why there's some negative reviews about the remote quality as I personally feel its no worse than a normal TV remote, maybe some slightly rougher edges that will soon round off in use, it gets its weight from the batteries & it feels just fine.Setup - as someone who's dealt with complicated setups of streaming devices for years, the setup on the fire stick is down right boring - just pay attention to what it says on screen and you'll be left with a paired remote that also controls your basic functions.Performance wise, wow.. this things faster than my Samsung QN95 TV UI, and Xbox Series X for comparison, and it loaded up my Plex server on the first-run, in a matter of a couple of seconds, no stutter no bother.All the main apps are avaliable on the store, Netflix, Disney, iPlayer, YouTube, Prime Video, ITVX, 4, 5, Luna, and more.Plus if your tech savvy you can side load additional applications with relative ease.The UI, is the typical Fire TV UI nothing has changed there, splash banner at the top of the home screen advertising Amazon Video content (hardly a surprise) then your list of apps, easy.Functionality wise, there's enough settings in the settings menu to scale the screen properly to your TV if required, and sync up the sound if that's an issue, HDR / Sound modes etc basic simple but enough there to fine tune to one's specific setup should it be required.4K / HDR content plays with no issues at all from my Plex server, as does YouTube 4K etc.The Ambient mode, exclusive to the Max model I believe is a nice touch, basically a screen saver but more akin to an Echo Shows screen in that it displays the time, weather, reminders, etc after 5 minutes of being idle (or whatever time you set) - very quick to disappear and resume what you were doing, no slow down or stutter, just very "Nice".The only gripe I'd have would be the fire stick itself still has a Micro USB port, I mean come on Amazon/Jeff, its 2023 and even the fruity crew are rocking USB-C now.Technical tip: I'd advise using the supplied power plug, or if you do decide to run it directly from a USB port from the TV if you see a power insufficient warning, just use the plug - the device won't perform as it should and it will be unstable, possibly crash etc, while USB ports are rated for 5v (note the device wants 5.25v) it seldom actually manages a constant 5v.So, a great purchase for old dumb/redundant TVs (as long as they have an HDMI slot) to breath new life into them, but also nice even for modern/ year old hideously expensive TVs that get neglected by there manufacturers or the UI just isn't as slick as you'd expect it to be.All in all, very happy with my purchase & will recommend to others.