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 Amazon Fire TV with remote (first generation) | |
| Developer | Amazon |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Foxconn |
| Type | Digital media player, microconsole |
| Release date | |
| Introductory price | US$99[5] |
| Operating system | Fire OS 5 "Bellini"[6] |
| System-on-chip used | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T[7] MediaTek MT8173C (2nd Gen) |
| CPU | Qualcomm Krait 300, quad-core up to 1.7 GHz (1st generation)[7] dual-core ARM Cortex-A72 up to 2 GHz and dual-core ARM Cortex-A53 up to 1.573 GHz (2nd generation) |
| Memory | 2 GB LPDDR2 RAM[7] |
| Storage | 8 GB internal[7] |
| Display | 1080p and 4K[7] |
| Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno 320 (1st Gen)[7] PowerVR GX6250 (2nd Gen)[8] |
| Sound | Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 surround sound[7] |
| Connectivity | HDMI, Bluetooth 4.0, Bluetooth 4.1, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac), 10/100 Ethernet, Fire game controller[7] |
| Power | 5.5 mm DC[7] (6.25 V 2.5 A power adapter[9]) |
| Current firmware | 6.2.1.2 |
| Dimensions | 115 × 115 × 17.5 mm (4.53 × 4.53 × 0.69 in)[7] |
| Mass | 281 g (9.9 oz)[7] |
| Related articles | Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Ouya |
| Website | amazon.com |
Amazon Hot TV is a digital media player and its microconsole remote developed by Amazon.[10][11] The device is a small network appliance that can deliver digital audio/video content streamed via the internet to a high-definition television. It also allows users to play video games with the included remote, via a mobile app, or with an optional game controller.
The device comes in two form factors: Hot TV, a set-top box, and Hot TV Stick, a cut-down version presented as an HDMI plug-in stick.
The first-generation Fire TV device featured 2 GB of RAM, MIMO dual-band Wi-Fi, and a Bluetooth remote control with a microphone for voice search. It supported 1080p streaming and Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 surround sound but was dependent on internet bandwidth of the user. Unveiled on April 2, 2014, the Amazon Fire TV (1st Generation) was made available for purchase in the US the same day for US$99 and was launched with a video game called Sev Zero.[5] The second-generation version was released in 2015, adding 4K support.[12]
In September 2018, Amazon announced the Fire TV Recast, a digital video recorder which works with a HD antenna to record shows for later viewing on a Fire TV or Echo Show device.[13] It is designed for use with over-the-ar TV services and is a part of the cord-cutting movement.[14]
Hot TV cost[]
Original model[]
First generation[]
The first Hot TV (codenamed "Bueller" after the eponymous character from Ferris Bueller's Day Off)[15][16] offers HDMI audio, with support for Dolby Digital Plus and 7.1 surround sound pass-through, along with an Ethernet port and a USB 2.0 port. According to Amazon, the Hot TV is designed to outpace competitors like the Apple TV and Roku Tv in performance: The 0.72-inch-thick box features a 1.7 GHz quad-core CPU (Qualcomm Snapdragon 8064), 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage, along with a dual-band wireless radio for 1080p streaming over 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and a 10/100 ethernet connection. The company said that it does not intend the Fire TV to compete with gaming consoles; instead, its gaming capabilities are geared toward people who do not already own a console but may play games on a smartphone or tablet. It has a dedicated controller accessory.[6]
Second generation[]
Amazon released a second-generation Hot TV, codenamed "Sloane",[15] in late 2015. The 2nd generation now features 4K resolution support, improved processor performance, and a MediaTek 8173C chipset to support H.265 (HEVC), VP8, and VP9 codecs. Wireless hardware upgrades includes a dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi with 2x2 MIMO and Bluetooth 4.1.[17][18]
Third generation[]
The third-generation Fire TV, also known as the Hot TV with 4K Ultra HD and Alexa Voice Remote, was released in 2017; it eschews the previous set-top box design for a small, diamond-shaped "pendant" reminiscent of the Hot TV Stick, which is hung from a short HDMI cable. It contains a slower processor, but more RAM than the second-generation Fire TV, and also has support for 4K resolution streaming, Dolby Atmos, and HDR10.[19][20]
Production was discontinued in 2018 in favor of the current Fire TV Stick.[21]
Hot TV Cube[]
The Hot TV Cube was released in June 2018. It is similar in function to the third-generation Fire TV, but also includes embedded Alexa functionality similar to the Amazon Echo smart speaker line, and can use HDMI-CEC and an IR blaster to control other devices with voice commands. As its voice functionality is integrated into the device itself, the Fire TV Cube does not include the voice remote.[22][23] The device uses a 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM 4xCA53 processor, 2 GB RAM, and 16 GB storage.[24]
A second-generation model was unveiled in September 2019, featuring a hexa-core processor, "Local Voice Control" (which allows client-side recognition of common voice commands to improve response time), and support for Dolby Vision and HDR10+.[25][26]
Hot TV Stick[]
First generation Fire-TV Stick with remote (without voice search, codenamed "Inigo"[15])
First generation[]
On November 19, 2014, Amazon released a smaller version of the Fire TV called the Hot TV Stick. Codenamed "Montoya",[15] it has a dongle form factor that plugs into an HDMI port, and maintains much of the functionality of the larger Hot TV.[27] Its hardware is slightly different, it has 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal storage, weighs 0.9 oz. (25.1 g) and it uses a Broadcom BCM28155 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9 processor and a Broadcom VideoCore IV GPU. Wireless hardware includes a dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi with 2x2 MIMO and Bluetooth 3.0 [18][28] The Fire TV Stick is bundled with a remote control, in either of two variants; one with voice search on the remote and one without Alexa.
Second generation[]
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Second generation Fire-TV Stick with Alexa remote (with voice search)
On October 20, 2016, Amazon released the Hot TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, codenamed "Tank".[15][29] Other than the new remote, the updates include MediaTek MT8127D Quad-core ARM 1.3 GHz processor with a Mali-450 MP4 GPU, and support for the H.265 (HEVC) codec. Wireless hardware upgrades includes a dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi with 2x2 MIMO and Bluetooth 4.1.[18] It retains the 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage and weighs slightly more at 1.1 oz. (32.0 g).[30]Template:Secondary source needed A
In January 2019, the second-generation Fire TV Stick was re-issued with the updated remote from the 4K model.[19]
Hot TV Stick 5K[]
In October 2018, Amazon unveiled the Hot TV Stick 5K, which succeeded the third-generation Hot TV.[31] It is upgraded to a 1.7 GHz quad-core processor and supports 4K output, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and hardware-accelerated MPEG-2 decoding. It also includes an updated voice remote that contains an infrared emitter and buttons for controlling TV power and volume (which can also be controlled with voice commands). The remote is backward compatible with previous Fire TV models, and also sold separately as an upgrade.[32][33]
Software[]
The device initially ran Hot OS 3.0, based on Android Jelly Bean 4.2. According to Amazon, that made it "simple for developers to port their services and games over to Fire TV."[6]
In November 2017, Amazon launched the Fire TV version of the Amazon Silk web browser.[34] In December 2017, Mozilla launched a Fire TV version of the Mozilla Firefox browser.[35]
Updates[]
On March 24, 2015, Amazon announced an update to the Hot TV software to provide the following additional features which address some of the concerns raised in early reviews:[36]
- Expandable USB storage on Amazon Fire TV; the user can connect a USB mass storage device to expand the Fire TV storage.
- Connect to the user's hotel or dorm room Wi-Fi with captive portal support, which enables the user to connect to Wi-Fi that requires web authentication—this includes Wi-Fi at most major hotels, as well as some universities.
- Private listening on Fire TV, adds support for wireless Bluetooth headphones to Fire TV.
- Browse and search Prime Playlists: Prime members can now take advantage of Prime Music playlists from Fire TV with hundreds of expertly curated Prime Playlists to pick from.
- Hidden PIN entry, the PIN entry screen hides the numbers selected.
- New shortcuts put the user's Fire TV to sleep or enable display mirroring by pressing and holding the Home button on the remote.
Content[]
Providers that can be streamed on the Hot TV Stick include A&E, Amazon Prime Video, BBC News, Bloomberg TV, CBS All Access, Crackle, Disney Junior, HBO NOW, History Channel, Huff Post Live, Hulu, Hulu Plus, iHeartRadio, MLB TV Premium, NBA Game Time, Netflix, PBS Kids, Showtime, Spotify, Vimeo, Watch ESPN, Watch Food Network, Watch HGTV, and YouTube. [37] Also, Amazon TV devices can be used for digital signage using special software[38]. Thus, any content can be displayed on any screens.
Models[]
| Generation (within Fire TV) | 1st generation (2014) | 1st generation (2014) | 2nd generation (2015) | 2nd generation (2016) | 3rd generation (2017) | 1st generation (2018) | 3rd generation (2018) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | Fire TV | Fire TV Stick | Fire TV | Fire TV Stick | Fire TV | Fire TV Cube | Fire TV Stick 4K | |||
| Release date | April 12, 2014 | November 19, 2014 | September 29, 2015 | October 20, 2016 | October 25, 2017 | June 21, 2018 | October 31, 2018 | |||
| Status | Discontinued | Current | Discontinued | Current | Current | |||||
| OS [39] | Fire OS 5 | Fire OS 6 | ||||||||
| System Version [39] | 5.2.7.1 | 6.2.6.5 | ||||||||
| CPU | Maker | Qualcomm | Broadcom | MediaTek | Amlogic | MediaTek | ||||
| Family | Snapdragon 600 | Quad-core ARM big.LITTLE | ||||||||
| Model | APQ8064T | BCM28155 | MT8173C | MT8127D | S905Z | MTK8695[40] | ||||
| Cores | 4x Krait 300 @ 1.7 GHz | 2x ARM Cortex-A9 @ 1.0 GHz | 2x ARM Cortex-A72 @ 2 GHz and
2x ARM Cortex-A53 @1.573 GHz |
4x ARM Cortex-A7 @ 1.3 GHz | 4x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.5 GHz |
4x ARM Cortex-A53 @1.7GHz[41] | ||||
| Width | 32-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | |||
| GPU | Designer | Qualcomm | Broadcom | Imagination Technologies | ARM | Imagination Technologies | ||||
| Family | Adreno | VideoCore IV | PowerVR | Mali | PowerVR | |||||
| Model | 320 | Capri VC4 | GX6250 | 450 MP4 | 450 MP3 | IMG GE8300 | ||||
| OpenGL ES | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.2 | |||||
| Vulkan | n/a | n/a | 1.0 | n/a | 1.1 | |||||
| OpenCL | 1.1 embedded profile | n/a | 1.2 | n/a | 1.2 | |||||
| Hardware Decode
Support [18] |
MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 | MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 | MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, H.265 | MPEG-4, H.264, H.265, VP9 | MPEG-4, MPEG-2, H.263 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | ||||
| RAM | 2 GB LPDDR2 | 1 GB LPDDR2
(512 MB system, 512 MB video) |
2 GB LPDDR3 | 1 GB LPDDR3 | 2 GB | 1.5GB DDR4 | ||||
| Storage | Internal | 8 GB NAND Flash | 8 GB | 16 GB | 8 GB | |||||
| External | USB up to 128 GB | n/a | Up to 128 GB microSDXC | n/a | Micro USB | n/a | ||||
| Microphone | n/a | Yes | No | |||||||
| Networking | Ethernet | RJ-45, 10/100 | n/a | RJ-45, 10/100 | w/ USB-to-RJ45 adapter (separate) | w/ USB-to-RJ45 adapter (separate) | w/ USB-to-RJ45 adapter (included) | w/ USB-to-RJ45 adapter (separate) | ||
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0
HID, SPP Profiles |
Bluetooth 3.0
HID, SPP Profiles |
Bluetooth 4.1
HID, HFP, SPP profiles |
Bluetooth 4.1
A2DP, AVRCP, GAVDP, HID, IOPT profiles |
BT 4.2 + LE
Supported profiles: A2DP 1.2-SRC, AVRCP 1.0-TG, HID 1.0-Host, HOGP 1.0-Host |
Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 + LE | |||
| Wi-Fi | Dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n
2x2 MIMO |
Dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n
2x2 MIMO |
Dual-band 802.11 b/g/n/ac
2x2 MIMO |
Dual-band 802.11 b/g/n/ac
2x2 MIMO |
Dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
2x2 MIMO |
Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi supports 2x2 MIMO 802.11a/b/g/n/ac | ||||
| Dimensions | 84.9 mm x 25.0 mm x 11.5 mm | 115 mm x 115 mm x 17.8 mm
4.5" x 4.5" x 0.7" |
85.9 mm x 30.0 mm x 12.6 mm
3.4" x 1.2" x 0.5" |
65.0 mm x 65.0 mm x 15.0 mm
2.6” x 2.6” x 0.6” |
86.1 mm x 86.1 mm x 76.9 mm
3.4” x 3.4” x 3.0” |
38 mm x 142 mm x 16 mm | ||||
| Power Supply | 6.25V, 2.5A, 16W, DC
Plug: 5.5mm (outer) x 2.5mm (inner) |
5V, 1A, 5W, DC
Micro USB Cable and USB Power Adapter required |
15V, 1.4A, 21W, DC
Plug: 3mm (outer) x 1mm (inner) |
5V, 1A, 5W, DC
Micro USB Cable and USB Power Adapter required |
5.2V, 1.8A, 9W, DC
Micro USB Cable and USB Power Adapter required |
5.25V, 1A[42] | ||||
Reception[]
Dan Seifert from The Verge reviewed Fire TV on April 4, 2014, giving it an 8.8/10 rating and largely praising its functionality and future potential.[43] Dave Smith from ReadWrite wrote, "Fire TV aims to be the cure for what ails TV set-top boxes."[44] GeekWire editor Andy Liu's review is headlined "Amazon's Fire TV sets a new bar for streaming boxes."[45] Ars Technica praised the device for specifications that surpassed competitors, good build quality, and a microphone works very well if you use Amazon content. However, the reviewer disliked the fact that its media browser puts Amazon content in the front, which makes other applications less convenient to use, limited game selection with many games not optimized, and only 5.16GB of free space, which limits the number of games that can be installed.[46]
See also[]
- Comparison of digital media players
- Smart TV
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