Amazon has announced the launch of an updated version of its popular entertainment device Fire TV Stick 4K which is named the Fire TV Stick 4K Max. This new firestick comes less than a year after the company launched Fire TV Stick 3rd Gen. Amazon has claimed that the 4K Fire Stick is 40% more powerful than its previous versions.
What Amazon Says
“There is a significant increase in video streaming with several direct to streaming releases and customers choosing at-home entertainment. Fire TV has millions of active users in India, who enjoy hours of content every day,” Parag Gupta, Head, Amazon Devices India said.“With Fire TV Stick Max 4K, we have taken the best-selling streaming media player and made it even better with a faster experience and the latest connectivity that provides seamless streaming without slowing down your home Wi-Fi,” He adds.
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4K Fire Stick Max: Price and Availability
The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max is available for pre-order from today. It is priced at Rs. 6499 which is slightly more than its previous model which was available at Rs. 5999. This makes the Fire TV Stick 4K Max Amazon’s second-most expensive streaming device after its Fire TV Cube. It can be purchased from the Amazon India website or any of the Amazon kiosks in selective malls in your city, where the device will be available next month.
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max Specs
With the design for the Fire Stick 4K Max being almost the same, its main changes are under the hood. It comes with a MediaTek MT8696 processor and a quad-core of 1.8GHz CPU and 750MHz GPU. It has a RAM of 2GB as compared to 1.5GB of the previous model. It features 802.11ax networking which is commonly known as Wi-Fi 6. Wi-Fi 6 is expected to touch a top network speed of 9.6 Gbps, up from the ceiling of 3.5 Gbps on WiFi 5.
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The new Fire Stick 4K Max comes with an updated Alexa Voice Remote which has features shortcut buttons for popular streaming apps like Netflix, Disney+Hotstar, and Hulu depending on your region. It supports the live view picture-in-picture feature from the Fire TV Cube. The picture-in-picture feature allows you to watch a live feed from your smart security camera on your TV, as an overlay over whatever it is that you are watching.
Like the 3rd gen. version, this Fire TV Stick is a media player too and comes with support for 4K UHD, HDR, and HDR 10+ streaming along with supporting Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.
Fire TV Stick 4K Max can be used not only to watch content but to manage other smart home devices too. It has bundled support to work with most TVs and soundbars to eliminate the need for using multiple remotes simultaneously.
The setup and use of the 4K Fire TV Stick Max is very easy as it can simply be plugged directly into an HDMI port on the back of your TV.
