Amazon announces faster, smarter streaming sticks and new Fire TV Soundbar
by Chris Welch from The Verge - All Posts on (#6EXW6)
Image: Amazon Today, Amazon is introducing its latest streaming players, the upgraded Fire TV Stick 4K ($49.99) and Fire TV Stick 4K Max ($59.99). During the company's fall hardware event, Amazon's Daniel Rausch said both devices feature upgraded processors for faster performance compared to their predecessors.
The standard Fire TV Stick 4K is 30 percent more powerful than the previous model, offers Wi-Fi 6, and 4K streaming along with broad HDR support for Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HDR10 Plus. The Max builds on top of that with Wi-Fi 6E and twice the storage (now 16GB) than the prior version. For a difference of just $10, I'm not sure who wouldn't opt for the Max over the regular stick, but not everyone needs those frills for all of their TVs, I...