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It’s intuitive but there’s still a bit too much advertising, and Amazon-owned Prime Video and IMDb TV content tends to get the most exposure as you’d expect. These banners will bother some more than others, but it’s something all media streamers do, not just Fire TV Sticks.Īround a year ago Amazon updated the Fire TV interface to make it easier to use. As you might expect, Amazon’s Prime Video service is featured prominently, and areas of the home screen permanently show ads for different shows. The choice of content is the same as you’ll find on other Fire TV devices. Previously, if they didn’t have their own volume control the function was basically useless unless you could endure maximum volume all the time. That means you can use the volume buttons on the remote control to adjust the volume of a connected Bluetooth speaker, or headphones. Like other recent Fire TV Sticks (including the Fire TV Stick Lite and 3rd gen Stick), the newer operating system means it properly supports Bluetooth speakers unlike the old Fire TV Stick 4K. There’s another tiny change which is easy to miss.
