Fire TV Stick 4K

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K adds HDR and remote with IR device control

It’s been two years since Amazon revamped the Fire TV Stick, an HDMI dongle running an entertainment-centric variant of the retailer’s Fire OS operating system, and the intervening months have seen the launch of both Google’s Chromecast Ultra and Roku’s Streaming Stick+. The two drive resolutions up to 4K and support high dynamic range (HDR) standards, which gave them a leg up on the Seattle company’s long-in-the-tooth hardware. But the retailer is fighting back today.

Amazon this morning debuted the Fire TV Stick 4K, a top-to-bottom refresh of the Fire TV Stick that supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) in HDR formats including Dolby Vision and HDR10+. That’s not all — it also announced today a new Alexa Voice Remote that leverages “multidirectional” infrared tech, Bluetooth, and a cloud-based backend to command TVs, receivers, HDMI switchers, and more.

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