Time to free up an HDMI port, Amazon announced the Fire TV Stick. Similar in size to Chromecast and the Roku Streaming Stick, Amazon aims to destroy the competition with improved specs and a stunningly cheap two-day special offer for Amazon Prime customers.
While similar to Chromecast and the Roku Streaming Stick in numerous ways, the Amazon Fire TV Stick tries to set itself apart in a few unique ways. It's compatibility with the Fire TV game controller is nice, opening up a selection of over 200 games to download, but requires the $40 standalone cost of the controller. Naturally, Amazon Instant Video is available from the get-go, an app sorely missing from the Chromecast. On the downside, the Fire TV Stick is missing HBO Go out of the box, but might see it available by years end.
Under the hood of this HDMI stick is a dual-core processor, 1GB or RAM and 8GB of flash storage, specs that Amazon made sure to highlight, as they currently beat out the Chromecast and Roku Streaming Stick's specs by quite a long shot.
Releasing just a week before Black Friday, the Amazon Fire TV Stick is available for pre-order right now for $39 (about £31, AU$44). Amazon hasn't announced global availability, but we've reached out and will update with new information as it comes in. As a special perk for current Amazon Prime subscribers, you can pre-order the Fire TV Stick for a cool $20 for the next two days.
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