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Yes, there's now a featured row at the very top of the home screen, your apps on row two and sponsored content on row three, but the vast majority of your home screen beneath the first three rows is dominated by Amazon's own content.

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If you don't mind being inundated with Amazon content, the Amazon Fire TV Cube is great: The home screen has row after row of suggested content-from Amazon Prime TV shows and movies to recommended shows and movies you can rent from Amazon. Lots of suggested content and Prime TV shows.(Image credit: Amazon) Amazon Fire TV Cube (2nd Generation): content Alexa, through its technological wizardry, can change the input of your TV, raise or lower the volume of your soundbar and change the channel on your set-top box using only voice commands, and while the result isn’t revolutionary, it helps make the Fire TV Cube a comprehensive package and one we found ourselves enjoying-even when Alexa, as smart as it's become, let us down. While that may sound like a trying process, it can be done relatively quickly and once you’re through it, you’ll have a competent control center for your home entertainment setup. The only issue with the HDMI CEC and IR control feature is that you’ll need to be rather judicious when integrating the Fire TV Cube into your home theater setup-it can’t be too close to your speakers lest they overwhelm the built-in microphones, but still needs to be within line of sight for your soundbar, AVR and TV, as it will need to control those via a multi-directional infrared blaster and HDMI CEC. Heck, it's not very long, but even the $35 Roku Express comes with an HDMI cable, so for it to be missing here feels like a pretty big misstep. which feels a little cheap for a device that costs over $100. The bad news is that the Amazon Fire TV Cube doesn't come with an HDMI cable. This allows you to raise the volume of the TV using the Amazon Fire TV Cube remote, and use Alexa to turn and off any number of devices in your entertainment center. The good news is that the Fire TV Cube comes with HDMI CEC, that feature that allows you to control your devices over HDMI and IR commands. There's not much to say about the microUSB or the power connector, both of which work as advertised, but there's something to say about how the Fire TV Cube handles HDMI. Spin the Fire TV Cube around to the back and you'll find an HDMI port, microUSB, an IR extender and a power connector. Of course, simply having the option to shout voice commands at a small, box-shaped player without a remote in hand is the unique selling point of the Amazon Fire TV Cube, and with its eight far-field microphones, the Fire TV Cube is incredibly good at picking up what you’re putting down-as good or perhaps even better than the Amazon Echo Show or Amazon Echo are at the task. On the top of the Cube are four control buttons for muting, raising and lowering the volume and summoning Alexa, though the latter is a bit unnecessary. It's not as unassuming as some other streaming video players that hide behind the TV, but it does give your entertainment center a slightly futuristic vibe.

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While Amazon made a number of improvements to Amazon Fire TV Cube's software and internal hardware, not much has changed about the outer shell-it's still an unassuming black cube with an LED bar along the top. Look at our Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max review for the best stick-shaped streamer, which costs $55 / £55 / AU$99.Īmazon Fire TV Cube (2nd Generation): design Of course, the Amazon Fire TV Cube is more expensive than Amazon's streaming sticks-but not by much if you find a deal, making it excellent value.

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That means it's hard to compare the price of the Amazon Fire TV Cube against other streaming devices because it'll totally depend when you're buying one.īut what's important to know is it's significantly cheaper than some of the more high-end streaming devices, check out our Apple TV 4K (2021) review ($179 / £169 / AU$249) and Nvidia Shield TV Pro review ($199.99 / £179.99 / AU$399.95) for our top picks. If you find one during a deal, you might snap it up for nearly half that price. Because it's a few years old, the Fire TV cube is often reduced, especially in Amazon's sales. The Amazon Fire TV Cube cost $119.99 / £109 (around AU$160) at launch, which was way back in October 2019. Amazon Fire TV Cube (2nd Generation): price and availability

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