Google TV is Google's take on the media-streaming and smart TV platform, and it's every bit as polished and feature-filled as Fire TV, if not more so. This is the other excellent $50 media hub to consider. And if you have a Ring security camera or video doorbell, you can bring up its feed on your TV through the stick. If you already have an Echo and use Alexa to control your lights, a Fire TV media hub carries that flexibility over into the remote. Prime Video offers tons of content and the Fire TV interface sorts through it quite nicely (as well as aggregating many other, non-Amazon services).

This is the media streamer to get if you subscribe to Amazon Prime and use Alexa-compatible smart devices at home.

It streams at ultra high-definition (4K) resolution with support for high dynamic range ( HDR) content in both HDR10 and Dolby Vision, plus covers all major streaming services, including Crunchyroll and Twitch. The Amazon streaming stick is loaded with features, including the Amazon Alexa voice assistant (you can talk directly into the remote or pair the device with an Echo smart speaker for hands-free voice control). The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K is one of two competing media streamers that offer incredible value for just $50.

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