As often with
Amazon, France is not among the first countries to benefit
of its novelties. It is therefore several months behind other countries,
notably Germany and the USA naturally, what arrives in France, the
Amazon Fire TV Stick. This is an HMDI key allowing you to
transform any television equipped with HDMI input into a media center
connected to the internet. Halfway between a Google Chromecast and an Apple TV
from Apple, it can find its place in living rooms with a positioning
insteadintelligent:
Barely larger than a traditional USB key, the Amazon Fire TV Stick is
plugs into any television equipped with an HDMI port and capable of displaying a
image of 720p minimum at 50/60 Hz. A power cable must be connected to the
sector to support the Stick, which is in fact just a mini-computer.
Thus connected, in a “mediacenter” type interface, it allows you to
enjoy different applications, games and even an app store to
enrich your connected television experience. The most
grosare present there of course: YouTube, Netflix, Amazon
Prime Video, but also the replay services of certain channels as well as
other apps like Spotify, VLC, Plex, not to mention different games (Pac
Man 256, Crossy Road and others).
Amazon announces more than4,000 apps and gamesavailable on
the store, free and paid.
A remote control allows you to navigate and play with 6 round buttons (Home,
settings, details and 3 playback buttons) and a directional cross
presented in the form of a ring on the top of the case. The latter is
powered by 2 batteries.
In addition to being able to install classic streaming apps or even
web browsing, the Fire Stick is capable of receiving a stream
Chromecastnatively, or evenAirPlay, in
installing an app likeAirReceiver,available here on Amazon
Store. Thus, the Fire Stick transforms into an Airplay receiver and we
can send videos, photos wirelessly from the iPhone, iPad or Mac
or simply share the screen of the source device.
Also,Mirror Receiver For Fire TV,
available here for Fire TVoffers identical operation. This app
is developed byAirBeam,
developers that we recently talked to you about for their
new solutionsallows you to send a copy of the iPhone screen
to LG and Samsung TVs.
In short, this Amazon Fire TV Stick finds a strategic positioning
interesting, between Google's Chromecast, which works
necessarily in conjunction with a smartphone or tablet, and Apple TV,
autonomous, much more expensive, better integrated with the Apple environment and
also allowing 4K streaming in its latest version, when Amazon
Fire TV Stick is limited to1080p.
An alternative to consider, in any case.
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