Amazon · Fire TV
Fire TV Stick (1st Gen)
Amazon’s original Fire TV Stick is a compact Full HD streamer supplied with a basic button remote.
- Type
- Stick
- Resolution
- 1080p
- HDR
- –
- Software
- Fire OS
What reviewers say
Both considered it good value for Amazon households. TechCrunch noted navigation lag; Engadget found streaming straightforward but favoured Roku for wider content choice. These assessments describe the original launch software.
From techcrunch.com and engadget.com
Specifications
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- Resolution
- 1080p
- HDR
- None
- Video
- H.264 and MPEG-2 decoding up to 1080p 30 fps; H.264 also supports 720p 60 fps
- Audio
- Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus support
Performance
- Software
- Fire OS
- Storage
- 8 GB
- Chip details
- Broadcom Capri 28155; dual-core Arm Cortex-A9 up to 1 GHz; Broadcom VideoCore IV GPU/VPU; 32-bit applications
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM, divided into 512 MB system and 512 MB video memory
- Storage
- Internal storage includes space used by operating software
- Software and services
- Fire OS 5 based on Android 5.1 (API level 22), as listed in Amazon’s developer table; build model AFTM. First shipped in the US on 19 November 2014.
Connections
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 4
- Ethernet
- No
- Voice remote
- No
- Ports
- Integrated HDMI plug; Ethernet not supported
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
- Dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n with 2 × 2 MIMO; Bluetooth 3.0 without BLE; Miracast display mirroring
- Remote
- Original bundle includes a basic button remote without a microphone; Amazon offered the Fire TV Voice Remote separately. The launch phone app supplied voice search.
Design
- Type
- Stick
Pros and cons
Pros
- Dual-band Wi-Fi with two-antenna MIMO
- Dedicated remote and Miracast display mirroring
Cons
- No 4K or HDR playback
- Supplied remote has no voice microphone
Closest rivals
Model | Type | Resolution | HDR | Software | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stick | 1080p | – | Roku OS | Apr 2014 | |
| Box | 1080p | – | Fire OS | Apr 2014 | |
| Stick | 1080p | – | Fire OS | Oct 2016 |
Newer model: Fire TV Stick (2nd Gen).
Sources
- developer.amazon.com/docs/device-specs/device-specifications-fire-tv-streaming-…
- press.aboutamazon.com/2014/10/introducing-fire-tv-stick-the-most-powerful-strea…
- press.aboutamazon.com/2014/11/fire-tv-stick-starts-shipping-today
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