Amazon · Fire TV
Fire TV Stick 4K Select
Amazon's cheapest 4K stick and its first on the Linux-based Vega OS, with HDR10+ but no Dolby Vision, suited to 4K TVs on a tight budget.
- Type
- Stick
- Resolution
- 4K
- HDR
- HDR10+, HDR10, HLG
- Software
- Vega OS
Specifications
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- Resolution
- 4K
- HDR
- HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG
- Dolby Atmos
- Yes
- Video
- 2160p, 1080p and 720p up to 60 fps; AV1, HEVC, H.264 and VP9 hardware decoding up to 4K at 60 fps
- HDR
- HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG
- Audio
- HDMI pass-through of Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos (E-AC-3 JOC), DTS, DTS-HD (basic profile) and MPEG-H
Performance
- Software
- Vega OS
- Storage
- 8 GB
- Chip details
- MediaTek MT8698; 4× Arm Cortex-A55 up to 1.7 GHz; Arm G310 V2 GPU up to 500 MHz
- Memory
- 1GB LPDDR4
Connections
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Ethernet
- No
- Voice remote
- Yes
- Ports
- HDMI 2.1 output (HDCP 1.4, 2.2 and 2.3); micro-USB for power only; Ethernet with Amazon's adapter
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
- Dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac with 2x2 MIMO; Bluetooth 5.0 and BLE
- Remote
- Alexa Voice Remote with power and volume buttons for TVs, soundbars and receivers (IR); Bluetooth; 2 × AAA; 38 × 142 × 16 mm, 43.4 g without batteries
Design
- Type
- Stick
- Size
- 99 × 30 × 14 mm; 42 g
- In the box
- Fire TV Stick 4K Select, Alexa Voice Remote, power cable and power adapter, HDMI extender cable, 2 AAA batteries, quick start guide
Pros and cons
Pros
- 4K at 60 fps with HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG
- AV1, HEVC and VP9 hardware decoding up to 4K 60 fps
- Dolby Atmos passed through to a soundbar or receiver over HDMI
Cons
- No Dolby Vision
- Wi-Fi 5 and 1GB of RAM
- Amazon said Xbox Gaming and Luna support would come later
Closest rivals
Model | Type | Resolution | HDR | Software | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stick | 4K | HDR10+, HDR10, HLG | Roku OS | Jun 2025 | |
| Stick | 4K | HDR10, HDR10+, HLG | Vega OS | Sept 2026 | |
| Stick | 4K | Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10, HLG | Fire OS | Oct 2025 |
Sources
- amazon.com/dp/B0C6W3D4RM
- developer.amazon.com/docs/device-specs/device-specifications-fire-tv-streaming-…
- aboutamazon.co.uk/news/devices/new-fire-tv-devices-fire-tv-stick-uk
- aboutamazon.com/news/devices/amazon-fire-tv-alexa-plus-fire-tv-stick
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