Fire TV Stick 4K Max Review | It's Better ... But Is It ENOUGH Better?

Amazon just released ANOTHER Fire Stick, this time the Fire TV Stick 4K Max. Yeah, it's a mouthful. But is it worth the upgrade? Craig walks through the ins and outs, the differences, and the non-differences between this streaming stick and its earlier generations. So should you buy it? ...Maybe!

0:00 - How many Fire Sticks are there now?
0:59 - Fire Stick 4K Max review
6:30 - Should you buy it?

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[kenshinesca]

Biggest differences functionally is that this adds support for dolby atmos to netflix which they didn't have on the regular 4k stick. They also added a very nice hdmi arc feature where if you plug this into your HDMI ARC port and you have say your echo studio or 2 paired up with it they will now work with say your cable box or bluray player which is a very cool feature so they're not just locked to the fire tv, well they are but they're more functional now. This feature isn't available on their other streaming devices not even on the firecube as far as I'm aware.

[gphillimo]

The fire tv 2nd gen flat box is the best device they ever put out. Already had spots to plug in ethernet, hdmi, SD card ect without having to by extra dongles and attachments. And it supports 4k. It came out 5 years ago with specs ahead of its time. They should have made a 3rd generation with faster frame rate 4k with a faster processor and more storage. That would blow anything else they have out of the water. That's the only thing I would ever upgrade to from Amazon streaming devices. BRING A 3RD GEN FIRE TV

[shackdaddy]

Now that the price of this item is down to $35 for the holidays It is definitely worth the money.

[derrickgoodman]

I might be in the minority, but I want the new fire tv stick 4k Max for the added hot keys. Also just getting Xfinity upgraded router modem with wifi 6 so this is good too.

[tonydeater]

Got a refurb 4K Max for $30.00. Works fine. The main reason I changed from 4K to 4K max is the ease of adding storage. All done for you by the Fire Stick not all the messy stuff needed to add space on the 4K.

[yesitsmario]

Might get one during Black Friday sale, but they really should have picked up the the internal storage to at least 16GB.

[Greenwitch_Garden]

Went from the fire stick Original to the 4k max and I’m impressed! I was able to sync it with my soundbar and TV, which no other remote was able to do. Now I only need one device to control it all 😊super happy.

[leemason]

I purchased the Amazon Fire TV box back in 2015 and am finally looking at upgrading the old thing now as it’s struggling now. This 4K Max Fire stick will be a huge leap for me.

[lasongablackwell]

Yes that's why i upgraded i have the regular one and it is super slow and the remote barely responds

[dalton]

I would say most of the time people are not necessarily thinking about upgrading their thinking about getting a new one for an additional TV or getting a new one for their primary TV and moving the older one to one of their older TVs. At least that's my guess.

[kansas]

The main thing I would like to see them do is bump up their storage from 5 gigs and add a little higher storage and stop with all their programs. Every time I remove them they put them back on. I wish there was a way to delete them permanently.. Their stuff takes up a lot of storage space.

[ricksleeman]

Thank for the video Troy. The timing was perfect since I just purchased the max. As a Patreon member I would certainly appreciate receiving another Max through your giveaway

[frankborja]

Great review thanks! Have the previous 4k stick and was ok. Amazon now has the 4k max at $34 as of 11/14/2021, so I picked up two and I’m waiting for them to show up.

[RealityCheck]

if you're going from the 4K to the 4K max, its worth it cause of the storage gain (16gb vs 8gb). which will make your apps run faster.

[alj.granda]

You forgot to mention Atmos Vision! Also, I upgraded from the Lite, so it was huge! Bought two at 34.99 this week!

[Synchrimedia]

My Fire Stick 4k Max doesn't have a Hulu button on the remote. It has Peacock there instead and i can't add Hulu to the Fire Stick home screen. i have to use the microphone to find Hulu when I turn my TV on. Do any of the other streaming devices work better with Hulu?

[chrisi]

im still rocking the Fire TV box gen 2 (the one with ethernet port). Is this 4k max stick better than what i have?

[surfer]

What about buffering?? Does it make buffering go away? Thanks.

[oliversmith]

I think this mediatek powered 4k stick is a good upgrade from Amazon

[MarcosDanielMorais]

I use one at my friend's house, I had a Chromecast 4k with Google TV, and I used WebOS on my LG CX, and now I have an Apple TV 4k (2021), except for the price, it's the best equipment so far, it's far from perfect, but for my needs, it's much better than others, and I don't even have an iPhone.