4Kp60, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, HDR10 +

Amazon introduced its new Fire TV Stick 4K on Wednesday, a streaming media device. The new dongle would be 80% faster than its predecessor and would support the new HDR modes as well as Dolby Atmos audio. The Fire TV Stick 4K will come with Amazon's new Alexa Voice Remote, which has more buttons and is more versatile than its predecessor.

Amazon's new Fire TVK 4K USB Stick is slightly larger than its predecessor launched in 2016 and is based on MediaTek's MT8695 platform, specifically designed for modern multimedia streaming dongles with various intelligent features, such as controls vocal. The chip itself uses a 12-nm processing technology, based on four unknown universal cores operating at 1.7 GHz, as well as the Imagination PowerVR GE8300 graphics processor equipped with a brand new media decoding engine. 'a display pipeline. The SoC comes with the MediaTek MT7668 communication chip that supports the 802.11ac standard with Wi-Fi 2 × 2 MU-MIMO and Bluetooth 5.0.

For multimedia processing capabilities, the Fire TV Stick 4K can decode the H.265 Main 10 Profile Level 5.1 profile with HDR10, HDR10 +, HLG, and Dolby Vision, the H.264 High Profile Level 4 profile, and the VP9. dealing with Profile 2 with HDR10 here). At the same time, it should be noted that, unlike the 2017 STB Fire TV, the new dongle also supports MPEG2, MPEG4 and VP8 formats for web videos with a resolution of up to 1080p at 30 fps. In addition, the Fire TV Stick 4K supports Dolby Atmos (EC3_JOC), Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, MP3, FLAC and more.

The addition of HDR10 +, HLG and Dolby Vision is the main delight of the Fire TV Stick 4K compared to all other devices of the brand Fire TV (dongles and decoders). In fact, the Fire TV Stick 4K is currently the industry's first dongle to support the full HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos combination. There are Blu-ray players that support the combination, but they are naturally much more expensive. It should be kept in mind, however, that not all modern HDTVs support these technologies.

In terms of connectivity, the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K stick naturally has an HDMI 2.0b output as well as a micro-USB 2.0 port for power and / or the optional Amazon Ethernet adapter . As stated above, the device also supports 2 × 2 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0.

The new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K will come bundled with the company's brand new Alexa Voice Remote, featuring power, volume and mute buttons. It is compatible not only with the dongle itself, but also with some audio-visual equipment. Of course, as the name of the brand suggests, Alexa Voice Remote can also be used to search for content with your voice, as well as for various Alexa-compatible services and devices (for example, smart home appliances, etc.).

Amazon's Fire TV Stick 4K will be available from October 31 in the United States and Canada. At present, it can be pre-ordered for $ 49.99. The device will be available from November 14 in Germany, India and the United Kingdom. Later this year, the product will also be offered in Japan.

Alexa Voice Remote can be purchased separately for $ 29.99 in North America. Its dates of availability are the same as those of the Fire TV Stick 4K.

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