Fire TV Stick 4K Max Review | It's Better ... But Is It ENOUGH Better?
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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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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.
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 PLEASE!!!!!
I keep it like gold. Please never die haha
i have two and i still use them
I'm still using one today...
Oh boy, bonus! You’re awesome Craig!
I was worried about replacing my high-end older oasis with this one th-cam.com/users/postUgkxCgPI5O2AtmcHq9SJhgsCGbpAzJAJfrJp but it is surprisingly light and the screen resolution is just as good. I never had the warm light on my old kindle, but i do not use it on the ipad so I will probably not need it. I think the only thing I'll miss is the self-adjusting light, but this is so worth it!
Now that the price of this item is down to $35 for the holidays It is definitely worth the money.
Wow
Got mine for 29.99
@@RazaXML what’s plex?
@@RazaXML 🥰🥰😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬↖
Yep but it's even worth it at 65 to haha
This thing is amazing. I bought two, the speed, picture quality and ability to side-load leaves my Panasonic Smart TV for dead. Best streaming device I've owned (and I've owned a LOT).
Thanx. Taking your advice and going to upgrade from my first line Firestick. It must be years old, as it's 6 button (plus select button) remote is slow. Hoping the 4K will be much faster.
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
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.
I was looking at upgrading from my 2nd generation fire stick. About a year ago a purchased a Netgear 5k wireless router. So I guess unless I want to buy another router I should just go with 4K? Or is there an advantage still to the 4K Max even though I do not have 6K wifi?
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.
im still rocking the Fire TV box gen 2 (the one with ethernet port). Is this 4k max stick better than what i have?
thank you for the great info. Very informative
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.
Is the Wifi 6 speed noticeable? The regular works off the 2.4 band I get around 360 speeds currently. Worth the upgrade?
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.
The integration of adb shell into the 4Kmax makes a huge difference. So much easier to use.
Does it support audio sharing? (2 or more audio Bluetooth devices listening the same content?)
The CPU isn't just 100MHz faster, it's a newer different CPU with a different architecture.
Ps. Thanks for this and the cube review. I bought the max based on the cube one
I will stick with the regular 4 K. I only use it for prime, Hulu, Tubi, Pluto and Xfinity stream anyway so the regular 4 K is good enough for me. I have an Xfinity set top for my bedroom and the stick for the living room. Works out well.
I wonder if you could answer a question for me. I've just noticed that when I connect my Soundcore Q30 Bluetooth headphones to the 4k firestick the resolution on the Netflix App changes from 4K to just HD. Why would that be? I understand the audio would be 4k but the resolution? BTW on Amazon Prime App the resolution plays in uhd.
Yeah, looks good to me. The Dolby fetaures of the device are interesting and they look good enough at the cost. Good use of the Mediatek chipset.
You forgot to mention Atmos Vision! Also, I upgraded from the Lite, so it was huge! Bought two at 34.99 this week!
I now own the 4K works pretty good thinking about the 4K max for my bedroom. Thank you for the review
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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.
Just received this 4k max for $20.
@@johnnewnam9285 where you bought it from?
Me to mine comes today
@@johnnewnam9285 where did you buy it from
excellent review! thanks! :)
Might get one during Black Friday sale, but they really should have picked up the the internal storage to at least 16GB.
You'll be lucky to get the 2g, 8g......add a Sd card if you need more space. You'll need a splitter that goes into the power jack. 2.65 on ebay.
The 4k Max can have expanded storage up to 2T with the use of a Micro USB OTG Adapter and flash drive. Goto My Fire TV in the settings, go in About then Storage and you'll see where it says External Space (4k max)
Yes, this did help…. Thanks!
Great information thank you
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.
I have a firestick 4k and currently the 4k max is on sale for 34.99, should i upgrade? would you consider it a steal?
I’m coming from the fire stick lite to the fire stick 4K MAX can not wait for it to come today
Would you recommend this for truck drivers who love watching sports?
Good review. I'm keeping my fire Stick 4K.
What about buffering?? Does it make buffering go away? Thanks.
Thank you great info
Nice review!! subcribed!
I have an old Firestick. I bought it several years ago. I saw where Riki has a wonderful upgrade, but I have an older Firestick, so why not upgrade?
Hopefully I won’t lose what’s already on my Firestick or will I????
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?
Thanks for the review, just what I wanted to hear. I was driven demented by my super slooooow firestick gen 1 or 2 over the weekend and wanted to know if it was worth upgrading to the 4k max one or buying the cube and having to mess about getting it to run from a 12v power supply. New stick ordered, looking forward to trying it out. :)
They're at like half the price right now lol
@@Gentamoru I got two half price in the black friday offers. They are £50 again here now.
Roku has more device's I counted.
Spend the money and get the nvida shield pro you'll be so happy you did cause fire sticks are junk
@@ANTHONY-rp3ud I have 2 nvidia shields at home. I needed something small to fit on a boat with a usb lead for power. These new firesticks are way better than the old ones, not much slower than the shield unless you put a massive build on them.
Thank You, I have the first fire stick on one tv. In the market for two more for other tv’s. 4k will be an upgrade. 4k max is now an option thanks again.
Thank you, the other vid just selling the item. How cool it is. How much better it is. Why you need this 4k max. Thanks for the honesty here. New follow just cus of that.....thanks. by the way it's 75 cad.
Thanks for the clip Just curious if the storage is the same ??
Yep 8gb
I'm wondering if there will be less buffering with this update...
Thanks I got the max I caught it on sale
Nice video, new to Stick max i have a 4 year old tv samsung qn 6fn, in settings should i set up to 10 bit 12bit or default 8 bit? mostly just watching netflix or prime thank you.
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Can you connect Bluetooth webcam to 4k firestick and what's happened to zoom meeting audio
very good informational, but how do download onto a smart TV.
I have 3 fire sticks two of the lites and then on it the 4k ones they all work pretty much the same but I got them all in a good deal. So can not complain lol
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.
Install an all in 1 app where u will literally get every live tv channel, every sports package, ppv, porn, movies, TV sshows etc
it doesn't lag nor buffer. He did mine with 1yr free streaming guarantee.
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I purchased two different onn players one stick and one box and both crashed within the first 30 days. I also got a lot of buffering. Not bad for twenty bucks but nothing compared to the firestick max.
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.
I think this mediatek powered 4k stick is a good upgrade from Amazon
Just purchased a new Samsung 75” smart tv, so I’m not sure that I would need one, what would I get that my tv doesn’t already have??
I'm happy with my 4k. Works great.
Well then the 4k max will make you even happier
I’m in a room with weak wifi connectivity. How does this compare to Roku streaming stick express 4k+ or ultra LT. In regards to my streaming buffering? Trying to avoid buffering live TV.
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He'll help you Install an all in 1 app where u will literally get every live tv channel, every sports package, ppv, porn, movies, TV sshows etc
it doesn't lag nor buffer. He did mine with 1yr free streaming guarantee.
Is this smooth as In enough RAM so that it doesn’t lag going through menus etc? My fire stick hd is super super slow and I’m guessing it’s the low ram?
Yea its smooth
Thanks for being Honest
Can you add apps like 7plus and will it work in Australia.
Can you use it on a 1080p TV?
I'll keep my current fire stick tv 4K, if I would upgrade to another Amazon streaming device I'd go for the Cube. Meanwhile since I also already own a Nvidia Shield none of these upgrades would make any sense.
Yeah I have the latest cube and the reason why I bought it was because it was the fastest one out of all of then. The processor is worth it. But I been scoping out the nvidia shield for awhile now and looking forward t owning one, especially since i use plex a lot.
Does the 4k max upscale?
My Amazon smart tv is telling me I need to update to use the browser, but when I check for updates it says it's up to date. I can't use the browser at all now
Any buffering issues??
Great Review! Which is better, this fire tv stick 4k Max or the Chromecast with google Tv?? Thx
Ooo, good question. If we take the interface into account, I prefer the Chromecast. But just in terms of device vs device, probably the 4K Max.
FireTV stick 4k is better, hardware-wise. Supports AV1 which will be required for HDR on Netflix/TH-cam in the future, and wifi6 if you happen to have it setup.
I’m confused what does a fire stick tv do in terms of streaming that a 4K app smart tv doesn’t?
thank you for the video
do they come with apple tv?
Im upgrading to a 4k max from a 2nd gen as it barely functioning now my tightness has stopped me until now 😂. Based on these soecs im expecting a huge performance boost, but what you dont really expand on is the extra RAM, since im a pc geek i can tell you the extra ram is very important it keeps everything stable, and is effectively the fuel tank, the bigger the fuel tank the harder a processor and gpu can work without running out of gas
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Just got one today like but it's not better than nivid shield
@@EmmanuelJCruz-bj5xs they look good, but your also paying a higher price for it. For those who want to save a bit, the 4k max is the way when it's on offer. But if you got cash to spend the Nvidia shield got good specs and in that situation the way to go
My biggest issue is I want to upgrade to a new fire stick but the one I have always has the sound go out. I’m scared this will happen with the new ones!
All the top features are here including the mediatek processor that offers incredible speed.
does the 4k Max have the Developer Options menu. Because that option is not available on the stick i purchased, I need ot be able to download apps from unknown sources. Can you confirm on the 4k max is the Devloper Option menu available or not? If it is , it appears I purchased a stick that is defective and has a problem
It does have developer options. They hid the option but its still there. Did you figure it out yet?
@@jacobjackson1469 I did, the stick was faulty, and did not allow me to access the developer options, I returned item, and they sent me a new one, and on the new one the developer options worked. Thanks for your response.
Just snagged two of these for 50 bucks what a steal
How to kodi builds of Amazon fire stick 4k max please tell me for information
Probably will get 1 on Prime Day this year.
It’s easy to add external storage with the new OS 7 on the Max … otg adapter and a thumb drive …. Done
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.
Is the 4k max compatible with downloader. Will it download and can I side load apps from downloader. It does on the fire stick lite any help appreciated thanks
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my 2nd gen just got really slow wow that must be the update to make you buy a new version
I think considering the affordable price point and features such as WiFi 6 support from the mediatek support - not a bad option.
Yes that's why i upgraded i have the regular one and it is super slow and the remote barely responds
I'm totally confused! I've never been able to toggel my amazon firestick with the subtitles, I only get the' off' button, I can never get the 'On' toggle to work, so, is my firestick broken or do I need a new one? Thanks for the advice, but still confused! haha
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Does this or firesticks in general have like woman's network. Local channels & I am just wondering with these do you have to have subscriptions to watch TV shows/movies?????
Wait until it goes on sale either November or December.
I am using a tcl TV. Tcl ui is very slow. Is it worth buying fire stick 4k max ? I am very confused
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Hey there,
I have been using Roku, and Apple TV as my primary streamers for quite a few years now. However, I have wanted to explore Fire TV to see what it's like over the other two. Would the 4k stick Max, be a good option for local streaming such as Plex, and full quality Blu-ray rips over the other models? They are high bitrate files and typically take a lot to work reliably (that's why I hard wire my network whenever possible) for the best results. With that in mind, the cube might be a better option for my setup, but how does the max stick do with demanding tasks besides gaming ?
Thanks, thought the review was done well.
I’ve been using an Apple TV aswell but since I’ve seen this now I’m thinking of upgrading due to the 4K.. interesting
@@pavvyyyd8476 I had to go back and read my initial comment because I didn't remember what I had written since it's been a while. Anyway, I didn't get a Fire TV product, I got the Shield TV Pro instead. It does audio passthrough so I can have the same audio format that I would playing from disc. Most streamers don't support this, so that's one thing that sets the Shield apart from others. So far, it's been a positive experience. The only extra step I needed to do was to buy an Audio extractor to put between the sound bar's out back to TV so I can change the audio format going back to the TV so the TV won't complain about unsupported audio formats as the Sound bar is capable of playing lossless audio (including Atmos, and DTS:X.) It can still be a bit picky but it's not usually a hard fix, mainly set the extractor, after playing content, stop content, and restart content, and everything is fine. The reason for this is the extractor has no memory of settings, and goes to sleep when idle, so, it's a few extra steps to play locally streamed lossless content for me, but it's stable when it's set. The other option I have is to use the 4K Blu-ray Player which has Dual HDMI outs so, the audio is physically separated from video, but it doesn't support local streaming of specific audio codecs. So that's why I went the Shield route, as it supports anything,.
Apple TV works well for non 3D audio being played back as 5.1 PCM, but can't pass lossless Atmos, or DTS:X.
Can someone tell me how iptv works on the stick ?
Is it playing well in 4k ?
I just wish they would add more memory and or a mice SD memory card slot
Where can I get a good iptv service mine is crap thanks 🙏🏻
Wow very nice
Does it support Atmos in Netflix the older 4K allowed Atmos only in Prime not in Netflix.
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I will wait for Fire TV Stick 4K Semi-Pro.
The Fire TV 4K Max replaces the Cube and is nearly 2x the power of the regular TV 4K with double the RAM & Storage!
Does fire tv stick have color issues
does it have UK English as a language option?
I need to get one because we have Comcast.
well explained ,I couldnt make decision on choosing between 4k or 4kmax, after ur video i.ll go the 4k ,you solved my hard to make decision 👍👍👍👍
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@@RobThoms that's awesome, is that jail breaking & i.ll drop him message thnx buddy
@@nykid8849 he's very good. Now I don't even bother about monthly subscription. And I watch HD contents
@@RobThoms thanks bro I appreciate the good direction to get most out of my firestick
I'd return it for the Max tbh. Had a 4k a few days ago - the stuttering in the Prime App is incredibly annoying. Doesn't happen in the Max (or much less frequently/severely at least)
Can these stream movies from a home server ?
DON'T YOU NEED A 6K capable router to use the 4k MAZ?
No you can use it with any WiFi box just if you have WiFi 6 the fire stick will load things way faster and u would not have to worry about buffering
The max has more differences then mentioned here, and it's surely worth it.
just Search "bickflash" on TH-cam, drop him a comment, he'll assist you
He'll help you Install an all in 1 app where u will literally get every live tv channel, every sports package, ppv, porn, movies, TV sshows etc
it doesn't lag nor buffer. He did mine with 1yr free streaming guarantee.
But Max supports WIFI6 with all the new features which make no noticable difference. :)