Amazon - Fire TV Cube 16GB 2nd Gen Streaming Media Player with Voice Remote - Black

I loved my 1st gen Fire TV Cube but found it was starting to be sluggish so upgraded to the 2nd Gen. Works must faster however when watching 4K action sequences there is a horizontal line that ‘tears’ the screen. I know this issue is with the Cube because when watching the same content thru that native Samsung TV app this does not happen. Not sure if I got a bad Cube or if anyone else has this issue?

I have been using Amazon fire stick for the past couple of years and ran out of storage space so I decided to upgrade to the Amazon cube. I really like this product it’s easy to use and I enjoy the voice commands. Strongly recommend.

This is as fast and as good as any Streaming device out there, I've tested the new shield Pro and other devices, this one is just as fast, the main thing I like is I love the Alexa/Amazon setup, the only thing you can't do with it is, it will play 4K Movies & Shows as will the 4K FS, but only on Netflix, Hulu, Youtube and other places, but it won't play the bigger 4K files or the biggest ones you can using Real Debrid on Cyberflix and other apks and on Emby and Plex servers, those 4K files are too big, for some reason only the Shield Will play those properly with the internet speed of over 100, otherwise your set to do anything you want on this device, get a good memory stick if you need more storage, It's my main device, 1080p is just fine for me and most 4K.

I’m an Apple fanboy. I have an iPhone, an iPad, and a MacBook Pro. But I have to say, the Amazon Fire TV environment just has more apps, more usability, and just works better. Not to mention, the remote is leaps and bounds better than the AppleTV remote. The Fire TV Cube just takes what’s great about the Fire TV Stick 4K and an Echo Dot and mashes them together with an even better processor. I couldn’t be happier with my decision to sell my AppleTVs and get these instead.

I have a local business. I resell these units as well a few other units that are similar in construct and design. This unit however is by far one of the best out there. The 16gb storage, allows for numerous apps, and the 6 core processing power is relatively unmatched dollar to dollar with other streaming units. No a big fan with the search via Alexa as this is mainly ONLY good for the paid content and the entire purpose for this device on the consumer side is to cut costs or main stream services and save money. With this being said, all in all, the Amazon 2nd gen cube has by far the best ROI.

Amazon has finally delivered on their promise to make voice recognition work with Fire TV. Previous versions of the Fire TV were ok, but never worked properly for voice control. With the cube, it not only recognizes voice control, but also figures out what other devices are connected to the media wall -- a REALLY handy feature! Now we can just tell it to turn the tv on or off, find a specific channel, and more. So much better than previous versions. We don't even need the remote. The trick it figuring out what phrases to use to get Alexa to work properly. Once you have that, you're good to go. We've already installed two of these, and love them.

This gives you Firestick plus Echo capability in one unit. It's small and non-intrusive. It "hears" very well in our living room / kitchen area. It integrates well with your other home theater items, but when it turns your TV on via voice command it wants Fire to take over versus letting the TV run the show. It would be nice if that was programmable. I also wish it would retain names for the various TV HDMI ports it can switch between when it faces a restart or power failure. My wife cannot remember to say "HDMI1" instead of "TiVo". I also wish Alexa had more good jokes to tell me!!! ;-)

So, this cube is better then the first one. BUT, the sound quality is horrid! My first Echo Dot from Alexa sounds 10 times better. It is very useful and quick with loading and programming. Do I need this? Not really! Cool to have! Setup on my bedroom TV! Tho, with as many devices you can have in one area that will respond to hey Alexa, there should be more then 4 words Alexa will respond to! Attention Fire TV and Alexa creators. Please allow us to set our own wake word, or give us more options. Thanks. Setup is sort of a pain, due to needing your account manager (Alexa app) to setup and control this beast. Again, much more power over the Gen 1 fire TV this replaced.