Customer Ratings & Reviews

At first I was suspect before my purchasing. Wondering if I could really use all the purported features, if they worked at all. To my surprised the interactive setup is the best I've ever seen. When came to talking boxes I admit I own a couple of Home mini's they are awesome. But this Cube goes beyond the Home mini, it actually does integrate well with my home entertainment system. I have a Denon AVR-1713 5.1, not the latest and greatest, but a very capable system. Attached is my Directv, Vizio P series 70" TV, and older LG BR DVD player. All the aforementioned devices are Network capable, and I do have a 6-Port GB hub, that runs the main Ethernet cable to my router. Okay here is the payoff, of course you can do all kinds of things with in the Cube itself, pick shows, scroll, etc., but here's the real payoff. Not only does the Cube turn the TV, and the Denon on/off, it does the same with my Directv box, and I can switch between the Cube and Directv. I can raise/lower the volume, and change channels on my Directv. Oh there is more I can control my networked Honeywell AC system. You won't regret paying the premium price, which in all honesty isn't all that expensive. Don't take my word for it. Buy one and take it for a spin.

Works 95% of the time usings with a 65” LG OLED having no problems working together. The cube works the same or a little faster compared to the fire tv I had before overall great fire tv

I'm loving the cube it does everything I tell Alexa to do and she understands my voice but the commands needs more work but overall this device is fantastic and gets the job done

OK, This is a harsh but honest review, maybe this Alexa was released to early, but time will tell...First I love the Echos & Alexa, I run x5 Echo Shows, x2 Echo 2nd Gens, and Echo Dots everywhere else with my car being next! Yes I have called Amazon & FireTV about the issues, Amazon will not allow reviews yet as it says the item hasn’t been released yet? I bought it from them (2 of them). Echo’s IMHO deserve 5 stars, but even when the 1st was released it wasn’t worth 2! So without further blabbing here are the problems I’ve ran into finished with the x4 good things about this new Echo in the Family. To include saving Thousands (Yes THOUSANDs) of dollars! I’ve ran my Echo “Cube” as a stand alone FireTV System in my bedroom and I have tried it in my Home Theater (165” Screen + Full Equipment) & my Internet is 1 GIG download & 10mbs Upload speeds. ALL Echos and smart-home Equipment have a dedicated channel. Apps I’ve tested are Netflix, HULU+, Amazon Prime Video, Sling, & YouTubeRED. From here out I’ll just say “Apps”. & FireTV will be called the “Cube”. Cons: Amazon Echo Cube FireTV “Alexa” doesn’t get along well with “others”. 1. Stops all TV/ theater operations (basically pauses) every time the wake word is used. So if you are watching FireTV on any of the Apps I listed above and the wake word is used on ANY Echo in my home, The Alexa inside the Echo Cube running FireTV Pauses whatever I am watching for whomever said “Alexa” to finish the command. This even happens when someone in another room talks to “Alexa”. 2. Throughout the day the Cube randomly pauses (so far testing with all the Apps, primarily Netflix) I though maybe its Netflix, but it didn’t matter what App, The Alexa FireTV would randomly pause whatever the show you were watching about 2 times every hour. Sometimes for a few seconds, sometimes for up to 20! This hasn’t stopped at all in the 1st 36 hours so far that I’ve been testing it. I have switched to using Apps (same) built into my 4k-Blu-Ray Players & the TV and neither had a single issue. Its the “Cube” 3. The “Cube” does not work well with the Harmony Elite remote & Hub System yet? When using other devices (Like a Sony Blu-ray Player UPB-X800) and you are watching Apps like Netflix or HULU and the previous episode has ended and the new episode starts (you usually get a timer saying the next episode starts in X time), with a timer of 20-80 second you can give the command “Alexa, Tell (or ask) Harmony to play” and the next episode starts. With the “Cube” it does not start the next episode, it does the opposite! It reverts you back to the episode menu. So instead of starting say; Season 2 Episode 9, you are pulled out and are looking at the Episode list. :( Whether that has anything to do with the remote I doubt, but who knows... 4. SETUP & Pairing! Just FYI when pairing with the Logitech Harmony Remote/Hub the pairing will display as Harmony Keyboard when connecting the “Cube” Via Bluetooth. This can be a bit confusing as I only found out after searching the problem online with previous FireTV owners. I have several Logitech Keyboards for a few PCs and Ipad Pros, so I though that the FireTV was not showing up on Bluetooth at all when it actually was. After pairing with the Harmony remote the remote control itself is fantastic and it gives excellent use of the screen! A side bonus was that FireTV had an option to show the actual Harmony Elite Remote (Picture) with all of the UN-assigned buttons in Orange. This was a huge help as I am using the Echo’s (Alexa) for full house Automation and the only remote I use is the Harmony Elite’s. It has buttons for lights, outlets ect.. So this was a nice touch. See pictures I attached below. 5. I believe FireTV need highlighting on the menu page. Its very easy using FireTV to be navigating the main APP page and lose what you are supposed to be clicking, due to the small text that highlights in orange it can be goofy trying to see what you have currently selected without having to move the remote selector onto an app so it enlarges. This could be simplified by just using an outline box around the APP or text with an Orange (or any color) box instead of the current system. Maybe Amazon is pushing the voice commands a bit too hard? However with the above conflicting problems with voice commands pausing content I choose not to use voice commands. PROs’ 0. I have another Echo box? LOL, but seriously... 1. The option to connect an Ethernet cable is a big deal especially if you live with or around circumstances that require it. Plus if your really going to stream 4k best just use the cable. 2. The IR Booster is nice for those who would hide the “Cube”, but I cant figure out why you would? Maybe its just best if you have a hard IR connection to make and placing that booster will help. 3. FireTV and the “Cube” is built for Apps! No TV, No Blu-ray Player, nothing other than something like this seems to run Apps as well. You can really customize channels, if you want to get into Apps like Kodi (for Free TV/Film content go for it) however I choose Sling as I get 47 channels and 50 hours of cloud based DVR for 5 more dollars! Truly having all your channels and the Cube as a cable box for under $30 a month is great! 4. BIGGEST PLUS = NO MORE Cable box. Here in Alaska (probably everywhere else) its $12 a month per box, we had x3 boxes at $36 a month. We have lived here for 180 months and thats about $6,500.00 to the cable company not counting over priced cable! The Amazon Echo Cube with FireTV will be worth every penny as it gets better! As a stand alone “Cube” and if this is your 1st and only “Alexa” you will LOVE this! Yes it has quirks, but when it comes to Amazon they dont last long!

Amazon does it again with excellent streaming TV box that has 4K, built in Alexa and lots of easy to install apps. Not Vudu though but you can get around that by loading up Movies Anywhere app which is free to use and get all your movies in the cloud. There are pros and cons over the Apple TV but the price is so much better, especially on sale.

This is such a useful product. Of course, it provides access to almost all of the various streaming providers. Only, YouTube is at all complicated. There is no direct access to it, but the Firefox web browser is included and navigates to YouTube. Setup is very easy, and it is running in just a few minutes. The real magic of this product is how easy it makes tying together all the components of your system. It will control the power of your TV, cable box, soundbar or receiver, and a DVD player. It will also switch between each input. And it does this with your voice commands. You only need remotes if you're watching your cable feed or DVD player. My only complaints are that I don't think it can be controlled through the Alexa app, and the Echo device I have in another room hears my commands and tries to respond.

This is a great addition to our home. She is able to turn volume up and down, pause tv, turn on and off tv and change the tv channels even on our old dish box. You can ask her to go to Netflix or find a show. Also runs our Hue lights.

I already had an Echo Dot in my living room, but got tired of yelling at it from the bedroom to turn the heat on, start an amazon video, etc. With a longer HDMI cable from the TV, I set it on my nightstand and now I can practically whisper. One drawback of Amazon's devices is that they are not coordinated for multiple installs, so this one controls certain smart functions and the Echo Dot controls some others. Amazon needs to work this out. Meanwhile, just in case the wrong one hears me, one is called Echo and the other is called Alexa. I have to think they'll fix that someday as it's such an obvious oversight. Still it's an excellent voice assistant and I love how it controls not only my amazon fire, but my tv and cable box as well. Not yet able to control the DVR, but perhaps that's coming too.

One of my favorite products. I used to have Roku and over time it lagged due to updates and what not. I did some research online, and gave it a try. Amazon cube makes life easy without the remote. Turn on and off your tv, switch to different ports, and all the benefits of Alexa. Cool features, weather on tv screen, voice web search, games, and reminders. If you have spectrum tv it wont work with streaming. There is a small lag but nothing that is noticable. Alexa is very smart and keeps getting smarter. Make sure to buy a HDMI cable from amazon for $3.00, it doesnt come with a HDMI cable.

We don't have a whole lot of smart home integration yet but look forward to adding more. Right now we just have our TV connected with a sound bar. It's pretty fun to walk into the room and say, Alexa, turn on the TV.. and like magic, everything turns on. Everything was pretty easy to setup and didn't run into any problems. Still waiting for setting month long timers though ("remind me to clear my air filter every month" for example,) currently she will only set daily or weekly timers. Bummer.

I bought a Fire TV Cube this weekend and had it hooked up to my TV and my Amazon Cloud Cam. The device is super fun and awesome, I can now use my voice to turn on the TV and switch channels. Furthermore, I can view the webcam in my garage using the TV without having to look for my phone when my hands are busy in the kitchen. This thing is fun and my wife luv it because we don't have to use our cellphone to look up the webcam before bedtime anytime to check on the gates and garage.

After finding the Roku difficult to use with our internet streaming services, we decided to try the hardwired Fire box. Setup was easy and the ability to add apps through a laptop browser was appreciated. We've had very few problems with the box; streaming is unbuffered and the selection of services is wide. The only caution is that many apps do not have full Alexa integration yet, so you'll find more need for the remote than they seem to indicate in the promotional material.

Great item, excellent quality, fast, easy to use good pric

This was very easy to set up. Got everything set up and I can switch between tv, cable, and all the apps! And the perk is I can do it with my voice. The only downside is it gets confused sometimes and doesn't change back to the right channel to talk to it, but Im going to use that as an excuse to buy a new TV :-)

I am really happy with this purchase. The picture quality is amazing and the ease and convenience is so worth it! I hooked the device up to my echo plus and I’m able to control my smart home and watch tv with my voice. I was able to easily program my TWC cable box and now I can go back and forth just using my voice.

I was leery of beginning to use a product like this. However, it basically set itself up, connected to all my devices, and made it easy to do a lot of stuff. I can access music, television, movies, even the web with vocal commands or questions.

Awesome product. Yes, it is pricey when you can just buy a shield for an extra 50 bucks, but I love having the latest tech gadgets. It looks great and Alexa works well. In my opinion, I think it’s worth the buy. No complaints here. Works well with kodi and other Android apks.

At first I thought this was a great product as long I stuck to controlling it via voice. There is a significant amount of lag when scrolling around the main menu using the remote. This lag is also noticeable when scrolling around looking for movies on both Netflix and Hulu. This lag might be tolerable to many patient consumers and I could accept it for a $20 Fire Stick, but not for a $120 device. Setup was simple and it hooked up to my TV by HDMI and my TV was able to output the sound using Dolby Digital to my receiver by digital optical cable. The Ccube could control my TV and my older receiver using the IR transmitter and all I had to say was "Alexa turn on the TV" and both my receiver and TV would turn on to the correct input. So that was a major plus. Other reviewers are correct when they state that Amazon missed an opportunity to control more than just the Cube. Unfortunately, within a few days the Hulu would no longer work and would just crash, despite several restarts. Even though I probably could have worked with Amazon tech support I decided to return it, in case this ended up becoming an on going issue. I also noticed that many reviews on the less popular apps also complained of bugs. So among the bugs and slow processor I decided to return it. Hopefully Amazon will use an adequate processor in any future hardware they release and at least do basic testing on their major apps. I understand not everything is going to work properly in the first month. Even though I don't like the way the Nvidia shield does their IR blaster I will probably spend the extra $20-$30 and get one of those.

Easy set up. Just plug in, it automatically updates itself then sign in to all ur apps. Using ur voice to turn in tv and having Alexa find you apps, movies and music is very simple. I’m still learning all voice commands for Alexa.

Works great. Setup with the app was a little tricky, but it was also the first time I had set up an Alexa device. You will need an Alexa hub if you want to be hands free. Otherwise you just push the speech button on the remote.