Amazon has released anew Fire TV Cubestreaming player , the third - multiplication of its Fire TV and Echo Dot intercrossed gimmick . Here ’s what ’s new with the 3rd Gen example .
The young Cube , which is useable today ( September 28 ) , include a firebrand new Alexa remote , more power and more connectivity pick . get ’s see how the two solidifying - top box equipment equate …
Fire TV Cube now offers better sound.
While the first two Fire TV gimmick propose modest speakers ( 40 mm ) , they were an afterthought , design for simple vox responses to Alexa command , rather than listening to audio . That may have changed with the third - generation model , which has a speaker grille surrounding the gimmick , replacing the glossy refinement .
Amazon say : “ Fire TV Cube ( 3rd Gen ) has an upgrade fabric design with an eternity edge light stripe and front confront speakers with larger back volume for increased loudness , vocal lucidness and sea bass public presentation than the old generation . ”
This may make the Fire TV Cube more like a on-key cross Fire TV / Echo Dot like gimmick . Amazon is restrained about the audio capabilities and has yet to reveal the full spec list , so that ’ll be break in examination .
Brand new Alexa Pro Remote
The 3rd - multiplication Fire TV Cube also gets a unexampled remote control ! The Alexa Pro Remote will send with the new Cube and include a speaker for “ Alexa , find my remote ” command . There ’s also programmable clit for Alexa commands ( like smart family dominance ) , and impertinent ambient backlighting . The good news is , it ’s available to buy separately for £ 34.99 .
More power and better Wi-Fi
This is the first Fire TV Cube to support Wi - Fi 6E ( up from Wi - Fi 5 ) . Amazon pronounce it ’s the first media streaming machine to support it per se . For those with compatible routers , it ’ll intend less interference from other machine on the web when streaming that gamey - final stage 4 K cognitive content . The Ethernet port is also carried over from the previous generation . There ’s also a newfangled octa - core 2.0GHz processor that ’s 20 % more powerful than the previous generation ( Hexa - core CPU 2.2 gigahertz + 1.9 GHz ) .
Connect more devices to your Fire TV Cube
So , this is quite interesting . This is the Fire goggle box Cube is the first to support a HDMIinputmeaning you could physically connect other media machine like a Blu - beam player and control them with your Alexa remote . It might be a good selection if you ’re short of HDMI outs on your television set . So , for model , if you connect your cable box , you could use Alexa spokesperson command to get at specific TV channel .
The 3rd Gen also adds another USB output , which you could connect a webcam for telecasting calls on the idiot box . So , effectively , it can dissemble like an Echo Show too .
New upscaling support
While the same 4 chiliad HDR / Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos technical school is on board the new generation add a new Super Resolution Upscaling tech . Amazon says : “ With Super Resolution Upscaling , content — from films earlier made in HD to coarse-grained family picture — will look crisp on a 4 thousand showing . ”
Is the price worth it?
you may get a 2nd Gen Amazon Fire TV Cube for £ 69.99 at Amazon UK . The novel Fire TV Cube is treble that at £ 139.99 . Is it worth it ? We ’ll get hold out when we get our hands on the equipment .
