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Alexa play transparent getting transferred from fire TV I bet you're wondering how I did that the answer is a combination of Amazon's echo dot speaker and the all-new fire TV if you have an Alexa capable speaker like the dot you can add the little fire TV box to your television and be able to control stuff without a remote using just your voice you left remember state a key word Alexa and not everything works Alexa volume up sorry I didn't find this device but quite a bit does Alexa launch YouTube getting YouTube for fire TV you can use the remote to issue voice commands to so even if you don't own an Alexa speaker you can run searches get the weather and perform any other Alexa tasks just by speaking into the clicker new fire TV cost more the existing fire TV stick and both offer Alexa voice control so the main reason to get the little box is for its 4k and HDR playback TV shows movies and videos from Netflix Amazon and YouTube appear in the best available quality provided you have a compatible 4k HDR TV the difference in video quality isn't huge compared to standard HD but if you pay big bucks for a sweet new television you'll probably want to spring the extra money for the box fire TV seems a little awkward hanging off the back of your TV but they'll generally be hidden back there so you won't notice you can opt to plug it directly into the wall for power or use a USB port on your TV that eliminates having to plug in but boot up takes longer responses are super quick app selection is superb and it's 4k HDR images as good as I expected the main downside to Amazon fire TV is the tendency of the interface to push you toward Amazon video non Amazon apps like Netflix and Hulu appear in the recently used section and you can move them around you can't otherwise customize the screen most the feature videos are from Amazon and there's also a lot of Amazon promotions overall I like Roku streaming stick plus another 4k HDR streamer better than the fire TV thanks it's neutral interface and TV control remote fire TV is still an excellent capable choice especially if you really like talking to the TV