It offers HD streaming (no 4K here) with support for the major HDR formats, Dolby Atmos audio for virtual height channels, and the Alexa Voice Remote for voice commands as well as buttons to control your TV.

The standard Fire TV Stick is now in its third iteration. The Apple TV 4K (2022) is still a fair bit pricier but does offer significant improvements in picture and sound quality. Again, Google Chromecast gives it a run for its money. The Fire TV Stick 4K Max is only £10 / $10 / AU$40 more expensive than the Fire TV Stick 4K. Is it the best streaming stick at its price? It'll be interesting to see if Amazon has addressed the issue we had with sound quality on this model – the previous one lacked the soul and drive necessary to keep us entertained during testing. We haven't tested this second-gen model, but the first one fared well, earning four stars.

Should you buy the Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2023)? It too ships with an Alexa Voice Remote that can also control your soundbar and AV receiver as well as your TV. The Fire TV 4K Max supports the same HDR and Atmos formats as the standard 4K model, and has double the storage (16GB) of its predecessor. (Previously, this feature was only on Amazon's Fire TV Omni QLED Series of TVs.) It's also the first Fire TV Stick with the Fire TV Ambient Experience, which displays artwork, info from your calendar, sticky notes, and controls for your smart home devices and music streaming services, all when you're not watching TV. The new model is even more powerful than the one it replaces, upping the processor to 2GHz, and supporting Wi-Fi 6E, which potentially means lower latency streaming and faster speeds (as long as you have a compatible router).

The Max is the biggest and most powerful Fire TV Stick that Amazon makes. Besides the standard Fire TV Stick 4K, Amazon also launched a new version of the Fire TV Stick 4K Max in 2023.

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