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00:05 - Hardware overview
01:00 - Interface
02:30 - Amazon Video Playback Performance
03:10 - Netflix Video Playback Performance
03:54 - YouTube video playback performance
04:48 - Universal voice search
05:23 - Alexa: shopping and weather
05:45 - Alexa: controlling lights
06:20 - Gaming: Sonic the Hedgehog
07:16 - Gaming: Game controller compatibility issues
07:52 - Gaming: GTA Vice City
08:39 - PC Game streaming with Moonlight app
09:55 - Sideloading discussion
10:58 - Kodi and Blu Ray MKV
11:48 - Plex
12:56 - Conclusion and final thoughts

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The new Amazon Fire Stick is much faster than I recall the original being. It's designed mostly as a streaming device for Netflix and other services, but it does have the capacity to run some apps and casual games quite well.

It only has 1 gigabyte of RAM and 8 gigs of storage so it will be limited in what it can do. But for many consumers looking to make a dumb TV smart this price is almost a no brainer.

I did have some issues with it connecting to my AC wireless network that I hope will be resolved in a future firmware update. I also noticed that Android compatible game controllers do not appear to work with it - only Fire TV compatible controllers will pair.

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