Amazon’s Fire TV streaming media player now has 34 million users, an increase of 4 million since the last time the company disclosed the figure back in January. Jennifer Prenner,… Read More
Amazon introduced web browsing capabilities for its Fire TV and Fire TV Stick streaming devices just over a week ago, and the new feature is already paying dividends. As first… Read More
Amazon said today that it has added web-browsing capabilities to Fire TV and Fire TV Stick devices through Mozilla’s Firefox and its own browser, Silk. Amazon said web-browsing is available… Read More
Next month, Amazon will release the newest version of the Fire TV Stick, complete with an Alexa-powered remote for $39.99. Amazon said the new Fire TV Stick is 30 percent… Read More
Alexa on the Fire TV seemed like an obvious extension for Amazon’s AI assistant when rumors first broke out back in September. But until today, Alexa only ran on the latest, 4K-capable… Read More
Amazon Video is now available to Japanese Prime subscribers, and the company rolling out pre-orders for the new Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick in the country today. Content on the… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon invited a small group of reporters to a perfectly staged house in San Francisco this week to unveil the next generation of some of its most… Read More
Silicon Valley is coming to Amazon. Or Silicon Valley the TV show, at least, and it’s even coming to those without a cable subscription. HBO Now, the premium cable channel’s streaming-only option,… Read More
HBO Now is coming to Android today. The $14.99/month service was previously sold exclusively through Apple devices and Cablevision’s Optimum Online subscriptions. The HBO Now app, which allows cord cutters to get HBO… Read More
Amazon Fire TV is continuing to rapidly expand consumers’ selection for new games, channels and apps. Amazon said this morning that it has added more than 600 options to the Fire TV and… Read More
Amazon this morning announced a series of updates for its Fire TV set-top box and Fire TV Stick, including a new feature that will allow the streaming devices to work over WiFi… Read More
Google’s Chromecast appears to have hit the ten million unit mark in sales, globally. While Google’s U.S. headquarters hasn’t released Chromecast sales figures, Google Korea has told the Korea Times the company… Read More
Amazon started shipping its Fire TV Stick streaming device this morning, going up against Google, Roku and others in the market for low-cost streaming devices that plug directly into a… Read More
Google’s $35 Chromecast streaming device is adding a series of games to its lineup of content, expanding beyond its core video and audio streaming services and putting the Chromecast more on par with Amazon’s… Read More
People who order Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick today won’t receive the devices until well after the holidays — reflecting either limited supply or strong demand for the $39 streaming video… Read More