The home screen is fairly simple, with much of the recommended content from the likes of Prime Video, Netflix and others accessible straight from carousels in the main interface.ĭedicated media apps take care of the rest with most mainstream services in the UK supported, including All4, Apple TV (iTunes etc), BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport, ITV Hub, My5, Netflix and YouTube, through which you can also access Google Play Movies. The Fire TV interface is fairly straightforward with most options up front and voice-search across multiple services with Alexa making it easy to find what you want.
It’s a simple, easy to use remote, which includes a much-welcome dedicated power button, a microphone button for talking straight into it for Alexa, plus dedicated play and volume buttons. While the Cube looks neat, the tangle of cables coming out the back doesn’t, which is a shame as it has to sit out in the open to work properly as a smart speaker and to control your other devices.Īlso included in the box is Amazon’s latest Alexa voice remote that ships with most Fire TV products, including the £50 Fire TV Stick 4K.
Ports are in the back for power, HDMI for your TV (cable sold separately), an optional infrared blaster and a microUSB socket, into which you can plug the included ethernet adapter if you don’t want to use wifi to connect to the internet. The top resembles an Echo Dot with the same four-way configuration of buttons for volume, muting the microphones and an action button, plus a series of holes for the eight beam-forming mics.Ī light strip at the top front edge shows what Alexa is doing, lighting up blue when listening, or orange with alerts. It’s essentially a voice-controlled Echo Dot mated with a Fire TV smart television box.