This is where the device falls-down as a streaming dongle, other devices make this a priotity. I didn’t find this that practical because it took a while to sync and it’s very long-winded way of viewing your personal content on a larger screen. There’s also lots of extras like games, apps (YouTube, Netflix and Spotify for example), and access to Amazon’s cloud service where you can upload your personal pictures from your smartphone and videos and view them on your TV.
The left-sided button is now stiff and requires some force to register a press, which heavily impacted navigating around the interface. The directional wheel came off and, after 15 minutes of trying to force it back into place, it never felt the same. Although, that all changed when I dropped the remote and it split in to pieces. It’s simple in its button configuration and the directional circle is a nice touch.
It’s small, smooth, a pleasure to hold and connected via bluetooth so you won’t have to aim at the stick to operate it. The remote is a far more attractive piece of kit. Which means that it will get in the way of other cables sticking out of your TV if your HDMI connections are stacked vertically, although it does come with a HDMI extension cable to alleviate the problem. One *small* annoying feature I noticed was that the power cable sticks out of the top of the device, rather than out of the side like it is on the Chromecast. Chances are you’ll rarely look at it once it’s plugged in, so there’s no need for it to be anything other than functional. Oh, and there’s a power cable sticking out of it.
It’s a stick with a HDMI connection and “Amazon” emblazoned across it.