
If you purchased it elsewhere you will either need to sign into your Amazon account or you will need to create one. If you purchased your Fire TV stick from Amazon, then it will already come attached to your Amazon account. This is a fairly easy thing to do, and the Fire TV Stick will walk you through the process. The first thing you have to do is connect it your wireless network. Bluetooth: Bluetooth 3.0 with support for the following profiles: HID, SPP.Wi-Fi Connectivity: Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi (MIMO) supports 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks.Processor: Broadcom Capri 28155, dual-core 2xARM A9 up to 1 Ghz.The specs on the Amazon Fire TV Stick are impressive for its $39 price. You can also side-load apps from other sources onto the device, but we’ll talk about that a little later. Because Android is at the core of Fire OS, the Fire TV Stick can play games and use other apps found on Amazon’s App Store. The Fire TV Stick runs Amazon’s Android off-shoot called Fire OS.


Yes the Chromecast is technically $5 cheaper than the Fire TV Stick, but it’s dead in the water without another device to initiate the media streaming and it has nowhere near the capabilities of the Fire TV Stick. It’s closest competitors are priced higher and have lower specs. Low PriceĮven at its $39 full retail price, the Fire TV Stick is a real steal.

First, let’s talk about why the Fire TV Stick makes such a great platform for a media center.
