Cost before we get into the features and the technical specifications let s deal with the elephant in the room the cost of the devices.
Fire stick compared to roku.
The main battle is between the 50 roku streaming stick plus and the 50 amazon fire tv stick 4k.
Along with the 4k streaming feature the device now comes with an alexa voice remote control.
The fire tv stick s diversity of content and smart home features helped edge out the roku streaming stick but it s a closer match than it may seem.
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Amazon fire stick vs.
Both tiny gadgets attach to any tv and stream thousands of apps including netflix amazon prime hulu and.
But the roku streaming stick is now 35 percent off and goes for 39 or.
Firestick how do they compare.
The roku streaming stick and amazon s fire tv stick 4k are both inexpensive and retail for 60 and 50 respectively.
The roku ultra costs 100 and is more of an alternative to the amazon fire tv cube so we will not include it in this analysis of fire stick vs.
The fire tv stick 4k was released by amazon in 2018 which is an upgraded version of the previous model.
Amazon s option also comes with a slightly more.
If you re shopping for a streaming device you ve probably come across one or both of these options.