Something changed w recent update......or so they say
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2024 | Rating: 1/5 | Best Sellers in Amazon Devices & Accessories
edit nov 112024 to add update i dont what happened when they updated it but i now get better reception  far less aggravation using my wifi dvd player that is 3 yrs old  no update along with not being able to turn it off when you want to  itll shut itself off after 10 min of no activity  if youre like me  will let a video play  listen from another room or while doing chores if you arent right back in 10 min to change the video after one stops itll shut off itself  youll have to fond where you were awsome every single time its so flipping annoyingbut worse than that now on youtube which is my main app to watch it will not play live streams even after the stream is over  youre watching the upload i have no problem on any other device it just buffers  buffers  buffers even after restart  the remote also has stopped responding half the time it just sucks and they obviously pay no mind to what users are saying its been months since they updated the device and its just getting worse and worsei finally broke down  bought a firestick after having used my ps4 for years to stream after canceling cable 14 yrs ago there are some apps i cant get on ps4 so i thought it would be nice to have all my streaming apps in one place  set up was super easy i wasnt sure if the charging block was included it does not make it clear  sounds like it doesnt  i bought one so i could use it right away i was surprised to see that it does in fact come with the charging block so the one i bought was a waste of money i plugged it into my tv then into my outlet turned it on and got ready to set it up that was very easy i was surprised to see how easy it was to set up i connected my tv to the remote to make it easier having everything in one remote and thats when things went down hill  im partially deaf so having a tv that has a high volume is something i look for my tv is pretty loud at 15 being almost too loud at 1820 for normal hearing people once i connected my tv to the firestick i noticed immediately that the volume on my tv was not workingproperly i literally had to turn the volume up to 85 just to hear it and going up to 100 didnt make a difference  this drove me absolutely insane i do not understand why firestick would govern my tv volume i played around with the settings and in the end ended up disconnecting my tv from the firestick remote  changed one other setting having to do with sound  that seemed to fix it  however right after that i was told by amazon help line that there was an update right around the time i called with the issues im now having ill often leave a video playing and listen from another room im not good at sitting  watching a video i more listen and dont always get back to the living room to put a new video on right away before the update itd go to a screen saver after about 10 min and stay there when i come back into the room i just pick up where i left off now instead of going to the screen saver  staying thereit turns off completely  which then my tv will turn off after 5 min of no activity  its so flipping annoying i have to come back in  turn everything back on go back to the app i was watching then look for the series or whatever i was watching when it turned off it does this every time there is a 15 minute lull between videos and whats even worseat the end of the night when i want to turn the dang thing offit will not power off not sure why they put an off button then i guess amazon has decided they will govern my power now and turn it off when i leave a room and a video stops for 15 minbut they wont allow turning the thing off when i want to turn it off it makes no sense i have to just turn my tv off and guess it powers off after 15 minutes  its the most annoying thing after the volume nonsense ive ever dealt with on any device  i did call the help line they went in and played around and fixed nothing telling me basically it was the latest update and thats how it is but theyll be sure to let the tech dept know im not happy about them setting my firestick to turn off every time theres no activity for 15 minutes instead of ya know a screen saver but then i cant turn the firestick off when i want to at the end of the night or when leaving the housesure maam like the tech dept cares i think their new update is awful lol  if it wasnt for the thing governing my volume turning off every time theres 15 minutes of inactivity  and not powering off when i hit the off button id really like it its easy to use theres pretty much every streaming app i use available to downloadeven the ones that need a library card to watch which surprised me although i do wish theyd add more video uploading apps like odyssey or rumble because the internet browser on the firestick is not easy to use like the ps4 is but it does work to watch those platforms once you get to them through the internet browser itd just be far easier to include an app to each and hopefully theyll fix the issues with the above mentioned problems ive had  would i recommend it i would recommend it to anyone that doesnt have cable tv and subscribes to different streaming apps like i do because it does have them available for download the apps are also easy enough to sign into which i prefer over casting if you need a lot of volume though id recommend not connecting the tv to the firestick remote and definitely check the sound settings to get the most volume out of your tv and expect to have to turn it back on a lot if youre not always in the room to jump onto the next video