Great device until you use Amazon Prime on it. Update: even worse but hope.
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2023 | Rating: 1/5 | Best Sellers in Amazon Devices & Accessories
edit  press and hold the home button for 5 seconds and you have an interface 90 better than the stock one butwish i had gotten something else now i have try alexa literally every 5 seconds on the screen breaking every single overview of every application yes i have every single possible notification popup you name it off or in the case of inverted statements the epitome of crappy interfaces onthis thing is trash already looking at buyingbuilding something else and feel so bad i recommended it to someone i plan to buybuild something else for them on my coststhe only way to stop it is to go into some not all apps or hold home for 5 seconds and use a minimal launcheroriginalthe short of my personal recommendation is if you plan to use an amazon prime app get something else that has a different form of app if you plan to use everything else then this is a good bit of hardware and softwarebeen using a samsung tv for many years but its old enough the nonamazon apps are starting to not be supported the firestick was on sale for a decent price and far less than building my own so i picked it up installation went well i really like the controller and the level of apps and their performance is fantastic then comes amazon prime i realize i am reviewing the app and not the device but it cant run a different amazon prime app you are only as good as your apps end of day and the fact is this is an amazon device and its amazons flag ship application that youd think would be a match made in heaven rather its the other h wordso why the one star when i originally rated it three time teaches in short1the inability to stop preview video causes massive problems with navigation from crashes and massive slow downs to it disrupting controller button presses and down right a gargantuan annoyance trying to navigate around seriously your only option is to mute the autoplay previews not the actual video all other apps i have tried that support this feature allow you to turn it off whoever came up with the idea to not allow it being disabled should be fired if i want to preview something ill watch this thing called a trailer it is so bad while navigating the app i feel like im going to have a seizure due to the constant flashing and movement in the background that i have zero control over aside from not using the app2it defaults to oneclick purchases yah cant imagine why they did that the real issue though is that you have to use parental controls to disable oneclick purchases excuse me what does this have to do with parental controls i dont want myself the parent and owner to be able to do this and i dont have kids oops pressed a button and just bought a 20 dollar movie wow moronic ok so you disable it and now you are having to punch in a pin every purchase and yet another password to remember while i have not checked let me guess if you forget your pin you have to wipe the device um here is an absolutely genius idea ready add a toggle to just turn off oneclick purchases bingo i want a million dollar check for that idea i might even patent it make that two million since topic 1 i plan to patent too button to stop auto video preview3my amazon credits for digital purchases dont show up even under the more options on my samsung i could click on the rent button and see exactly what was going to happen and even elect if i wanted to apply credits or not now you see nothing searched the net and roamed around in the device for a good hour and i cant find a single reference to this granted i have only tried purchasing once but the only message i got was an email indicating the purchase and the cost pretty bad that i have to go log into my computer to find out what my credits are oh wait 15 minutes of searching for that and i cant find it either and no its not under your redeemable section in account i checked its a mystery or more likely just more epically poor uiapp design across the board4the entire 40 of the top of the screen is nothing but an advertisement that is again annoyin the app bar is limited to a tiny middle row and half the width for the size of amazon youd think they could find some decent ui developers you think you can do better yes game over5because of all this bloat and forced useless features the amazon app is slow and im talking at least 2030 slower than even the poorly created apps ive tried for free streaming thats pretty appalling considering its their app on their device and speaks volumes i presume about their developer marketer and management teamsi am sure people will have some sort of answer to many of my points but not all and none will solve the elephant in the room the epically poor design of a flagship app on a flagship device that in my view defines said devicethe app is so bad i sincerely doubt i will be renewing my prime membership i cant stand using it so much its not worth the literal headache it causes i am not jokingamazon ruined a great device with tons of great apps with their own app its pretty much one of the worst ui setups ive seen on a streaming device my nearly 10 year old samsung tvs amazon app interface is still vastly superior and actually faster maybe all of the new devices out there have the same bloated seizure inducing rigged for accidental purchases outside paying the price of more annoyance and down right poorly designed app but it would be worth taking the time to find out if that is one of your targeted applicationsas to my suggestion to amazon presuming they read this or even allow it to post go look at some of the other apps and definitely those for free streaming because they have you beat by light years on ui design and user experience amazon does some great stuff but this app is not one of them