The REMOTE DESIGN compare to previous gets a ONE STAR / Updated 11/22
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2022 | Rating: 3/5 | Best Sellers in Amazon Devices & Accessories
i appreciate that i got this at a very good prime day price i now have 3 fire sticks and am grateful to have them this generation seems to work faster than the previous as well  scrolls faster responds faster i dont generally use voice because the previous version was horrid to even attempt so i gave up long agonow heres the rub amazon your new fire stick design is a failure heres whythe new remote is great for those who never used the previous remote the previous was more streamlined which made it easy to locate buttons without even glancing at it the previous had fewer buttons so there was little confusion as to what you were pressing at any given time the batteries were near the bottom of the remote which is where the bulk of the weight would rest perfectly in the palm of your handthe new remote is the opposite of all of the above first there is no way i can find the playpause button on this remote unless i physically look down at it even then its smack dab in the middle of a square of nine buttons plus 5 more the mute and live tv buttons are placed so that its easy to feel for them without having to stop to look at the remote there is blank space below both i am often pressing the wrong button when trying to playpause yes i could click the large round select button at the top but if on youtube it takes two clicks to pause and the screen menu appears on the screen which takes yet another click to remove all this means extra clicks wear and tear on the remote extra battery power and is a general annoyancenow about the battery the batteries on the new remote are at the top which puts the bulk of the weight opposite of where most people hold the remote  either in the palm or with the fingers i have dropped this thing numerous times already because it feels unbalanced and topheavy it is unnatural for the way were used to most remote controls in addition because i still have two other fire sticks with remotes that i still use it is difficult to retrain my hands to use this clumsy awkward stepchild of a remote just for this one devicelastly the new buttons for streaming services are nice to have but not the greatest to have if you truly have  and use  all 4 services this remote is made for you anything less than 2 or 3 and its just another device with useless functions while i appreciate being able to singleclick to hulu i would much rather go through the main menu and get rid of these excess buttons plus most remotes have a different colored power button at the top between the fact that these buttons being at the bottom  the awkward weight distribution of the remote i frequently mistakenly hold this remote the wrong way and end up clicking incorrect buttons im watching a video on youtube and with one errant click im in that wild maze of a live tv menu wonder where i went wrong in lifeamazon heres what to do to improve this remote1 move the batteries back to the bottom right at the area where most people hold the lower half of the remote in their palm 2 move the streaming buttons to the top of the remote 3 move the mute volume up volume down and live tv buttons down into a separate section away from the navigational buttons leave blank space below the rewind playpause and forward buttons so we can again find these buttons without having to turn on lights and look down at the remote 4 a more complete transfer of previous fire stick data to the new fire stick would be appreciated  my transfer of data was incomplete why not allow a simply onetime cloning of apps via amazon aws so we dont have to spend an hour reinstalling apps were used tountil then id like my money back or an exchange of this fire stick for an older generation like the other two i have 1 star for the price 1 star for the volume control 1 star for speed id take off more stars for the annoyances howeverupdate 112022i still have the same bad review regarding the design of the new remote control i still find myself grabbing it and holding it the wrong way which makes me click the wrong button upside down the forward button is mistaken for the rewind and i use it daily still hard to get used to no product should be this difficult to transition to new complaint actually this is something i noticed right away but can verify after extended usage occasionally my internet cuts out on my laptop i see that it is restored in about 1 minute however the fire stick takes upwards of five additional minutes to have its connection restored of course i can exit the app im using go to settings and go through the network prompts to get it to reconnect but cmon really the old fire stick would reconnect as quickly as my laptop there is something off with this new device please fix then send me another for review  i still greatly appreciate the quick buttons hulu etc although if you dont use those services the keys are useless and just more clutter and the volume buttons