You cannot talk about the Fire TV without talking of the Fire Sticks. The Fire TV sticks preceded the Amazon Fire TV. The Fire Stick is basically a device that’s plugged into the HDMI port on a TV or monitor and acts as the live TV’s operating system. However, today, you can get an Amazon Fire TV with all the Fire Stick features already built in.
The Amazon Fire TV seamlessly integrates streaming channels such as Netflix, YouTube, HBO, SHOWTIME, STARZ, Prime Video, and Hulu with live over-the-air TV. You can as well launch apps, play music, search for titles, switch inputs, control smart home devices and more using Alexa voice assistant.
Today, virtually all TVs are smart TVs. They connect to the Internet and come with inbuilt streaming apps. You can as well download additional apps as needed. Like phones, different TV brands use different operating systems. Amazon Fire TV is basically Amazon’s version of a smart TV. Most smart TVs provide access to almost the same apps, so you can access Fire TV on a Google, Toshiba or Samsung TV.