Amazon Alexa Fire TV Stick HD Dispositivo Streaming

60 valoraciones en Amazon Alexa Fire TV Stick HD Dispositivo Streaming

1. Valorado con 1 de 5

   Jason – julio 2, 2023

   1.0 de 5 estrellas

   Great device until you use Amazon Prime on it. Update: even worse but hope.

   Edit: Press and hold the home button for 5 seconds+ and you have an interface 90% better than the stock one. But…Wish 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, ON.This thing is trash. Already looking at buying/building something else and feel so bad I recommended it to someone I plan to buy/build something else for them on my costs.The only way to stop it is to go into, some not all, apps. (or hold home for 5+ seconds and use a minimal launcher)Original:The 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 software.Been using a Samsung TV for many years but its old enough the non-amazon 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 can’t 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 Amazon’s flag ship application that you’d think would be a match made in heaven. Rather its the other “h” word.So why the one star when I originally rated it three? Time teaches, in short.1)The 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 auto-play 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 I’ll watch this thing called a trailer. It is so bad while navigating the app I feel like I’m 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 app.2)It defaults to one-click purchases. Yah, can’t imagine why they did that. The real issue though is that you have to use “Parental Controls” to disable one-click purchases. Excuse me? What does this have to do with parental controls? I don’t want myself, the “parent and owner”, to be able to do this and I don’t 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 one-click 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 preview.3)My amazon credits for digital purchases don’t 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 can’t 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 can’t find it either and no its not under your redeemable section in account. I checked. It’s “a mystery” or more likely just more epically poor “UI/App” design across the board.4)The 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 you’d think they could find some decent UI developers. “You think you can do better?” “Yes, game over.”.5)Because of all this bloat and forced useless features the amazon app is SLOW and I’m talking at least 20-30% slower than even the poorly created apps I’ve tried for free streaming. That’s pretty appalling considering its their app on their device and speaks volumes, I presume, about their developer, marketer and management teams.I 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 device.The app is so bad I sincerely doubt I will be renewing my prime membership. I can’t stand using it so much it’s not worth the literal headache it causes, I am not joking.Amazon ruined a great device with tons of great apps with their own app. It’s pretty much one of the worst UI setups I’ve 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 applications.As 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.

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