Good on Amazon for continuing to improve!
FireTV launched April 2014
New FireTV to ship October 2015
versus Google Chromecast which was amazing when launched in July 2013. But absolutely ZERO improvements in OVER 2 years. :(
versus Google Chromecast which was amazing when launched in July 2013. But absolutely ZERO improvements in OVER 2 years. :(
> versus Google Chromecast which was amazing when launched in July 2013. But absolutely ZERO improvements in OVER 2 years. :(
Chromecast launched July 2013, true; it was (and is) a ~$35 media stick. And November 2014 -- a little under a year and a half later -- Google released a more featureful product that subsumed the basic functions of the Chromecast, had more onboard capability for apps, etc., and included a game controller, the $99 (now $79), Android TV based Nexus Player.
So, I don't think its really fair to say Google hasn't done anything here. Amazon's path isn't all that different from Google's.
Also, for $35 you can't really beat what you get from a Chromecast even today.