Verdict: best for Amazon subscribers, but good value and support for most other services. Two versions are available, one with a voice-controlled remote and one without, with a £10 difference. It also plays games such as Minecraft, Sonic, Tetris and Crossy Road and supports an optional Bluetooth games controller. The streaming quality is good, there’s a smartphone app for voice searches and if you own an Amazon Fire tablet you can mirror its screen on the TV. Other apps are available, including Netflix, BBC iPlayer, Spotify and more from the Amazon app store. The interface is slick, it needs an Amazon account and works best with Amazon’s £79 Prime service, which includes a video-on-demand service with a solid selection of movies and TV and a music subscription service with access to 1 million tracks. There’s a simple how-to video when it is first installed too. The remote can be pointed anywhere and the setup is incredibly easy: if bought from Amazon it comes with your details pre-loaded. It is powered by a micro-USB cable, but needs to be plugged into its own power adapter. The Amazon Fire TV stick looks like a USB flash drive and plugs directly into the HDMI port at the back of the TV.

Amazon’s Fire TV stick with voice-control remote.

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