Missed out on the Black Friday Fire TV deals? Good news – Amazon has brought back nearly all of its November discounts this week, making this a solid opportunity to pick up a streaming stick as a last-minute Christmas gift (or, you know, as a treat for yourself).
The deals are nearly identical to what we saw during Black Friday, with the Fire TV Stick 4K Select back down to £19.99 and the Fire TV Stick 4K at £24.99.
Both offer impressive value, but the 4K Select in particular has a few caveats you should be aware of (see below).
There are a couple of differences from November’s sale, though. The Alexa Voice Remote Pro is slightly more expensive this time, and the Fire TV Soundbar Plus isn’t discounted at all for now.
It’s possible we’ll see further reductions on Boxing Day – the Remote Pro might drop back to its Black Friday price, and the Soundbar Plus will likely get a discount again.
But the 4K Select and standard 4K stick are unlikely to go any lower than they already are (or else Amazon might as well give them away). For now, the discounts are set to run until December 31 – or until the promotional stock runs out.
Here’s what’s currently on offer.
Fire TV Stick 4K Select – £19.99 (Was £49.99)
Amazon’s newest streaming device is back to its Black Friday price of £19.99 – a 60% (!) discount on a device that only launched in mid-October.
At this price, Amazon is barely covering manufacturing costs. So why the aggressive discounting on a device that’s only two months old?
The Select is the first Fire TV stick to run Amazon’s brand new Vega operating system, built directly on Linux rather than Android.
Because it’s a completely different platform, every app needs to be rebuilt from scratch to work on it – and that creates a chicken-and-egg problem.
Developers won’t invest time and resources building Vega OS apps unless there’s a big enough user base to justify the expense, but customers won’t buy a device with limited…