AFTVnewscast 7: Everything you need to know about the New Fire TV

The new 2nd generation Fire TV has been announced. Here is everything you need to know about the new device in exquisite detail. A slew of questions submitted about the new device are also answered.

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Hosted by Elias Saba from AFTVnews.com

Recorded September 18th 2015

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Amazon announces new Fire TV with 4K Ultra HD and Alexa voice control

New Fire TV Product Page on Amazon

New Fire TV Gaming Edition on Amazon

Amazon bundles existing Fire TV Stick with New Voice Remote for $49

New Fire TV Stick Bundle with Voice Remote on Amazon

Amazon introduces new Fire TV Game Controller with Voice Search and Headphone Jack

New Fire TV Game Controller on Amazon

The new 4K Fire TV only supports 4K video, not a 4K interface or 4K apps, and thats a good thing

UPDATED: New Fire TV will support USB External Storage

The new Fire TV and new Fire TV Stick Bundle have different Voice Remotes

Bluetooth Voice Remote on Amazon

List of all Fire TV and Fire TV Stick Remote and Game Controller Specs

SanDisk releases official “Made for Amazon” microSD cards for the new Fire TV

Official Fire TV Micro SD Cards on Amazon

STARZ and ENCORE added to Fire TV voice search with 10+ more services being added by the end of the year

Fire OS 5 with Alexa coming to 1st-gen Fire TV and Fire TV Stick in October

Shovel Knight comes exclusively to the Amazon Fire TV

Shovel Night on Amazon

Final Fantasy V and VI released for the Fire TV

Final Fantasy V on Amazon

Final Fantasy VI on Amazon

Over 250 tablet games were just added to the Fire TV appstore

FOX NOW, FXNOW, Poker Central, and Turner Classic Movies coming to Amazon Fire TV

Amazon refreshes their line of Fire Tablets with new hardware and software

$49 Fire Tablet

$99 Fire Kids Edition Tablet

$149 Fire HD 8 Tablet

$230 Fire HD 10 Tablet

New Chromecast reportedly coming later this month

Apple TV may have crippled its gaming potential by requiring developers to support the included remote

Nvidia Shield Pro partially recalled due to hard drive issues

Nvidia Shield TV on Amazon

Amazon Fire TV Remote App

Amazon Echo

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant coming to Amazon Fire TV

SPMC App

Logitech Harmony Smart Controller and Hub

Sideclick IR Remote for Fire TV

Nvidia Shield TV on Amazon

$49 Fire Tablet

Fire OS 5 Developer Preview

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Amazon Fire TV Codenames

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