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If you’re thinking about buying a tablet but you’d like to stay within a tight budget, you may want to consider this offer from Amazon’s Woot for the eighth-generation Amazon Fire HD 8. From its original price of $80, the tablet will be yours for just $40, following a $40 discount. There’s still several days left for you to take advantage of this bargain, but it’s highly recommended that you buy the device as soon as possible as there’s a chance that it gets sold out before the deal ends. Why you should buy the…

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. launched its Discovery+ streaming service on Amazon.com's Prime Video platform in Canada. Prime users can sign up for the ad-free version of Discovery+ at C$6.99 ($5.16) per month plus applicable taxes, the media company said. Discovery+ was launched last year in Canada on platforms such as Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and other Apple and Google devices.Read Also HBO Max, the other streaming platform owned by Warner Bros, returned to Prime Video channels in the United States last week, after a…

The Chromecast with Google TV HD is the baseline first-party Google TV dongle. Photo: Florence Ion / GizmodoGoogle has two Chromecast with Google TV dongles on the market, which look identical. But the first version, which comes in three colors, is technically the old one with 4K capabilities, while the new version was released a month ago and tops out at 1080p. There’s a $20 price difference between the two.Save your money and buy the newer, cheaper version of the Chromecast with Google TV that just came out. Most folks…

Do you like Fire TV enough to bring a whole TV with it built-in to your home? Image: AmazonOf all of Amazon’s in-home technology, the Fire TV lineup of devices is quite compelling when you stack it up against its main competition, like Google TV and Roku. But is it enough to bring a whole-ass Amazon television set into your home?At an event today, Amazon announced two more ways to bring Fire TV into your home: the third-generation Fire TV Cube and a QLED second-generation Omni TV with Fire TV built into its software. The…

The new Chromecast with Google TV (HD) looks... just like the old Chromecast with Google TV (4K). Image: GoogleWe’ve all done it: try to get out of paying a ton for new hardware by buying something smaller and less expensive. Google’s new Chromecast with Google TV (HD) is for folks who can’t help but attempt to breathe new life into old hardware. It helps that it doesn’t cost more than $30.The Chromecast with Google TV (HD) is a dialed-down version of its predecessor, the Chromecast with Google TV (4K), which will remain…

The official YouTube app has made its comeback to the Amazon Fire TV platform more than a year after being absent over a spat between Amazon and Google. As a result of the new move, Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick 4K users can now install the YouTube app. Chromecast and Android TV devices similarly also get Amazon Prime Video access to stream TV shows, movies, and Amazon Originals. Notably, Amazon and Google in a joint statement back in April announced the debut of the YouTube and Amazon Prime Video apps on each other's…

Amazon Echo devices can connect with your Fire TV device -- whether it's a Fire TV Stick or Fire TV Cube -- to enable wireless audio output. Called 'Alexa Home Theatre System,' the new addition is aimed to let you build a variety of immersive wireless speaker configurations without separately purchasing a home theatre system. Amazon says that Echo users with the Alexa Home Theatre System can establish 1.0 and 2.0 configurations. Users owning the Echo Sub can even set up audio 1.1 and 2.1 configurations. The new change…

Amazon on Tuesday announced the launch of a new infrared companion device called the Fire TV Blaster that brings Alexa voice-control functionality to other Amazon entertainment devices such as the Fire TV and Echo devices. Now as we said that this is a companion device, it means that it will not work on its own and will instead need a compatible Fire TV streaming device, an Echo speaker or smart display or any other compatible entertainment devices such as smart TVs or soundbars.The goal of the Amazon Fire TV Blaster is…

Amazon Prime Day 2022 sale in India is set to begin on July 23, but the e-commerce company has already begun selling its devices at a discounted rate, ahead of the upcoming sale. Starting from July 20, customers can purchase Amazon Echo and Fire TV devices at a discount of up to 55 percent, while the company's Kindle readers will see a price cut of up to Rs. 4,000. Prime members can also take advantage of deals on smart home combo offers with Amazon's smart speakers, paired with smart bulbs.Ahead of the upcoming two-day…

Do you know why Amazon has not been able to bring its Fire TV platform on most smart TVs and cable set-top boxes globally? Blame it on Google.Google can revoke the software licenses from Android TV makers if they also build devices running forked versions of Android, including Amazon Fire TV, reports Protocol.Google's licensing terms for Android -- Android Compatibility Commitment - say that TV makers would no longer be able to run the Play Store and Google apps on any devices they build with other platforms like Fire TV,…