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Amazon Fire TV Cube

 & Will Greenwald Principal Writer, Consumer Electronics

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Fire TV Cube

The Fire TV Cube is a near-cube that measures 3.0 by 3.4 by 3.4 inches (HWD), with sharp 90-degree edges between each face.

Hands-Free Alexa

You can treat the Cube like an Echo device, waking it up by saying "Alexa" and talking to it without touching the remote.

Ethernet Adapter

No Ethernet port is present on the device. Instead, you can plug the included Ethernet adapter into the micro USB port if you want to use a wired connection instead of the Cube's dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi.

Full Package

The Fire TV Cube includes a remote, Ethernet adapter, and IR blaster.

Top

The top panel has eight pinholes for the far-field microphone array, along with four buttons typical of most Echo devices: Volume Up/Down, Microphone Mute, and Alexa (for manually activating voice control without using the wake word).

Front

The front face features an etched Amazon logo and a translucent bar on the top edge that lights up blue when Alexa is listening.

Back

The back of the Cube holds a connector for the power adapter, a 3.5mm jack for the included infrared blaster, an HDMI output, and a micro USB port for service.

Bottom

The Cube sits on four very shallow rubber feet, lifting the device up just slightly so the downward-firing speaker on the bottom can be heard.

Remote

The included remote is identical to the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick remotes. It's a simple, narrow, 6-inch-long black plastic wand with a glossy circular navigation pad flanked by a microphone button above and six menu and playback control buttons below.

About Our Expert

Will Greenwald

Will Greenwald

Principal Writer, Consumer Electronics

My Experience

I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, and your go-to source of information and recommendations for game consoles and accessories, smart displays, smart glasses, smart speakers, soundbars, TVs, and VR headsets. I’m an ISF-certified TV calibrator and THX-certified home theater technician, I've served as a CES Innovation Awards judge, and while Bandai hasn’t officially certified me, I’m also proficient at building Gundam plastic models up to MG-class. I also enjoy genre fiction writing, and my urban fantasy novel, Alex Norton, Paranormal Technical Support, is currently available on Amazon.

The Technology I Use

Where to start? I have a standard IT-issued Lenovo Thinkpad for writing and editing, supplemented with an iPad Air and an 8Bitdo Retro Keyboard when I want to write on the go. I also have a Lenovo Legion Go as a platform for running Portrait Displays’ Calman software and controlling the Klein K-10A colorimeter, Murideo SIX-G signal generator, and Leo Bodnar 4K Video Signal Lag Tester I use for testing TVs. 

For gaming, I use a Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X, and a GeForce 5080-equipped MSI gaming laptop. I like collecting retro games as well, and have an Analogue Pocket and a ton of classic consoles and portables. Photography is another interest, and I use a Sony A7 IV when I’m shooting products and events, and a Fujifilm X-Pro3 for my own attempts at visual creativity. And for reading and writing, I’ve become partial to the Kobo Sage for books and the ReMarkable 2 with Type Folio.

When it comes to phones and tablets, I’m pretty platform-agnostic. I use a Google Pixel 8 for my phone and an iPad Air for a tablet. Android, iOS, and iPadOS are all totally fine, but I need a Windows PC. MacOS just isn’t for me.

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