{"id":33581,"date":"2021-09-09T16:26:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T20:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=33581"},"modified":"2021-09-09T16:29:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T20:29:35","slug":"fire-tv-omni-and-4-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/09\/fire-tv-omni-and-4-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire TV Omni and 4-Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Welch<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Amazon is officially in the TV business. The company has announced its first lineup of Amazon-branded 4K Fire TVs, which will begin shipping in October. This is a major expansion from the company’s “Fire TV Edition” collaborations, where its popular streaming software comes preloaded on sets manufactured by other TV makers<\/a>. But with its new Omni and 4-Series, Amazon is describing these as “Amazon-built TVs.”<\/p>\n

The Omni series is the higher-end of the two, and beyond offering better picture quality, its other key selling point is hands-free voice control. Amazon includes far-field microphones in each model of the Omni series, which comes in 43, 50, 55, 65, and 75 inches.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The Fire TV Omni sets also include picture-in-picture for checking your smart home cameras, and you’ll see your Ring doorbell feed whenever someone is at the door. Amazon says it will be adding a “smart home dashboard” later this year for more comprehensive controls over your connected home gadgets.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can get a 43-inch 4K smart TV for about double the price of an Apple TV 4K box with no screen. Amazon has more details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This privacy report focuses on streaming services, not hardware platforms, but related to the previous post re: Amazon’s new Fire TV Omni Series, it’s also the case that Apple TV is the only platform that makes privacy a priority<\/a> and doesn’t put ads on your screen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Except for ads for Apple services.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n