The Fire TV Cube is down 21% at Amazon right now, dropping to $110 from its regular $140 – and the deal is tagged with that “Selling Fast” label. It’s fitting that Amazon’s fastest streamer is one of its fastest-moving deals, especially since this is the version that Amazon just overhauled from the ground up. This is the latest model, released just months ago, and it’s a far more comprehensive upgrade than the generational ticks Fire TV devices usually get.
Amazon supercharged the Cube with an octa-core chip that the company says is 2x as powerful as the Fire TV Stick 4K Max. App launch times and UI responsiveness are the payoff — the Cube isn’t waiting on a slow processor when you switch between Netflix and Prime Video or load a 4K stream off a cold start. For a device that lives on a TV you’re expecting to respond immediately, that processing headroom is a deal-maker.
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Wi-Fi 6E Has Arrived
The Cube is also the first streaming media player to support Wi-Fi 6E, which adds the 6 GHz band to the existing 2.4 and 5 GHz coverage. That translates to less interference and more bandwidth available in crowded wireless environments like apartment buildings, homes with a lot of connected devices, or anyone whose 2.4 and 5 GHz bands are already loaded. For 4K HDR streaming, which peaks at around 25 Mbps on services like Netflix, Wi-Fi 6E isn’t strictly necessary, but having the 6 GHz band available means the Cube can hold cleaner speeds in the conditions where previous devices struggled.
