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Just about six months after Amazon unveiled its first set-top box, the company is announcing a new TV streaming dongle, or hardware attachment, meant to compete with Google's Chromecast and the Roku Stick. Amazon's new Fire TV Stick is available for preorder as of Monday, and it costs $39. That's a tiny bit more expensive than the Chromecast ($35), but it's still cheaper than Roku's dongle ($50). If you're a Prime member, you can preorder the streaming stick for $19 for the next two days. The Fire TV Stick will ship on Nov. 19.
The new Fire TV Stick, which comes with a voice remote and Alexa, will be priced at $50 when it starts shipping October 22nd. (The current Fire Stick is still available, priced at $40.) The new Fire TV Stick has a dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, Dolby audio, and improved Wi-Fi performance, Amazon says.mazon also unveiled a new $50 Fire TV Stick, which also gets Alexa and new voice remote, plus a slate of new tablets, including a much-rumored $50 model call the Fire.