Amazon TV Firestick (Chromecast competitor)

These things were half price for Prime members earlier this week so I pre-ordered. Should be in my hands December 5th.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GDQ0RMG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Basically does all the same stuff as Chromecast, but also supports Bluetooth (game and remote control, hands free, and Serial port profiles), voice control, and 5GHz Wi-Fi, along with having better CPU and memory specs.

I have no idea what it would take to investigate possible integration with Vera, but here it is.

Whats half price? 19.50? I’m prime and haven’t seen that deal.

It was 19.99, but for only last Monday and Tuesday. Now back up to normal price. Delivery on new pre-orders has been pushed back to January 15th so they must have sold a ton of them on the half-price deal.

I ordered one as well. Wasn’t thinking home automation, really just for streaming while traveling, but if someone comes up with a cool HA idea, I am in…

I also have a request in for the new Amazon Echo, also 1/2 price for Amazon Prime customer. Now THAT has HA potential…

[quote=“wilme2, post:4, topic:183839”]I ordered one as well. Wasn’t thinking home automation, really just for streaming while traveling, but if someone comes up with a cool HA idea, I am in…

I also have a request in for the new Amazon Echo, also 1/2 price for Amazon Prime customer. Now THAT has HA potential…[/quote]

I didn’t miss out on this one. I also trying to jump in on the 1/2 price

I inadvertently requested an Echo pre-order invite from a link on Reddit so we’ll see if they select me to buy one.