Amazon TV Firestick (Chromecast competitor)

Other Devices & Integrations Home Theater & Smart Speakers
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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.

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

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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.

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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…

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[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

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