• Reviews around remote (2.04 of 5)

    Alexa Voice Remote for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick (1st Gen)

    • Just what I needed for my fire stick since I broke the original remote.
    • Nice remote, a little more expensive than I wanted to spend on
    • These remotes are hands down the worst remotes for any devices I've ever owned
    • We have lost the remote that came with the Firestick and I naively thought a replacement remote w would solve our problem
    • I love my Firestick but I HATE the remote.
    • I argued that I didn't want another worthless remote, but accepted against better judgement.
    • It's a great remote until it doesn't work
    • but I expect more from Amazon than a cheap remote that doesn't last.
    • I'm pretty sure that crashed my remote for good just to buy a new one
    • Easy set up after losing old remote
    • Not sure if this is a remote issue, but the screen keeps freezing as well as the remote and it is very annoying
    • Super upset my kids lost the remote
    • If it was worth a crap or reliable it would cost $60; and to be honest, I'd gladly pay that for a reliable remote.
    • Nice remote but
    • I love the fire stick, but I'm hating the remote, for real.
    • I love the remote
    • replaced my bad remote
    • Then when all else fails, they then send me a NEW remote which I have to wait days for, only to have the issue happen again!!!
    • Lost original remote and ordered another
    • Not a great remote for $30
    • Basic remote; works great
    • They would not just replace the defective remote.
    • Great remote!Read more
    • Hate this remote.
    • I'm thinking I have a faulty remote because out of the 7 days that I've had it, I've only been home for 4 to use it
    • When it actually works, it's not a bad little remote although I can't speak to the functionality of the voice activated component.
    • great remote but to expensive for a replacement
    • I LOVE my remote.
    • I didn’t like the remote.
    • Grandson lost the original remote.
    • I love my fire stick and regular remote, but the voice one bites
    • I absolutely hate this remote.
    • Love my remote and FireTv
    • Amazon should expect a more robust remote from the manufacturer.
    • Loved the remote until misplaced it.
    • Excellent extra remote for Amazon Fire
    • I replaced with good Energizer batteries, but all the acids that leaked from the Amazon batteries pretty much destroyed the remote.
    • This is an extremely unreliable remote
    • If your going to make a cheap a$$ remote, at least make the replacement cheaper then $29, because after a while people will just stop using it all
    • But the thing that sealed it for me was when we had lost this remote.
    • I lost my first remote to my amazon stick and this one worked just like the original one
    • Love the remote
    • I prefer the remote, but the remotes don't last that
    • Great remote to use with your Fire TV, especially when you have lost the original one.
    • Seems like they really should figure out how to make a decent remote.
    • I lost my original remote so this is a replacement
    • I feel like there needs to be a class action suit or something about these faulty remotes.
    • When we moved we lost the remote
    • Did what it was suppose to do that is replaced my lost remote
    • My remote from 2 years ago quit working and Amazon was kind enough to send me a replacement for free....
    • Defective remote
    • I own two Apple TV's as well, and I prefer this remote to the Apple TV remote, which I always feel is going to break if I drop it
    • I hate this remote!
    • Trying to recall if I ever hated a remote this way
    • so we had to steal a remote from one of the other firesticks.
    • We lost our remote within a week and a replacement is $30
    • ...the remote constantly freezes and we cant do ANYTHING
    • If you damaged your other remote or you just need and extra this is the item for you.
    • I will be sending all of these crappy remotes back
    • Not sure if this is a remote issue, but the screen keeps freezing as well as the remote and it is very annoying
    • Amazon needs to improve this remote
    • I am very certain it will show up, but for us using the app on your smart phone simply isn't as easy as the remote.
    • I was contacted by amazon and asked to mail them the defective remote
    • The remote for Apple TV has never been a problem
    • When I started looking at the reviews I saw where several people had had issues with bad remotes
    • Good remote but needs a mute button.
    • It's a great remote until it doesn't work
    • Lost our remote, easy to pair...
    • Lost my Remote during a move.
    • You will love the remote for 1-2 months, then it will die suddenly and Amazon will expect you to pony up $30
    • I bought this after losing my last remote for my Amazon Fire Box
    • I just need my remote to work
    • I had lost my last remote and had not added the remote to my cell phone.
    • It was a replacement due to the old battery leaking bands ruining the remote.
    • This is a very good remote, the voice remote is the perfect ticket for me
    • it works as a remote I don't use
    • Easy remote to use and hold
    • I ordered a new remote because the one I had would drain batteries so often that they needed to be changed once a week
    • Definitely reccome getting a cover for it if you lose remotes easily
    • Selling it by itself also makes sense if you lose your remote or even accidently break it.
    • These Fire TV remotes from Amazon appear to be total crap and an expensive disposable remote
    • I actually like these remotes... but they do not last long at all
    • I don't like this remote
    • I feel that Amazon screwed the pooch, and their customers, with approving this crappy remote.
    • The Remote does not last, the search no longer works to the left, the remote has problems with the batteries and you have to remove and replace several times to work the remote
    • but I really like having a physical remote.
    • but i do not like the remote.
    • UPDATE (5th February): Amazon did send replacements for the 2 defective remotes shortly after I posted
    • The return window has closed and now we have a useless Alexa remote.
    • have 3 Amazon streaming devices and EVERY SINGLE REMOTE is garbage
    • It's a great remote
    • I now have 2 useless remotes
    • The remote never works
    • Oh my God, this has got to be the worst remote ever.
    • Great replacement for a failed remote
    • Recently, I lost the other remote, leaving me with the option of trying to use the unresponsive remote app or using my broken remote... for young kids trying to play games without an up button, it's hell
    • Walmart sells a fire stick ready remote with voice for about 20 bucks
    • Love my firestick and remote
    • The easiest remote to use
    • I lost the remote when I moved
    • I lost my remote.
    • The remote should work to have to buy a replacement is absolutely ridiculous
    • The thing is that for such a bad remote if you were to purchase only the replacement remote it would cost almost the same as buying the whole Fire Stick with remote included.
    • If I fall asleep to a movie and the firestick goes into sleep mode the remote constantly tries to reconnect until the batteries are dead.
    • Our first remote lasted about 9 months, already having issues with the second remote after a week.
    • I lost my first remote.
    • A poorly designed remote, replacing an even worse remote
    • Son ruined our remote and had to get a new one
    • the only problem is when you have a child who loses the remote
    • Amazon provided this replacement remote after I purchased a Firestick that had a faulty remote.
    • We did not abuse the previous remote
    • Hopefully this new remote will not be as appealing to my 6 month old pup.
    • but I'm going to keep making them send me free remotes until they can figure out how to make a respectable product.
    • When I had enough of trying to use a remote without the up functionality, I contacted customer service, who were nice, but kept me on the phone trying to fix a defective remote
    • Defective remote
    • IF YOUR REMOTE IS STOLEN
    • Had a faulty remote already synched to my tv and was a pain in the butt to sych this one
    • So I have four utterly worthless remotes.
    • Lost our remote so bought this extra
    • I would buy a third party remote or a different E-TV setup like apple or Roku.
    • NOTE: if your remote breaks within 90 days, send that sh*t back to Amazon and get a new one.
    • n’t work at all
    • I would buy a third party remote or a different E-TV setup like apple or Roku.