{"id":804244,"date":"2026-08-06T04:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/804244\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T04:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:54:11","slug":"full-teardown-of-a-2026-amazon-fire-stick-hd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/804244\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Teardown Of A 2026 Amazon Fire Stick HD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DieDie of the Amazon Fire Stick HD (2026) PMIC IC. (Credit: electronupdate, YouTube)<\/p>\n

After the release of Google\u2019s Chromecast so-called \u2018streaming sticks\u2019 have remained a popular form factor, even though such technology is these days part of \u2018smart\u2019 TVs. Being curious as to what kind of hardware they put into these sticks or dongles these days, [electronupdate] decided to do his typical full teardown<\/a> of a 2026 model Fire Stick HD from Amazon, including the typical nekkid die shots.<\/p>\n

Although most of the bits inside are fairly typical, being just your typical Mediatek-sourced solution, the ceramic patch antennas for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are a rather interesting detail, as are the purported limitations that make this the \u2018HD\u2019 version of the Fire Stick, unlike its 4K brethren.<\/p>\n

The used Mediatek MT8698D SoC isn\u2019t so different from the SoC in those 4K versions, with the 2025-era 4K Plus using the MT8696D, but the 4K Select using basically the same SoC as the HD version, featuring the same G310V2 GPU at 500 MHz per the Amazon Developer documentation<\/a> and the same decoder block (VPU), both of which are capable of 4K video decoding. This implies that the HD vs 4K distinction is purely software-based.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Amazon Fire Stick HD PCB devoid of its metal shielding. (Credit: electronupdate, YouTube)<\/p>\n

After popping open the device and noting the various ICs, the NAND Flash, the Mediatek MT7902 wireless IC, the PMIC and the aforementioned SoC all have their caps popped in order to take a closer look at their dies. For reference, as one of the largest ICs, the SoC die is a mere 5.2 x 6.45 mm. The PMIC die is more interesting as usual, as this one integrates USB-PD functionality, adding quite a bit of logic to what is otherwise a fairly mundane bit of power management features.<\/p>\n

Overall not a very surprising design, though it does tickle that thought in the back of one\u2019s mind whether it could be turned into a \u20184K stick\u2019 with a few software tweaks, or perhaps more simply by installing plain Android onto its 8 GB of eMMC.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Die of the Amazon Fire Stick HD (2026) PMIC IC. (Credit: electronupdate, YouTube) After the release of Google\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-804244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}