Amazon TV Stick Gets New Feature in UK and Germany

    Amazon already sells a streaming media box with additional features and gaming in Britain and Germany, and will seek to expand its base with the less expensive stick.
    The device will sell for 35 pounds in Britain and 39 euros in Germany.

    "Customer response to Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick has been overwhelming -- we've been working hard to build more of both as quickly as possible, and we're excited to be adding new features we think customers will love," said Peter Larsen, Amazon's vice president for devices.
   "In the UK and Germany, Fire TV is already the best-selling streaming media box on Amazon , and we're thrilled to be bringing our fastest-selling Amazon device ever -- Fire TV Stick -- to the UK and Germany."
    The Fire TV Stick will also mirror the phone or tablet display. 
    A function called ASAP (Advanced Streaming and Prediction) will suggest films and TV shows that people will want to watch and buffers them for playback before a user hits play. 
   And Amazon's X-Ray feature for for movies and TV shows lets people see information about cast and crew, the names of songs as they play, as well as a list of music in the movie or TV show, trivia items in context with the action on the screen, and character backstories.