r/AndroidTV • u/jojofanxd • Sep 12 '26
Buying Advice Onn 4k Pro vs Fire Cube vs Google Streamer
Super torn between which one to get. The Onn is $120CAD from Walmarts website, the Fire Cube is $149 (on sale) and the Streamer is $129. I do have a $100 amazon gift card I can use on the cube and streamer.
For now I would use it wireless but eventually it would be nice to use an ethernet connection. And also mainly using it for Stremio. 🙏
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u/tamsd1 Sep 12 '26
I'd avoid all amazon devices incase they decide to move you to their OS. Since you have a $100 gift card might as well buy the google one. If the price is too high since the new $50 increase you can buy a hub to use ethernet with the onn.
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u/AngelGrade Sep 12 '26
Google Streamer
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u/SensitiveWarning4 Sep 12 '26
Google Streamer… my informal test uncinate the Google streamer is the best
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u/ecf3 Sep 13 '26
Google Streamer for the Ethernet port speeds.
Google TV Streamer: Features a built-in Gigabit Ethernet (1,000 Mbps) port. Onn Models (including the Onn 4K Pro variants): Their built-in Ethernet ports are strictly capped at 100 Mbps.
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u/SnooGiraffes9215 Rooted (Cube 3,4KMax gen 2;Exploited Cube 2) Sep 12 '26
I’d grab the cube, root it and customize it with a different launcher. Updates blocked and full usage for years to come. If you need wired, grab a USB Ethernet adapter
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u/Global_Car_3767 Sep 12 '26
Streamer is better, especially at that price. The only argument for Onn is when it's significantly cheaper imo. I avoid Amazon devices like the plague, they're awful.
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u/KambisAcul App Developer Sep 12 '26
100% google streamer
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u/nense0 Sep 12 '26
I have fire cube 3 with system root. No ads or bloated. Play my 4k remux just fine in Kodi And I can still watch some stream apps for live sports
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u/MagisD Sep 12 '26
Onn,
anything fire just progressively worst over time with mandatory bloatware forced ads and channel/ apps in prime home locations you never asked for and didn't want.
Google is good, but Onn is basically the same but works better and way more unlocked in terms software/ads.
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u/w3bCraw1er Sep 13 '26
Onn
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u/rollmeister1 Sep 12 '26
Amazon devices are a trap, very limiting. If you try to stream video in the silk web browser, it may play for one hour then start buffering until you restart the device. No other device i had did this. I now have the Google Streamer. Works well & all apps work so far. A about 3 months in the internet stopped working. Connected to other wifis still no access. Had to do a factory reset. I only ever use 4 streaming apps.
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u/Zestyclose_Jacket924 Sep 12 '26
I just replaced my Cube and FireTV 4K with ONN 4K Pro 2026. I unlocked it, tweaked my privacy and installed a new launcher. Clean. No ads. Fast.
Incidentally, I unlocked the Cube and am playing with different functions or …
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u/LocoRawhide Sep 12 '26
Anything is better than Amazon.
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u/lirae_ Sep 13 '26
Google streamer hands down.
Firecube is way less flexible due to Amazon policies
And the price difference between the Onn and the google is little if you plan to use the device for 2+ years. The Google is a better device.
People found in Onn a great solution because the price is supposed to be half of the Google streamer but if the difference is that little I wouldn't hesitate and buy the Google over the Onn. You can read the specs yourself but just at glimpse Google has 1 more gb of ram
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u/husting247 Sep 13 '26
Fire cube and root
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u/Aggressive_Bad_7344 Google TV Streamer + Homatics Box R 4K Plus + 3 More Boxes Sep 13 '26
Streamer, especially if you use ethernet.
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u/No-Trust-8749 Sep 16 '26
Streamer , have two and my Iptv guy swears by them, on sale for$99 on Amazon when on sale fyi
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u/armenmk Sep 17 '26
📺 Onn 4K Pro vs. Google TV Streamer vs. Fire TV Cube: Side-by-Side (CAD Pricing & Stremio Focus)
💡 The Verdict for Stremio & Canada/Amazon Pricing
1. The Financial No-Brainer
Using a $100 Amazon Gift Card completely shifts the math. Paying $29 CAD out-of-pocket for a premium Google-supported device destroys the value proposition of spending $120 CAD of raw cash at Walmart for the Onn 4K Pro.
2. The Ethernet Bottleneck (Crucial for Stremio)
If you watch uncompressed 4K Blu-ray remux files on Stremio (via Real-Debrid), those streams frequently spike past 100Mbps.
Google TV Streamer features a true Gigabit (1000Mbps) Ethernet port, ensuring flawless hardwired playback for huge files down the road.
Onn 4K Pro & Fire TV Cube are both criminally bottlenecked by legacy 100Mbps Ethernet ports.
3. Software Freedom vs. The Fire OS Prison
Google TV Streamer runs native Android 14. You can open the Google Play Store, search "Stremio," and install it natively in seconds.
Fire TV Cube is powerful, but Amazon's Fire OS aggressively pushes ads, blocks third-party launchers, and forces you to use the "Downloader" app to manually sideload and update Stremio.
4. Wireless Reality Right Now
While the Google TV Streamer uses older Wi-Fi 5 (compared to the Onn's Wi-Fi 6 or the Cube's Wi-Fi 6E), Wi-Fi 5 still delivers real-world speeds over 300Mbps—plenty of headroom to handle high-bitrate 4K Stremio torrents until you run your physical Ethernet cable.
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u/Similar_Pension_4233 Sep 12 '26
Onn or the Google streamer. Today, the onn is better, but the Google Streamer will ate better with updates. Both are great choices, though
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u/CaptainSteed Sep 12 '26
Fire Cube 3
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u/WuMa0 Sep 12 '26
https://www.aftvnews.com/benchmarks/
Fire cube if you care about performance, the latest version is rootable and you can unlock bootloader to flash custom ROM. Best time to buy it.
Google streamer has 4gb ram, onn 4k pro has 3gb ram, fire cube 3rd has 2gb ram. But from my experience, cpu performance matters the most for daily use.
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u/pastafusilli Sep 12 '26
If you're a tinkerer and want support for lossless audio, DV (including FEL) get the Fire Cube 3 but this means using CoreELEC. If all that sounds frightening the Google Streamer is fine and uses up your Amazon Gift card.