The Interface is better than what it was. I miss having the mini remote in the notification bar so I didn't have to constantly reopen the app to use it. The Favorite Apps part of the remote is janky, however. It feels slow, there's no consistent way to scroll through the apps without accidentally picking some up, and when you do find certain apps you mean to choose and drag it to the top, it will reset even if you save it.

I used to have an older version on my older phone that worked just fine. I installed the newest version for my new phone. All connected well and then we play catch-up. Every press would take a second or two to register. Then it kept disconnecting. Then it would stop then disconnect and repeat. Then it couldn't stay connected. I took out the power out of the stick and it restarted,but after all that I had enough and didn't care to try again watching what I wanted. Also now doesn't connect at all

It works great, when it works. However, when it doesn't work, it is USELESS. It has cool shortcuts to different Fire apps and it's nice not to have to scroll through forever when you're trying to get to a specific app, but if there's even mild connection problems, you may as well just chuck your phone into the toilet if you want to use it as a remote. I have had to fully restart my phone to get the remote to connect to my firestick before. But like I said, if your wifi is good, it works great.