Amazon today announced new features are coming to the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The new features will be delivered as part of a free, over-the-air software update in the coming weeks. Amazon also announced today that Fire TV Stick is now available in the UK and Germany, joining the Amazon Fire TV streaming media box.

New features update include:

• Expandable USB storage on Amazon Fire TV-You can now use a connected USB mass storage device to expand your Fire TV storage for downloaded apps and games.
• Connect to your hotel or dorm room Wi-Fi with captive portal support out of the box—Take your favorite movies, TV shows, games, and more with you away from home.
• Support for wireless Bluetooth headphones to Fire TV
• Prime members can now take advantage of hand-crafted Prime Music playlists directly from Fire TV and Fire TV Stick
• With the new PIN entry screen that hides the numbers selected, you can now make sure your kids can’t see your device PIN as you enter it on-screen to confirm a purchase on Fire TV or Fire TV Stick.
• New shortcuts - Quickly put your Fire TV or Fire TV Stick to sleep or enable display mirroring by pressing and holding the Home button on your remote.

Fire TV and Fire TV Stick are available for purchase at www.amazon.com/firetv and www.amazon.com/firetvstick. Fire TV Stick is available to order starting today in the UK and Germany—it will start shipping on April 15.