Hidden in Your Amazon Fire TV Stick: Tricks & Features You Must Know About
Hidden in Your Amazon Fire TV Stick: Tricks & Features You Must Know About
Amazon has a very successful product in its portfolio with the Fire TV Stick, which turns every TV into a smart TV. Further in the article we will tell you how to get even more out of your Amazon Fire TV Stick with a few tricks.
Amazon Fire TV Stick was one of the top-selling products in the United States back in 2015. Around six years later, the still very popular TV stick is now available in different designs and price categories.
Read on further and we will explain to you how you can use your Amazon Fire TV Stick to the fullest.
Amazon Fire TV Stick: Tricks and Features You Should Know About
If your Fire TV doesn't run smoothly, restarting it can solve the problem. To do this, first press the "Home" button and then open the "Settings". Now select "My Fire TV" and "Restart". If you have the feeling that the Fire TV Stick is now working much more slowly than it did at the beginning, read the tips below to find out how to improve the performance again.
Alternatively, you can easily reset your Fire TV Stick to factory settings with a keyboard shortcut. To do this, press the "Back" and "Right" keys simultaneously and hold the key combination. The reset then starts after 10 seconds.
The Fire TV Stick doesn't just let you watch TV or stream movies and series. You can also use the platform to install and play gaming apps in the Amazon app shop. You can also connect a controller to the system for a better gaming experience. In addition to Amazon's in-house Fire TV game controller, you can also connect other Bluetooth controllers to Fire TV. To do this, open the "Settings" and then navigate to "Game Controllers and Bluetooth Devices" . Next, select "Game controller" in the submenu. If necessary, activate the controller and the corresponding Bluetooth button. Now look for your controller under "Add new game controller" and connect it by clicking on it.
If you are not satisfied with the selection of the apps in the Amazon app shop, you can also install external apps. To do this, open the "Settings" and select "Developer options". Here you can activate two items: "ADB debugging" and "Apps of unknown origin". Now go back to the "Settings" and then open "Info". Here you will find the IP address of the Fire TV Stick under "Network" and can now install apps from the Google Play Store using an Android smartphone or tablet.
If you have an Amazon Fire TV Stick with Alexa, you can use voice search to find third-party apps. To do this, press and hold the microphone button on the remote control and say the name of the app.
No speaker boxes at home? Anyone who has subscribed to Spotify Premium can turn any television into a loudspeaker with the Fire TV Stick. All you have to do is switch on your TV and set the TV as the playback device in the Spotify app on your smartphone.
So these were the tips that we gathered for you to have the full experience with the Amazon Fire TV Stick.