Not everything in the Amazon Fire family is lit. The Fire Phone went out a long time ago. But on the media hubs front, Amazon has done very well with its Fire TV lineup. The pricier devices offer more bells and whistles, of course, but the average user won't see that much difference on the screen. The interfaces are the same across the product line, and all iterations use apps and games you can get directly from Amazon. HBO (but not HBO Max), Crackle, E! Now, FX Now, Showtime Anytime, Cartoon Network, Pandora, Spotify, YouTube, PBS, A&E, Cartoon Network, CNN, Fox News, NBC, and Sling TV, to name only a few. You can even order an Uber or a Domino's Pizza. There's a plethora of games on the platform. No one's claiming Amazon's devices are going to replace a playstation - www.gamingdeals.shop, or Xbox for game quality, but Fire TV devices are a fraction of the price of the big consoles, as are the games.
There is a lot to love about Fire TV devices. There's also a lot about them you may not know. Keep reading for a closer look at some tricks and tips Fire TV owners will love. This also happens for Kindle and Audible accounts across devices. That's a lot of confusion if you have a lot of the same devices and accounts, particularly if you buy apps or content and want to make sure they get delivered to the right device. It's easy to change the names of all your Amazon devices. In the browser, go to the Manage Your Content and Devices page(Opens in a new window) and select the Devices tab. Click your device and select the Edit link. In the pop-up window, change the name to whatever works best for you. Amazon stores recordings of everything you request as a voice search to your Fire TV in order to improve accuracy.
You can delete the recordings, though, Amazon Beauty Fashion even though it "may degrade your experience using the voice features," according to Amazon's warning. History, click on an entry for something you said, and then click Delete recording. Amazon knows a lot about your shopping habits, and if you have a Fire TV, it also knows what you've been watching and listening to. Managed Installed Applications. Select an app like Amazon Music or Prime Video and select Clear data or Clear cache to begin anew. Internet-Based Ads and turn it off. Here, you can also turn off the ability for the Amazon Beauty Appstore to collect information on the frequency and duration of use of downloaded apps. And why are your voice searches available via the Alexa app? Because Fire TV works with Amazon's digital voice assistant. You can talk to it in the app, via the remote, and the Fire TV Cube with built-in Alexa access. C ontent was gener ated by GSA Content Generator D em oversion.
You can also control Fire TV with a nearby Alexa-compatible speaker. Just say something like "Alexa, play The Boys" or "Alexa, open Netflix." Here's how to set it up. The original Fire TV Stick did not have a voice search option. Correct that or just make your other Fire TV devices easier to operate by downloading the Fire TV remote app (Android(Opens in a new window) or iOS(Opens in a new window)). The phone will need to be on the same Wi-Fi network as the Amazon Fire TV to work; if you have a dual-band network, make sure your phone and Fire are both on the same frequency, either 2.4 or 5GHz. When you first fire up the app, the name of your Fire TV should appear on the smartphone screen. Tap it, then punch in the four-digit code that comes up on the TV screen and it'll give you complete control. The app provides just as much control as the included remote plus the full on-screen smartphone keyboard for entering info like user names and passwords.
There's also a microphone for Fire TV voice capabilities. In short, the app will make you wonder why Amazon bothered making a hardware remote. If you're searching for something to watch and pause on some of the marquee images long enough, they will start auto playing with sound. Allow Video Autoplay and turn it off. While you're at it, turn off Allow Audio Autoplay, too. Amazon owns IMDb and with that come some perks for you. When you're watching something on Prime Video, you can quickly get info you might otherwise Google by using the X-Ray feature. On the remote, press the up or down keys and you'll be able to scroll through info about the cast, find out what music is playing in what scene, and get trivia, all while you continue watching. You're used to visiting Amazon-owned IMDb to see what you're watching, but what about using it to actually watch something? IMDb TV(Opens in a new window) has lots of movies and TV shows, as well as some original programs.
