What is this Fire TV Stick?
Before you buy anything, you should think about whether it would be useful for you and whether it has any prerequisites for its smooth functioning. Without doing that, many people end up buying things but could not use them effectively.
1. Your TV should have an HDMI port
2. You should be equipped with a Strong Wi-Fi
Standard Definition (SD) video streaming would require a minimum of 3 Mbps (megabytes per second) whereas High-Definition (HD) streaming from the internet requires at least 5 Mbps (megabytes per second).
3. Not Every Movie is Free
4. Support for Voice Search
The support for the voice search feature in Fire TV Sticks may differ upon which model you use. Depending upon that, some Fire TV Sticks support voice search features while some do not come with such compatibilities.
5. Some Subscriptions Require Membership
6. Your Purchased iTunes Movies or Music won’t Play
iTunes is one of the common services used to purchase or rent music albums and songs. If you have purchased content from iTunes, you can stream the content on your iPhone or iPod device without downloading it. Unfortunately, your Fire TV Stick would not support iTunes content. If you want a particular content, you would have to purchase it from a service that is compatible with your Fire TV Stick device.
How to Set up a Fire TV Stick
Anyone can buy and set up a Fire TV stick in their home. It is really, very simple to set up your Fire TV Stick, Hurray! You have set up your TV Stick, and you are ready to rock. You can stream millions of digital content from the internet using your TV stick.
Other than watching films and listening to music, you can do some other things with your Fire TV Stick. Let us see what you can do with this electronic marvel.
- Portability
- Mirroring your Smartphone Device Set up the mirroring option on your smartphone device to mirror your screen. This would display your smartphone’s screen on your television.
- Enabling Voice Control Though some older versions of the TV stick cannot use this feature, the newer models come with such great options. You can control some models of the TV Stick (TV Stick devices that are provided with Alexa) using your voice.
- TV channels You can download a list of channels through the TV Stick. However, some apps might require subscription or membership.
- Ability to track data usage You can keep a record of the data used up by the Fire TV Stick. You can also set your preferred video quality to manage your data usage.
- Parental Controls You can set up your Fire TV Stick with parental controls to prevent kids from accessing content that is meant for a mature audience.
- Bluetooth Pairing Your Fire TV Stick is equipped with options for Bluetooth pairing, and hence you can pair Bluetooth devices such as a Bluetooth speaker with your TV Stick. Recommended:
