How to Use the Amazon Fire TV App to Back Up Your Remote Control
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’ll show you how to use the Fire TV app when your physical remote has gone missing.
We are living in a smart home golden age. We have fingertip control of our robot vacuums and our security cameras monitor our homes 24 hours per day. Our lights can turn themselves on and our doors can lock themselves at night. These days, just about any TV show or movie is instantly available.
And yet, something seems to have been phased out along with smart technology evolution. Power and navigation buttons on smart TVs and streaming devices have disappeared, leaving us just short of a smart home utopia. This is where the Fire TV app comes in. We’ll show you more about the app and how it can help stand in for a lost remote control.
What Can the Fire TV App Do?
The Amazon Fire TV app for iOS or Android is handy because it’s common to lose one’s remote control, but most people always have their smartphones. The app performs almost all the same functions as the TV remote control.
When you open it, you’ll see CONNECT TO REMOTE if you have more than one Fire TV device in your house. When you select the right one, you may need to verify the code displayed on your Fire TV to connect.
The Fire TV app has simple, large, easy-to-use navigation buttons. Operation is fast and responsive. It has an Alexa button for voice commands, a Home button, and navigation buttons to play, pause, fast-forward, and rewind. Depending on your Fire TV model, the app can also include volume control.
The app is superior to your Fire TV remote in terms of searching for content. It includes an on-screen keyboard—much easier to use than using your remote to hunt and peck each letter in your show’s title. It also has handy quick-access buttons for all of your apps and games, such as Netflix or Hulu.
Its main drawback is that you must unlock your smartphone and then wait for the app to connect. Although these steps take only seconds, they mean less convenience than just grabbing and using your remote.
Some Workarounds to a Lost Remote Control
To help find a lost remote control, you could set up an Apple AirTag or similar device, and attach it to your remote. But this isn’t a perfect solution. Tracking devices can run out of battery power, can be challenging to affix to your remote, and don’t always work.
You can sync Alexa to your Fire TV. You can say things like, ‘Alexa, play Yellowstone on Fire TV,’ or ‘Alexa, pause Fire TV.’
But using a smart assistant to control your TV is cumbersome and impractical at best. The smart home technology is just not there yet. It does not provide a smooth, hassle-free viewing experience like just using your remote or the Fire TV app.
Put the Smart Back Into Your Viewing Experience
Install the Fire TV app and have it ready in case you lose your remote control.
Life is too short and there are too many great shows to watch to be spending time searching for your remote control. Enjoy your popcorn and the show.
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