The Amazon Fire TV’s Live Experience, which makes accessing live linear content easier through various interfaces including a Live Tab, traditional Program Guide, and Home screen rows, has continuously evolved over the years. It started with the first Fire TV Edition televisions as the way to access antenna channels through the TV’s built-in OTA tuner and then expanded to all Fire TV devices with the inclusion of Prime Video Channels, streaming services, and apps. Here’s the full list of streaming services, apps, channels, and devices that integrate into the Fire TV’s Live TV interfaces. Read more ›
Full list of all Services, Apps, Channels, & Devices integrated into Fire TV’s Live Experience & Channel Guide
YouTube TV, Hulu, and Sling TV are integrating into the Fire TV’s Live tab and Channel Guide
YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, and Sling TV are the newest streaming services that are integrating their channels into the Amazon Fire TV’s various live TV interfaces. Sling TV started to roll out this intebgration a few months ago, but now it and YouTube TV’s integration is available to everyone, joining streaming services Philo and Pluto TV, which were already integrated. Hulu’s integration will be available in the coming weeks. Read more ›
How to identify which model, year, generation Amazon Fire TV, Stick, Cube, Edition you have – Updated 2020
With all the different Amazon Fire TVs, Fire TV Sticks (a.k.a Firesticks), Fire TV Cubes, Fire TV Pendants, Fire TV Edition televisions, and Fire TV Edition soundbars that have been released over the last few years, it’s difficult for some people to figure out exactly which model, version, year, or generation device that they own. This guide will help you easily determine what you have. Read more ›
Pre-Rooted 5.2.7.3 ROMs are now available for rooted Fire TV 1, Fire TV 2, Fire TV Stick 1 and Fire TV Stick 2
Anyone with a rooted Fire OS 5 device, including the 1st and 2nd-gen Fire TV boxes and the 1st and 2nd-gen Fire TV Sticks, can now update to software version 5.2.7.3. Rbox is still at it after all these years and has just uploaded the newest images to flash. You can find them at the top of these XDA threads: Fire TV 1 (Bueller), Fire TV 2 (Sloane), Fire TV Stick 1 (Montoya), and Fire TV Stick 2 (Tank). If you have the means, please consider donating to Rbox to show your appreciation and to keep future updates coming. Read more ›
Prime Members can get 2-Months of Showtime and/or Starz for $0.99 per month
Amazon is offering Prime members a 2 month subscription to Showtime and/or Starz for just $0.99 per month. You have to be a Prime member because these are subscriptions to Prime Video Channels. You can subscribe to either one or both and you will be charged $0.99 each month per channel. Your subscription will automatically renew at the regular price of $10.99 for Showtime and/or $8.99 for Starz after those first 2 months. If you only want the subscriptions during the 2-month discounted price, just be sure to go to this page in a month and cancel the subscription. Once canceled, you’ll still be able to watch until the month is over. If you’re worried you’ll forget to stop the renewal, you can subscribe right now and then immediately cancel to just get 1 month at $0.99, since you don’t have to subscribe for 2 months. This deal ends July 7, 2020.
Amazon Prime Video app w/ Offline Viewing is now available for Windows 10
An Amazon Prime Video app has just been released in the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 computers. You may think it’s unnecessary to have a dedicated app, since you can access all the same content through a browser, but the app comes with the unique ability to download videos for offline viewing. Like Amazon’s mobile apps, you can select from video quality settings of Good, Better, and Best when downloading content. One hour of video at the highest setting, which maxes out at 1080p, will use around 2.4 GB of storage space. The app is free, but you’ll need a Prime membership to access movies and shows.
Amazon Fire TV Edition televisions are all on sale AND include a Free Echo Dot — Up to 50% off
Amazon just started a new promotion where you get a Free Echo Dot with the purchase of any Insignia or Toshiba Fire TV Edition television. Just add any Insignia or Toshiba Fire TV Edition television to your cart, then add an Echo Dot of any color to your cart, and then enter promocode FTV20 at checkout to get a $49.99 discount applied. Note that the Echo Dot with Clock is excluded. This deal is extra good because all of the Fire TV Edition models are currently on sale, which lets you double up the discounts. The promo also applies to all sizes, so even the least expensive 24″ Insignia TV, which is on sale for $99.99 (down from $149.99), qualifies for the Free Echo Dot. That’s a 50% savings for that combo which, together, retails for $199.98. The Free Echo Dot offer ends July 9, 2020 but it’s unknown when the Fire TV Edition sales will end. Read more ›
Sling TV guarantees they won’t raise prices for a year
In response to YouTube TV raising prices and Fubo TV raising prices this week, Sling TV has announced a 1-Year Price Gurantee. Existing customers and anyone who signs up by August 1st, 2020 will automatically guarantee their current service price through August 1st. 2021. Read more ›
Amazon extends Fire TV’s Free 1-year subscription of Food Network Kitchen to Echo Show owners
Earlier this year, Amazon and Food Network teamed up to offer a free 1-year subscription to Food Network Kitchen to Fire TV and Fire Tablet owners. Now that offer is being extended to Echo Show owners as well. Food Network Kitchen, which normally costs $40/year or $5/month, offers live cooking classes, cooking tutorials, recipies, and commercial-free episodes of Food Network shows. To take advantage of this offer through an Echo Show, just say “Alex, subscribe to Food Network Kitchen.” To take advantage of this offer on a Fire TV or Fire Tablet, just install the Food Network Kitchen app and follow the in-app instructions. Note that your subscription will auto-renew after your free year, so you’ll probably want to turn off auto-renewal on this page here immediately after starting your free subscription.
Amazon launches Watch Party feature for co-viewing Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video has introduced a new Watch Party feature for group viewing sessions with up to 100 people. The feature allows Prime members to watch the same content with playback synchronized. Currently, it’s only compatible with Prime Video content and only through the desktop website. Read more ›
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