Amazon has stood out pretty well in the market for smart speakers and the Echo Dot. It is one of the ones that best fulfills its function within the home from listening to music to answering calls on this device.
If you are a lover of functionality and technology, you must surely have a Fire TV Stick at home and what you should also know is that you have the possibility of pairing it with your Echo Dot . If you haven’t done it yet, we’ll explain step by step how to do it.
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- What requirements do you need to meet to successfully pair your Echo Dot with a Fire TV Stick?
- Update Fire TV Stick firmware to the latest version
- You need to update the Alexa app on Echo Dot
- Both devices must belong to the same account
- What is the process to pair a Fire TV Stick with your Echo Dot?
- How to easily control linked devices with basic commands?
- What are the additional commands to use your Fire TV Stick connected to the Alexa device?
What requirements do you need to meet to successfully pair your Echo Dot with a Fire TV Stick?
Like anything, there are a few things to keep in mind when properly pairing your Echo Dot with a Fire TV Stick. Not only for the pairing to be done effectively, but also for both teams to work much better. We show you below these data to take into account.
Update Fire TV Stick firmware to the latest version
Updating the firmware of the Fire TV Stick to the latest version improves its efficiency and the process is very simple. You have to start by going to the configuration menu from the Fire TV and once there select the My Fire TV option.
Then press ‘About’ and you will find the option that says ‘ Check for system updates ‘. You will only have to wait for the update to appear, select it, press ‘Update’ and that’s it, it will start updating.
You need to update the Alexa app on Echo Dot
You can check the software version of your Echo Dot device whenever you want, but if you need to update it, the process is even faster and you can do it through an Alexa command; say ‘Alexa, check for software updates’ .
Immediately Alexa will start the search process and when it finds it , it will start downloading and updating it . Remember that for all this it is necessary to keep the Wi-Fi connection active.
Both devices must belong to the same account
The fact that your devices belong to the same account is important since linking is only possible in this way , apart from the fact that you can have several Alexa devices connected to your Fire TV Stick although not all functionalities are supported.
What is the process to pair a Fire TV Stick with your Echo Dot?
- From your mobile phone you have to access the Alexa application.
- Locate and select the three line icon that says ‘More’ and press the ‘Settings’ option.
- Select the ‘TV and video’ option.
- Now press the option that says ‘ Link your Alexa device’.
- A series of steps will appear on the screen that you have to follow to finish the linking process, you have to do them and that’s it. Once you have made the link, you can exit the application and start managing the Fire TV by command.
How to easily control linked devices with basic commands?
Although Alexa is an intelligent tool , it continues to learn and improve the way it fulfills the commands requested by the user. That is why the commands are something to practice with until she can understand what is being asked of her.
The commands used will depend on the type of request you want to make, whether it’s playing Apple Music or watching a movie on Fire TV. Among the commands that you can commonly use are the following.
- To turn on the TV: ‘Alexa, watch Fire TV’.
- To play a movie, series, or documentary, say the name: ‘Alexa, watch The Hunger Games.’
- If you want to search for a movie or series: ‘Alexa, search for La Casa de Papel’.
- As for the controls you can say: ‘Alexa, go back 30 seconds’, ‘Alexa, pause’, ‘Alexa, play’, ‘Alexa, go back 10 minutes’, etc.
What are the additional commands to use your Fire TV Stick connected to the Alexa device?
There are many things you can do on your Fire TV Stick and even more by having it linked to Alexa, you just have to have the right commands. With Alexa you can listen to music for free and also do it from the Fire TV Stick, you can also do a little more technical things like manage the applications on your TV. Try these additional commands.
- ‘Alexa, mute Fire TV’
- ‘Alexa, play’.
- ‘Alexa, resume’.
- ‘Alexa, music’.
- ‘Alexa, turn up the volume on Fire TV.’
- ‘Alexa, turn it off on Fire TV.’
- ‘Alexa, go to (channel/network)’.
- ‘Alexa, watch from the beginning.’
- ‘Alexa, open (App Name)’.
- ‘Alexa, show me titles with (Actor Name)’.
- ‘Alexa, find (title/genre)’
