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we answer more of your Fire TV related queries. Drop your queries here. Check out our previous posts here.
Note: All references to Fire TV refer to all iterations of Fire TV including Fire TV cube, Fire TV sticks and Fire TV edition televisions. For downloading any of the apps mentioned in the list just say the name of the app in the voice search remote of your TV.
Q: How to hide cloud apps on Fire TV ?
A: If you have more than one Fire TV device, or Fire tablet your applist might be cluttered with previously installed software that you have no intention of using. To hide these apps from your list, head to Settings > Applications > Appstore, and then enable the "Hide Cloud Apps" option.
Q: Are APKs safe? How to ensure an APK is safe before installation ?
A: You can use File Explorer. It allows you to list all files, files by type and navigate folders on fire TV.
Note: All references to Fire TV refer to all iterations of Fire TV including Fire TV cube, Fire TV sticks and Fire TV edition televisions. For downloading any of the apps mentioned in the list just say the name of the app in the voice search remote of your TV.
Q: How to hide cloud apps on Fire TV ?
A: If you have more than one Fire TV device, or Fire tablet your applist might be cluttered with previously installed software that you have no intention of using. To hide these apps from your list, head to Settings > Applications > Appstore, and then enable the "Hide Cloud Apps" option.
Q: Are APKs safe? How to ensure an APK is safe before installation ?
When you open an APK file using File explorer the app lists all activities present in an apk along with the permissions it will use including permissions individual activities will use. Upon clicking each permission it lists further info regarding the permission whenever available; which can prove insightful in cases where we don't understand what a permission does. In order to check permissions,activities etc of already installed apps you can use App Info Manager.
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Q: I want to use Amazon fire stick with my LED monitor which is without speakers what I should do to get the sound output?
A: You can use any Bluetooth speaker to get sound output from Fire TV. Connect your Bluetooth speaker to fire TV.
- Switch on your Bluetooth speaker or headphones. Also, make sure the device is visible publicly.
- Navigate using your remote to Settings>Controller & Bluetooth Device>Other Bluetooth Device>Add Bluetooth Device
- Confirm the process by pressing Ok after choosing your speaker from the list of found Bluetooth devices.
Once connected all sound output will be through the connected Bluetooth speaker.
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