Amazon’s Fire TV Stick is a godsend in disguise for people who don’t have smart TVs. This little device allows you to stream your favorite TV shows and movies and install other streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu, among others.
As feature-rich as it is, it has a few limitations. For one, you cannot mirror your iPhone’s content directly to Fire TV. So if you need to show a slideshow from your most recent trip or reminisce about old memories, you’re hooked to your iPhone’s screen.
But luckily, there is a neat workaround in the form of third-party apps that do the job with just as easily. So, if you want to mirror content from your iPhone to Amazon Fire TV, here is how you can do it.
How to Mirror from iPhone to Fire TV Stick
We will take the help of a third-party app called AirScreen to mirror the content from your iPhone. Also, you need to install the app on your Fire TV and Apple iPhone. Fortunately, all models are supported.
This application works over the Wi-Fi network. So you need to make sure that both your phone and TV are connected to the same network.
If this is your first time installing an app on Fire TV Stick, follow these steps:
Stage 1: On your Fire TV Stick, go to the Search tab and search for AirScreen. Once you find the app, tap the Install button.
Ideally, the app should appear on the home screen after the installation process is complete. If you can’t find it there, you will find it under the Application tab.
Step 2: Open the application and click Start Server > Start icon. Once complete, the device ID, server name and Wi-Fi name will appear in the upper left corner of the TV screen.
Now, that’s half the journey done. Let’s start the other half.
Stage 3: Open the Control Menu on your iPhone and tap AirPlay. You will see the name of the server appear on the screen.
Now all you have to do is select it to start mirroring the content from your phone to the TV. Pretty simple, right?
Sit back, relax and enjoy your favorite content from your phone running on Fire TV Stick.
When you want to stop viewing the content, tap Stop Mirroring.
Although the app is free on Play Store and Amazon Appstore, it has a few limitations. While we did not observe any time constraints while testing the app, there were a few 15-second ads between actions.
However, you can get rid of the ads if you choose the premium version. A monthly subscription is around $3-4, which is a good enough price if you regularly mirror the content to your TV.
The annual subscription plan costs around $12.
Supported Apps
You’ll be able to see the AirPlay icon in apps like Music, Apple TV, and YouTube.
You just have to click on it, select Fire TV Stick from the list of supported devices and that’s it.
So, keep in mind that Fire TV Stick cannot play all Apple TV’s content. You may receive a ‘Unable to play video’ error for some of the content.
Recording Using AirScreen
AirScreen allows you not only to mirror your screen, but also to record the content on the screen.
For this, touch the down navigation key on your phone, you will see the recording icon at the bottom of the screen. And you know the rest.
To find the recordings, go to AirPlay’s main menu and scroll down until you see the Recordings option.
Unfortunately, you can only play these recordings on TV. You will not be able to share them with another device/TV.
If you need to uninstall this app, the process is easy.
To uninstall the app, go to the Apps option in Settings.
Once there, click on AirPlay and you will see the Uninstall button.
Bonus Fire TV Stick Settings
1. Disable Video and Audio Autoplay
You must have already seen autoplay videos called Featured Content on your Fire TV Stick and this title will automatically start playing the title video when you pause for one more second. And to be honest, it can be a little annoying.
Fortunately, there is a way to turn it off.
To do this, go to the Settings tab in the menu bar and click on Preferences. Once inside, go to Featured Content and disable both audio and video options.
For now, Fire TV Stick lets you mute sound and volume.
2. Change Default Browser
Do you like the default Silk Browser? If not, you can switch to the Firefox browser. Yes, you read it right. For this you need to install Firefox on your Fire TV Stick from the app store.
After that go to Preferences and scroll all the way to the end of the menu until you see Default Browser.
Once inside, select Firefox from the menu.
Mirror mirror tell me
With apps like AirScreen, mirroring content from your iPhone to the TV is a hassle-free job. The good thing about it is that there is only a small delay between both displays.
So how often do you mirror content from your iPhone?
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