I immediately improved my Fireplace TV Stick to this free app

My Fire TV Stick 4K Max is the gadget I depend on most for streaming, so anytime there’s a straightforward means to enhance the expertise, I am all in.

Lately, Amazon launched a redesigned Fire TV user interface (UI) for the Fireplace TV Stick 4K Plus and 4K Max, and I’ve positively seen a transparent distinction. Not solely is every part simpler to navigate, however it additionally feels sooner general, with the replace doing a strong job of bettering efficiency.

However the Fireplace TV UI is not the one factor Amazon has not too long ago upgraded. The corporate additionally quietly overhauled its Fire TV mobile app. It was primarily only a backup distant earlier than, however with the newest replace rolling out now, it has been utterly remodeled. It now features as a real second-screen expertise, which, in my view, is definitely value utilizing.

The Fireplace TV app is far more helpful now

Discovering one thing to observe simply obtained simpler

For starters, the largest change Amazon has made to the Fireplace TV app is that you would be able to now browse and seek for films and TV exhibits proper out of your cellphone. As a substitute of endlessly scrolling in your Fireplace TV with a distant, you are able to do it with a fast flick of your finger, which I’ve discovered is loads sooner whenever you’re looking for one thing to observe. The brand new house display screen within the app is principally a mini model of the Fireplace TV interface, full with the identical design options from Amazon’s current UI refresh.

The brand new search perform is one other standout function, and I’ve discovered it extraordinarily helpful after I wish to discover one thing particular quick. The opposite day, for instance, I wished to observe Raiders of the Misplaced Ark. As a substitute of grabbing my distant, I opened the Fireplace TV app, looked for it, discovered it in seconds, after which tapped “View on my Fireplace TV.” It immediately pulled it up on my Fireplace TV Stick 4K Max and confirmed me precisely the place it was accessible to stream.

One other strong addition is that your watchlist is now constructed into the app as nicely. So if you happen to’ve obtained an extended listing of exhibits and flicks to get by like I do, you’ll be able to open it in your cellphone and queue issues up in your Fireplace Stick with out digging by any menus in your TV. You may also add new titles straight from the app, which is ideal for whenever you come throughout one thing whilst you’re away out of your TV and do not wish to neglect about it later.

Now, to be truthful, none of those options are revolutionary. Roku’s cellular app has provided lots of the similar options for some time now, so if something, Amazon was means behind on including these. Nonetheless, it is higher late than by no means, and I am glad to see Amazon lastly make the Fireplace TV app far more helpful, particularly after years of it simply being a backup distant.

And talking of that backup distant performance, it is largely unchanged with this replace. That is not a foul factor, although, as it really works completely advantageous, and is a straightforward solution to management your Fireplace Stick along with your cellphone as an alternative of utilizing the distant that got here with it.

The brand new Fireplace TV cellular app is rolling out now

It is free to obtain

In case you’re serious about attempting out the redesigned Fireplace TV app, the replace is rolling out now on each Android and iOS within the US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and India. The app is totally free to obtain.

The brand new Fireplace TV UI, however, is at present solely accessible within the US on the Fireplace TV Stick 4K Plus and 4K Max. Amazon says it plans to roll out the brand new UI to extra nations and units within the spring, so hopefully, there will not be for much longer of a look ahead to extra individuals to attempt it out.