Casting and screencast allows you to watch content from your mobile phone or computer on a big screen. You can cast from individual apps using the Cast feature within the app. You can screen mirror from Android or Windows devices to Firestick natively. With Mac and iOS devices, you just need to download a free app from the Amazon App Store. This wikiHow article teaches you how to cast and screen mirror to your Amazon Firestick from Android, iPhone, iPad, PC, and Mac.
How to Cast to a Firestick
Press and hold the Home button on your Firestick remote and select Mirroring . On your Android, swipe down twice from the top of the screen, tap Smart View/Screen Cast/Screen Share , and select your Fire TV Stick.
Steps
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Ensure both your mobile phone or tablet and Firestick are on the same Wi-Fi network. In order to cast from your mobile phone to your Firestick, both devices need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network .
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Press and hold the Home button on your Firestick remote. It’s the button that has an icon that resembles a house. Press and hold the Home button to display a shortcut menu.Advertisement
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Select Mirroring . It’s the fourth option in the menu, with an icon resembling a smartphone casting to a TV. This will put your Firestick in screen mirroring mode.
- Your Firestick's device name is listed below the screen mirroring icon on your TV screen.
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Swipe down from the top of your Android screen twice. Swiping down from the top of the screen on an Android device displays your Notifications with a couple of Quick Access items at the top. Swipe down from the top again to display all of your Quick Access menu items.
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Tap the Screen Mirroring icon. Depending on what model of Android phone you have, this may be called something different. On Samsung Galaxy phones, this is called Smart View . On other Android phones, this may be called Screen Cast , Screen Mirror , Screen Share or Cast . [1] X Research source
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Tap your Firestick. The name of your Firestick is displayed on your TV screen. Your phone or tablet screen will start casting to your TV. Anything you play on your phone will be displayed on your TV.
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Ensure both your mobile phone or tablet and Firestick are on the same Wi-Fi network. In order to cast from your mobile phone to your Firestick, both devices need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network .
- You can use this method to cast content from a supported streaming app on any mobile device, even if you have an iPhone or iPad.
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Open a streaming app on your phone. Many popular streaming apps support casting, including YouTube, Spotify, Disney+, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video.
- If you are using Prime Video, you need to be signed into the same Amazon account on both the Prime mobile app and your Firestick.
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Select something to stream. Use your phone to browse the content that is available within the app. Tap something you want to watch or listen to, then tap the ‘Play’ icon.
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Tap the Cast icon . It’s the icon that resembles a TV screen with a Wi-Fi symbol over it. It’s generally in the upper-right corner of the screen or the upper-right corner of the video playback screen.
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Tap your Fire TV or Firestick device. Your phone will display a list of devices on your Wi-Fi network that you can cast to. Tap your Firestick or Fire TV. This should start the app on your Fire TV or Firestick and start playing your content.
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Ensure your Fire TV is compatible with AirPlay. If you have a Firestick connected to your TV, you won't be able to use this method, as Firestick devices do not support AirPlay. However, you can use AirPlay to cast to certain Fire TV models that are compatible with AirPlay . If you have a Firestick, you can still use AirPlay through a third-party app such as AirScreen . The following Fire TV devices support AirPlay: [2] X Research source
- Toshiba and Insignia Fire TVs
- Fire TV Omni Series
- Fire TV 4-Series
- TCL Fire TVs
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Ensure both your iPhone or iPad and Fire TV are on the same Wi-Fi network. In order to cast from your mobile phone to your Fire TV, both devices need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network .
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Enable AirPlay on your Fire TV. You will need to enable AirPlay in your Fire TV Settings menu to screencast to your Fire TV. Use the following steps to do so:
- Select the Gear/Settings icon on your Fire TV Home screen.
- Select Display and Sounds .
- Select AirPlay and HomeKit .
- Select AirPlay to turn it on.
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Swipe down from the upper-right corner on your iPhone or iPad. This displays the Control Center on your iPhone or iPad.
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Tap the Screen Mirror icon. It’s the icon that resembles two screens on top of each other.
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Tap your Fire TV from the list of devices. Your iPhone or iPad screen will start casting to your Firestick.
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Download AirScreen on your Firestick. If you want to use AirPlay to use AirPlay on your Firestick , you will need a third-party app like AirScreen. To install AirScreen on your Firestick:
- Select Find from the Home menu.
- Search “AirScreen”.
- Select the AirScreen app under “Apps and Games.”
- Select GET .
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Open the AirScreen app and select Continue . You can select Airscreen from your Apps menu, or you can select Open in the Amazon App Store once it finishes installing. Select Continue on the Welcome screen.
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Confirm your Wi-Fi network. The name of your Wi-Fi network is displayed on the screen. Make sure your iPhone or iPad is connected to the same Wi-Fi network . If it is, select Confirm on your TV screen.
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Make sure you are on the Home screen of AirScreen. In order to AirPlay to your Firestick, you need to make sure the Home screen of the AirScreen app is displayed on your TV. Your Firestick device name should be displayed on your TV.
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Swipe down from the upper-right corner on your iPhone or iPad. This displays the Control Center.
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Tap the Screen Mirror icon. It’s the icon that resembles two screens on top of each other.
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Tap your Fire TV. Tap the device name that is displayed on the AirScreen home screen. Your iPhone or iPad screen will start casting to your Firestick.
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Ensure your PC and Firestick are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. In order to mirror your computer screen to your TV, your PC and Firestick must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network .
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Press and hold the Home button on your Firestick remote. It’s the button that has an icon that resembles a house. Press and hold the Home button to display a shortcut menu.
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Select Mirroring . It’s the fourth option in the menu, and it has an icon that resembles a smartphone casting to a TV. This will put your Firestick into screen mirroring mode.
- Your Firestick's device name is listed below the screen mirroring icon on your TV screen.
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Click the Wi-Fi/Speaker/Battery icon. It’s in the lower-right corner of your desktop screen in the taskbar. It's the button that has the Wi-Fi, speaker, and battery icons.
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Click the Pencil icon . It’s at the bottom of the menu that appears when you click the Wi-Fi/Speaker/Battery icon.
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Click + Add . It’ll appear at the bottom of the pop-up menu in place of the pencil icon.
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Click Cast . It’s at the top of the menu. This adds a Cast shortcut to the Wi-Fi/Speaker/Battery pop-up menu.
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Click Done . It’s at the bottom of the pop-up menu.
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Click the Cast shortcut. It’s newly created in the “Wi-Fi/Speaker/Battery” menu that pops up when you click this icon.
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Click your Firestick device. You should see a list of devices appear below “Available devices.” Click your Firestick device to start casting to your Firestick.
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Ensure your PC and Firestick are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. In order to mirror your computer screen to your TV, your PC and Firestick must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network .
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2Press and hold the Home button on your Firestick remote. It’s the button that has an icon that resembles a house. Press and hold the Home button to display a shortcut menu.
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3Select Mirroring . It’s the fourth option in the menu, with an icon that resembles a smartphone casting to a TV. This will put your Firestick device in screen mirroring mode.
- Your Firestick's name is listed below the screen mirroring icon on your TV screen.
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4Click the Notifications icon. It’s the icon that resembles a speech box in the lower-right corner of the taskbar on your computer screen.
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5Click Expand . It’s at the bottom of the Notifications window. This displays all shortcut icons.
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6Click Connect . It’s the icon that resembles a mobile device next to a computer screen. This will display a list of devices you can connect to on the same Wi-Fi network.
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7Click your Firestick device. You should see it pop up in the list of devices in the Connect menu. Click your Firestick to cast your PC screen to the device.
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Ensure your Fire TV device is compatible with AirPlay. If you have an Amazon Firestick, you can't use AirPlay to cast your Mac's screen to the device without a third-party app like AirScreen . However, some Fire TV devices do support AirPlay, including the following TV models:
- Toshiba and Insignia Fire TVs
- Fire TV Omni Series
- Fire TV 4-Series
- TCL Fire TVs
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2Ensure both your Mac and Fire TV are on the same Wi-Fi network. In order to cast from your Mac to your Fire TV, both devices need to be connected to the same wireless network .
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3Enable AirPlay on your Fire TV. You will need to enable AirPlay in your Firestick Settings menu in order to screen cast to your Firestick. Use the following steps to do so:
- Select the Gear/Settings icon on your Fire TV Home screen. [3] X Research source
- Select Display and Sounds .
- Select AirPlay & HomeKit .
- Select AirPlay to turn it on.
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4Click the Control Center icon on your Mac. It’s the icon that resembles two toggle switches in the menu bar at the top of the screen, next to the date and time.
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5Click Screen Mirroring . It’s in the Control Center menu. This displays a list of devices you can connect to.
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6Click your Fire TV device. Your Fire TV should appear in the list of devices that you can connect to. Click your Fire TV to connect to it. Your Mac screen will start mirroring to your Fire TV. [4] X Research source
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Download AirScreen on your Firestick. Firestick does not support AirPlay, but you can download AirScreen to use AirPlay on your Firestick . Use the following steps to do so:
- Select Find from the Home menu.
- Search “AirScreen”.
- Select the AirScreen app under “Apps and Games.”
- Select GET .
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2Open the AirScreen app and select Continue . You can select AirScreen from your Apps menu, or select Open in the Amazon App Store once it finishes installing. Select Continue on the Welcome screen.
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3Confirm your Wi-Fi network. The name of your Wi-Fi network is displayed on the screen. Make sure your iPhone or iPad is connected to the same Wi-Fi network . If it is, select Confirm on your TV screen.
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4Make sure you are on the Home screen of AirScreen. In order to cast to your Firestick, you need to make sure the Home screen of the AirScreen app is displayed on your TV. Your Firestick device name should also be displayed on your TV.
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5Click the Control Center icon on your Mac. It’s the icon that resembles two toggle switches in the menu bar, next to the date and time.
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6Click Screen Mirroring . It’s in the Control Center menu. This displays a list of devices you can connect to.
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Click your Firestick device. Your Firestick device should appear in the list of devices you can connect to. Click your Firestick device to connect to it. Your Mac screen will start mirroring to your Firestick.
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References
- ↑ https://www.androidauthority.com/mirror-android-tv-3204867/
- ↑ https://airplaytotv.com/list-of-airplay-2-compatible-tvs/#9_Fire_TV
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GFAK8J5CYN5T76ET
- ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/stream-audio-and-video-with-airplay-mchld7e543a0/mac