You want to enjoy your favorite movie or TV show with your friends or family on a big screen, Because of HD and 4K content on OTT platforms, Mobile or tablet screens are not enough to enjoy the content, Therefore we all wish that we can somehow connect the OTT apps to our SmarTV. But now with Amazon firestick connected to your TV, you can easily cast any of your devices and start casting it directly to your TV. Follow the steps below mentioned to cast to Firestick using your mobile or computer.
Here is the Guide to Cast To Firestick for different devices.
How to Cast Your Andriod Device to Amazon Fire TV Stick
With your Andriod device, you can easily cast your favorite content on your Firestick TV, But the settings to enable it may vary depending on your Andriod device.
- Hold the home button on your Firestick remote for about three seconds.
- You will see a screen mirroring option on the screen, click on it.
- Tap on the Settings option on your Andriod device home screen.
- Depending on the device type you have, Search and enable the cast or screen mirroring option.
- Swipe down from the top screen, and again swipe to page over until to see click on the Smart view option.
- There you can see a list of available devices, Click on Fire TV to select your device.
And that’s it, Now you can enjoy your favorite movie or TV show on your Fire TV device.
Also, Read our troubleshooting guide on YouTube not working on Firestick.
How to Cast iPhone to Firestick
For iOS devices like iPhone and iPad, you’ll need to download a third-party application from the App Store to connect your mobile devices to Fire TV. We’re using the ‘Air Screen’ app which you can download from App Store for free. But you can find Ads on this application.
- Hold the home button on your Firestick remote for about three seconds.
- Select Apps and click on App store.
- Navigate to the search bar option and search for ‘Air Screen’, You can also use the microphone button on your Firestick remote to do a voice search.
- Select the ‘Air Screen’ app and click on the download button to install the application on your Firestick device.
- Once the app is installed, Open the app and select confirm on the welcome screen.
- On the ‘Get started’ screen, you can see a QR code, scan that QR code from your iOS device’s camera.
- Now you can see the ‘Which type of content do you want to share screen on your iOS device, click on the ‘Entire screen’ option.
While Air Screen is running, you’ll see a list of instructions for casting your iOS device to a Firestick device.
- Swipe down from the right top of your iOS device.
- Click on Screen Mirroring.
- Click AS-AFTT [AirPlay].
- Now your iOS device will automatically cast to your Fire Stick device.
How to Cast Your Windows PC to Amazon Fire TV Stick
The windows 10/11 PC have native casting ability, You will need to enable both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi To complete the setup process.
- Hold the home button for three seconds on your Amazon Fire TV remote.
- You will see a mirroring option on the screen, click on it.
- Once you see the Display mirroring screen, click the small square icon on the lower right corner of your computer screen to connect.
- Click on the Fire TV device listed as Fire TV.
- On you’re TV screen you will see preparing to mirror the screen from your computer to your Fire TV.
- Now the content on your PC screen will start to stream on your Fire TV.
While on the display monitoring screen you will not be able to access ‘Alexa’.
Final Words.
Casting to your Firestick device for viewing pictures and videos is fun. With a big screen, you can enjoy photos and videos on your mobile phone in high quality with your friends and family members. Many people choose to cast OTT platform applications like Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu, and many more right from their computers or mobile devices. Once you set up everything right you can start enjoying seamless operations from your phone to your Fire TV.