Fire TV: Use Miracast - how it works

Thanks to Miracast, you can easily transfer content from your smartphone to your Fire TV. In this practical tip, we will show you exactly how this works.

Use Miracast on Fire TV - so it'll work

1. First switch to the "Settings" of your Amazon Fire TV.
2. Open the "Sound and screen" settings there.
3. You can activate Miracast using the "Activate duplicate display" function.
4. In the next step, the name of the Fire TV will be displayed and waiting for the connection.
5. You can now search for the displayed name under "Duplicate screen" on your smartphone.
6. Tap the name of the Amazon Fire TV to stream via Miracast.
7. Now all the contents of your smartphone are transferred and you can start apps.

We will tell you how to set up Miracast under Windows 10 in the next practical tip.