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YOU don't need a crystal ball to find out when the batteries in your Amazon Fire TV Stick are going to run out - or what to do if you lose the remote.
Check out these three little-known Fire Stick tricks instead.
It can be a right pain having your die on you with no back-up batteries around.
While the extra smartphone telly remote can certainly help smooth things out, it's nice to know when you need to stock up on batteries.
If you’re curious to know your remote battery strength, you should follow these steps:
There's a extra telly remote tucked away inside the official Amazon Fire TV app, that that you can download from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
You can turn your phone into an extra remote.
It gives you the ability to navigate your , even if your physical remote is missing - or wedged between the sofa cushions.
You can use it as a keyboard and voice search.
To access it, simply follow these instructions:
After a couple of minutes of inactivity, a will start showing a screensaver.
You can give your living room a revamp by setting a new screensaver on your Amazon Fire TV.
There's even an option to upload your own family images or custom photos to make your device little more 'you'.
Here’s how to do it:
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