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Amazon Fire TV Stick owners are just realizing lesser-known ‘X-ray feature’ boosts movie watching experience

All you need to do is press the up or down button to access the fun feature.

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A USEFUL Amazon Fire TV Stick feature can enhance your movie watching with just a few clicks of the remote.

If you end up researching the actors during a movie or want to know what song is playing in a scene, Amazon has you covered.

Amazon owns IMDb so Fire Stick users can make the most of its fun features
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Amazon owns IMDb so Fire Stick users can make the most of its fun featuresCredit: Alamy

The feature comes courtesy of IMDb, which Amazon owns.

You need to be watching something on for it to work.

The setting is called X-Ray and it can be used on a lot of popular content.

Amazon explains on : "X-Ray is an exclusive set of features on Prime Video that helps you experience more of the stuff you love to watch, while you watch it!

"Available on your favorite movies, series and live sports!"

You can browse on the Amazon website or via your smart TV.

Titles include top-rated movies like Top Gun Maverick, Joke, and The Batman.

Once you've select the X-Ray ready content, you can simply press the up or down key on .

Information will appear on the left-hand-side of the screen.

It's not too distracting so you can still see most of the movie on the screen.

You'll see facts about the cast in the content.

There's also a section full of trivia about what you're watching.

The movie or TV show will continue you to play while you're scrolling.

If you find this annoying you can also pause the content while you enjoy the X-Ray feature.

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