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How to Use Your Smartphone as an Amazon Fire TV Remote

This article explains how to use your smartphone to control your Amazon Fire TV if your remote is misplaced or out of battery.

Updated over a month ago
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When would I use my smartphone as an Amazon remote controller?

You might have a few Amazon devices at a single location, where the remote for each may be misplaced or perhaps out of battery when you most need to use it. For such cases, you can easily turn your mobile phone into a temporary Amazon Fire TV remote.

For example, you might use this remote to check which features you have enabled for your ScreenCloud player, and also to find out the OS version of your ScreenCloud player and Fire OS version when you are troubleshooting issues.

ScreenCloud guides

Amazon guides

How to turn your smartphone into an Amazon remote

For Android

Head to the Google Play Store and search for Amazon Fire TV .
Install the app on your phone, and login to your Amazon account or simply use the same WiFi that your Amazon device is connected to.
Control your Amazon Fire TV device with your smartphone when needed.

For iOS

Head to Apple’s App Store and search for Amazon Fire TV.
Install the app on your phone, and login to your Amazon account or simply use the same WiFi that your Amazon device is connected to.
Control your Amazon Fire TV device with your smartphone when needed.

Limitations

The Amazon Fire TV remote is only currently able to click and select the available options of the Amazon Fire TV menu - You can only use the on-screen navigation, keyboard, and other menu options to control the selected Fire TV device. You are not able to switch off your Amazon device straight from the remote, which the actual Amazon Fire TV remote is able to do.

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