Fire Stick: How To Unlock The True Potential Of Your Fire Stick: Plus 101 Tips And Tricks!

“Fire Stick: How to Unlock the True Potential of Your Fire Stick” by Alexa Walker contains, by her count, 101 “tips and tricks” for the use of the Amazon Fire TV Stick. While her method of counting seems overly generous (chapter sub-headings without any text beneath them count as some of the 101 tips), there’s no question that the first half of her guidebook contains a good bit of helpful information for purchasers or would-be purchasers of Amazon’s popular portable streaming media device. However, the second half of her guide is little more than a manual on a third-party platform called Kodi that often produces a lot of tricks on unwary users.If the author stopped her book after her first 37 tips, I would have given “Fire Stick” a much better rating. The book does include a decent manual on the features and installation of the Fire TV Stick. It also features a discussion of some of the more popular apps that can be installed and a few brief notes on troubleshooting a malfunctioning Stick. Some of the material is dated (this book was written in 2017). Overall, however, it provides a decent introduction to the device.Unfortunately, the author does not stop with Tip 37 (on troubleshooting). Instead, she immediately launches into a discussion of the Kodi platform. You won’t find any mention of Kodi on the sales page for the book or the Table of Contents. (Technically, all of this material is part of the chapter on troubleshooting.) And there’s a good reason for that. Kodi is not available through the Amazon store. Instead, it must be sideloaded onto the Fire TV Stick. And, while Kodi is a very versatile platform, it poses several dangers for those unfamiliar with its intricacies.As the author mentions, Kodi allows users to view their own content on other devices via the Fire TV Stick. And the platform itself is a legal, open source software program. However, Its most common use is in connection with various third-party apps that enable viewers to access content through those apps, and here's where the trouble lies for the unwary. Some of these third-party apps these are familiar ones like YouTube. However, few people would want to go through a complicated process of sideloading Kodi merely to access YouTube when they can just download the YouTube app from Amazon directly to the Fire TV Stick in less than a minute. No, a significant reason why Kodi is popular is that it allows people to download pirated content through some of these third-party apps. It also allows people to unknowingly download viruses to their Fire TV Stick (after all, the stick is a computer) through some of those same third-party apps.To be fair, the author does include a brief, somewhat confusing discussion of the copyright implications of accessing pirated content. But there’s no mention in the book of the risk of downloading viruses through Kodi or the possibilities of voiding warranties on the Fire TV Stick. And, while she suggests using a VPN to access content through Kodi, the discussion of how to do that is rather perfunctory. My guess is that most people with no knowledge of the subject won’t really understand the purpose of a VPN and why it may be highly advisable to use one here.Most people interested in sideloading Kodi on their Fire TV Sticks will probably find instructions elsewhere on the Internet rather than in this book. However, I feel that an author who includes this sort of subject matter in a guidebook intended for novices is very irresponsible. Those who fully understand the risks involved with the Kodi platform can make their own decisions. Unfortunately, many who read “Fire Stick” won’t have any realistic idea of what they are getting involved with or even that some of these risks exist. For that reason, I cannot recommend “Fire Stick.”

The Amazon Fire Stick is just one of the fantastic products that have become available from this tech giant. During 2015, Amazon came out with a new remote that works with the Fire Stick, one that is better suited for voice activation. There are a lot of cool things that you can do with the Fire Stick when you have it hooked up to your television. As soon as Amazon releases a new product that entices a lot of people to purchase it, there always seems to be a few other companies who try to create a similar product that they can sell as well. If you are a gamer and want to be able to use your new product to deal with games, you will want to go with the Fire Stick. Great content guide for everyone. Thanks to the Author. Suggested!

I purchased this book to help me with set up when I received my Amazon Fire Stick. It was no help at all. It gave me about 1 paragraph with one option, that did not work, on how to try to get it working then went into pages on how to set up other devices.I would like to return this book it was a waste of money

Absolutely worthless. Almost 3 years out of date. The explanation of Firestick setup is old and outdated and bears no resemblance to the current Home and Setup screens. Half the apps and services it refers to are no longer around. It gives no "tips and tricks", it just tells you about miscellaneous online services. You can find more tips and tricks by just searching online. Don't waste your money.

I read this book with big interest. This is really an excellent book. The Amazon Fire Stick is just one of the fantastic products that have become available from this tech giant. During 2015, Amazon came out with a new remote that works with the Fire Stick, one that is better suited for voice activation. There are a lot of cool things that you can do with the Fire Stick when you have it hooked up to your television. As soon as Amazon releases a new product that entices a lot of people to purchase it, there always seems to be a few other companies who try to create a similar product that they can sell as well. If you are a gamer and want to be able to use your new product to deal with games, you will want to go with the Fire Stick. I really like this book and would recommend anyone who needs such type of information.

This book is not an extraordinary and miracle book if you do not read this book, you can not understand about the book because the book is a lot of popular books. Throughout this read, I have come to know various essential and useful things about Amazon Fire Stick. Here I got lots of helpful tips and trick that usually we can apply for getting most out from that amazing device.

The second-generation Fire Sticks and later also come with a voice control remote included in the box; two AA batteries are also added to power the remote. The Fire Stick doesn’t have a power button. If it’s left inactive for a certain amount of time, it will go to sleep, but the only way to make it turn off entirely is to unplug it from its power source. You can learn how to set it up for your needs quick and easy. Thanks author for creating us a new book for all of us!

This book is an awesome book on Fire Stick. It is elegantly composed by the creator. This book is ideal for the individuals who are into this sort of book and for the individuals who needs to know more data about this subject this book will be extremely helpful for you all. Everything written in this book bodes well, certainly a decent read!

This guide told me about the new features of the Amazon Fire Stick. Tips are useful for anyone who wants to buy Fire Stick and for those who already have this device, but wants to learn more about its capabilities. I improved my skills in using the Fire Stick for listening to music and radio, watching TV and movies, watching photos and video and for games. A handy and useful guide for me.

Good guide. If you are looking for fire stick book and want to read before launch, it will be useful for you. It is well written how to use, program the fire stick and explained many functions this fire stick can perform. Useful guide which give more insight on how to use the stick.

Simplicity it’s self, with lots of apps and channels.

This guidebook about Fire Stick and how better to use it. You simply need to plug in the Fire Stick, pair it up with the remote or controller that you would like to use, and then purchase the right apps in order to watch the channel that you would like for your favorite programs.

In my opinion, Amazon Fire Stick is very convenient to watch television shows, movies and so on. This book has a good explanation of how to use the Fire Stick, even if you don’t know a lot about the technique, like me. However, I was able to make some adjustments.