This Fireplace TV Stick trick gave me entry to a premium streaming function at no cost

The primary purpose I selected to purchase a Fire TV Stick 4K Max was to make use of it with the Samsung TV I’ve in my lounge. I do not thoughts Samsung’s proprietary Tizen OS on its sensible TVs, however I had at all times needed to strive Fire OS, so once I noticed the 4K Max on sale earlier this yr, I made a decision to go for it.

Now, after utilizing it extensively over the previous yr, I’ve come to actually respect the machine and all of the options it gives. I haven’t got cable TV, so the whole lot I watch on my TV is streamed by means of apps like YouTube, Prime Video, HBO Max, and Disney+. What I like about my Fireplace TV Stick is simply how straightforward it’s to entry all of these apps, and the way easy and beautiful the streaming high quality seems at 4K HDR, partly because of the 4K Max’s quick Wi-Fi 6E capabilities, which my older Samsung 4K TV lacks.

Though I initially purchased my Fireplace TV Stick primarily for my lounge TV, I made a decision to experiment with it earlier this summer season and use it on my 4K monitor at my desk. Nevertheless, I shortly bumped into a difficulty: audio.

The audio system on my monitor suck, and the audio sounded horrific. Seeking an answer, that is once I found what could be the Fireplace TV Stick’s most underappreciated premium function (that Roku Streaming Sticks do not even supply): Bluetooth audio assist. That is proper, if you wish to use your Fireplace TV Follow Bluetooth audio system, earbuds, or headphones, you’ll be able to simply achieve this. If you wish to do the identical in your Fireplace TV Stick, setting it up solely takes seconds, and I extremely suggest it.

Learn how to arrange Bluetooth audio in your Fireplace TV Stick

You should utilize AirPods along with your Fireplace TV Stick

In case you’re inquisitive about utilizing a Bluetooth audio machine in your Fireplace TV Stick, it is fairly easy to arrange and pair your machine. First issues first, you will want a Bluetooth audio machine helpful, like a speaker, headphones, or earbuds, like Apple’s AirPods. The headphones I personally use are the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7, as I can join them to my PC (by way of USB-C) and to my Fireplace TV Stick (by way of Bluetooth), permitting me to listen to each the audio from my PC and my Fireplace TV Stick concurrently.

It is also value noting that this works with any Fireplace TV Stick. So, whether or not you may have the Fireplace TV Stick HD, Fireplace TV Stick 4K, Fireplace TV Stick 4K Max, or the Fireplace TV Dice. That mentioned, here is simply join your Bluetooth audio machine to your Fireplace TV Stick step-by-step:

1. In your Fireplace TV’s homepage, navigate to Settings. Alternatively, you’ll be able to press the Settings button (the gear icon) in your distant and choose Settings.

2. Go to Remotes & Bluetooth Units.

3. Scroll down and select Different Bluetooth Units.

4. Select Add Bluetooth Units.

5. Now, press the pairing button in your Bluetooth machine. For instance, on most AirPods, you open the lid and faucet the round button on the again of the case.

6. Your Bluetooth machine ought to pop up on the display, choose it, and your Fireplace TV Stick will develop into paired with it.

After pairing a Bluetooth audio machine along with your Fireplace TV Stick, it should present up within the Different Bluetooth Units menu display. Everytime you allow Bluetooth in your audio machine, it ought to mechanically join along with your Fireplace TV Stick. In case you ever need to disconnect them, hover over them on the Different Bluetooth Units display and press the Choose button in your distant. To unpair them altogether, press the Menu button as an alternative (the three horizontal strains to the suitable of the Residence button).

A brand new strategy to expertise your Fireplace TV Stick

Utilizing my Fireplace TV Follow Bluetooth headphones is game-changing

After I first bought my Fireplace TV Stick 4K Max, I did not even understand Bluetooth audio was a function, however now that I’ve begun utilizing it a lot, it is utterly modified the best way I exploit the machine. Whereas I nonetheless use my Fireplace TV Stick on my lounge TV, now that I can hearken to it with headphones whereas it is linked to my monitor, it makes watching TV late at evening far more handy. Not solely is the audio high quality a lot better on my headphones than on my monitor’s audio system, but in addition, since it isn’t popping out of any audio system and going to headphones as an alternative, I am not disturbing anybody else in my family. It is actually a win-win state of affairs by all accounts.

Moreover, I discover it each unhappy and amusing that neither the PS5 nor the Xbox Collection X natively assist Bluetooth audio units, as they use a proprietary wi-fi protocol that solely works with particular headphones. So if you wish to use AirPods in your Xbox or PS5, you’d must connect them to your TV (if it helps Bluetooth), not on to the console. It is humorous to suppose {that a} $60 Fireplace TV Stick 4K Max helps a function {that a} $500 or $600 gaming console would not. Shoutout to Nintendo, although, since you should use Bluetooth audio units on the Nintendo Swap and the Swap 2. Roku’s streaming sticks, Fireplace TV Stick’s primary rivals, they do not assist Bluetooth audio natively however present a workaround through their app.

Total, Bluetooth audio assist might appear to be a small function, nevertheless it’s made an enormous distinction in how I exploit my Fireplace TV Stick. It is added an entire new layer to a tool I used to be already having fun with. When you’ve got a Fireplace TV Stick, give it a try to see what you consider the audio expertise.