Amazon Fire Stick and TV owners can upgrade telly with handy ‘front door’ trick – check list of seven models to claim

THERE'S a useful Amazon Fire TV instrumentality that each homeowners should know.

It works utilizing a standalone Fire TV oregon Fire Stick – positive a 2nd gadget that you mightiness privation to see grabbing.

You tin really link your Fire TV to a Ring astute video doorbell.

Ring is besides owned by Amazon, and determination are respective benefits to linking it to your telly.

For a start, you'll beryllium notified done your TV erstwhile idiosyncratic is astatine the door.

And you tin adjacent presumption the Ring doorbell camera successful picture-in-picture mode, truthful your TV viewing isn't interrupted.

If you person an Alexa dependable remote, you'll beryllium capable to chat distant to your visitors via the astute assistant.

It's besides imaginable to cheque up connected the camera aat immoderate clip done the dedicated Smart Home Dashboard.

Amazon says that the diagnostic works with the pursuing gadgets:

• Echo Show (all generations)
• Fire Tablets (Gen 7 and above)
• Fire TV Cube (1st and 2nd Gen)
• Fire TV Stick 4K
• Fire TV Stick (2nd Gen)
• Fire TV (3rd Gen)
• Fire TV (2nd Gen)

So that means it's not conscionable Fire TVs – but immoderate Fire instrumentality with a screen.

LINK IT!

First, marque definite that you've got the Alexa app connected your smartphone.

You tin download the authoritative app from the Apple App Store for iOS connected iPhone, oregon from the Google Play Store connected Android.

Amazon says that you mightiness besides request to update your phone's operating strategy if you haven't successful a while.

Then marque definite that you've got the latest mentation of the Ring app installed too.

Now spell into the Alexa app and pat More > Skills & Games, past hunt for Ring.

Tap connected the Ring logo, past take Enable to Use and motion in.

Now pat Enable Skill and Link Accounts – oregon conscionable Enable Skill if it's already linked.

Tap connected Authorise erstwhile you're loggined in, past spell to Close, and past take Discover Devices.

You tin alteration Alexa connected each of the Ring devices, which should nexus it to your Amazon TV.

GET NOTIFIED

Next you'll privation to acceptable up notifications connected your Fire TV.

Go backmost into the Alexa app and take Devices, past prime the video doorbell.

Now pat connected the cogwheel icon to spell into settings.

You'll privation to crook connected Doorbell Press Notifications, and besides Motion Announcements.

You tin besides inquire to spot your unrecorded video watercourse astatine immoderate time.

Just accidental "Alexa, amusement [device name]" into the voice remote.