You Can Now Directly Stream Audio From Your Fire TV Stick, Fire TV On Your Echo Devices As Amazon Brings Alexa Home Theater.
Now that you can stream audio directly from your fire TV stick, fire TV, it gives the user a home theater experience, this feature is called "Alexa Home Theater system".Amazon Echo devices can
connect with your Fire TV device -- whether it's a Fire TV Stick or Fire TV
Cube -- to enable wireless audio output. Called 'Alexa Home Theatre System,'
the new addition is aimed to let you build a variety of immersive wireless speaker
configurations without separately purchasing a home theater system. Amazon says
that Echo users with the Alexa Home Theatre System can establish 1.0 and 2.0
configurations. Users owning the Echo Sub can even set up audio 1.1 and 2.1
configurations. The new change comes as the next step after Amazon initially
enabled users to use their Echo speakers as an input device for their Fire TV
devices.
Users using this system can get the Dolby Atmos-quality experience even without investing on new speakers
With Alexa Home Theatre System, Amazon is allowing Echo and Echo Plus users to stream Dolby audio from their Fire TV devices
wirelessly. Users who have Echo Studio₹ 22,999, on the other hand,
can avail the change to stream even Dolby Atmos-quality audio -- without
investing in a new speaker system.
To begin with the new offering, connect your Fire TV
device and Echo device to the same network and Amazon account. You'll then need
to access the Alexa app and tap the Devices icon from the lower right-hand
side. After that, tap the + icon
from the upper right-hand side.
The app will show you the Set Up Audio System option that you need to
select and then tap Home Theatre on
the next screen. You'll now require to select your Fire TV device and then hit
the Next button to name your new Home Theatre
system. Thereafter, the app will let you select the Echo devices that you'd
like to use as speakers.
Amazon says that through the Alexa Home Theatre
System, users can set up two Echo speakers in addition to an Echo Sub.
Once you enable the speaker system using your Echo
speaker, you can manage it through your Fire TV settings. You particularly need
to go to Settings > Display & Sounds > Home Theatre System to manage the setup and
enable settings such as Volume
Control to control the speaker volume through the Fire TV
remote and Lip Sync Tuning to
adjust lip syncing of audio with visuals if you notice inconsistencies.
Amazon has noted in a post on its UK forums that the Alexa Home
Theatre System works with Amazon Fire
TV Stick 4K, Fire TV (3rd Generation), and Fire TV Cube (2nd
Generation). For streaming audio, you need Echo Dot (3rd Generation), Echo (2nd
Generation), Echo (3rd Generation), Echo Plus (1st Generation), Echo Plus (2nd Generation), Echo Dot with Clock, or Echo Studio.
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