Sometimes it looks like Amazon’s Fire TV and Fire Stick devices can do anything and just everything. Be it streaming free movies, catching up with sports, watching live TV, playing interactive games, and so much more. Taking out some free time for yourself, you can even add new apps onto your Fire Stick and gain access to a complete new world of content, just like free TV shows and live broadcasts.
Subsequently, Fire TV also offers a hidden feature that makes it even more useful and productive. That's Screen Mirroring. With the setup correctly done, you can stream unlimited content from your PC to Fire TV, or can even cast your iPhone/iPad screen to Fire TV. This blog is soon going to discuss how to mirror your iOS devices, including both iPad and iPhone, directly to your TV via Amazon’s reliable Fire Stick hardware.
Amazon has made it super easy to mirror/cast content directly to Fire TV. You just need a variety of devices built right into the hardware. However, things might fall differently when its about iOS support. Therefore, Apple makes use of different protocols to mirror content from the iPhone and iPad onto Android-based devices. With the help of this step-by-step tutorial, you will understand how to cast to Firestick/Fire TV from your iPhone or iPad device.
Please remember that this guide works well for both the iPhone and iPad, as well as some other operating systems to boot. To be able to cast to Firestick/Fire TV from your iPhone or iPad, you must first install an application to our streaming device from the Amazon App Store. This particular app is known as Airscreen. Once this app is installed, you will be able to mirror your device rightly to your TV with great ease.
As per the tech facts, Airscreen has been listed as one of the Best Firestick Apps by Troypoint. Some of these apps are even available in the Jailbreak Firestick guide. If you are using this guide, you get easy access to unlimited Movies, TV Shows, Sports, and more, without spending a penny. Though there are a variety of options when it comes to choosing an app for casting iOS device content to FireTV. But most of them are paid, hence require some payment to be done in order to access. However, Airscreen comes absolutely free and functions just as good if not better than the alternatives.
Further, let's proceed towards the guide to cast to Firestick/Fire TV from your iPhone or iPad device.
Important Note: This following tutorial is specific to users having iPhone XS with IOS version 12.3.1. However, these steps are also applicable for other devices and IOS versions.
With the help of the given instructions, you can mirror the screen and audio of your iPhone or iPad on any Amazon FireTV. So here's how you can cast to Firestick/Fire TV from your iPhone or iPad.
Step 1. Firstly, navigate to the home screen on your Firestick/Fire TV device. Then, hover over search icon and enter airscreen. As options get listed, click on Airscreen.
Step 2. Choose the airscreen app
Step 3. Read the provided description about the app and click on the Download button.
Step 4. Wait until the file completes the installation process.
Step 5. Now, a message will prompt up on the screen as the app gets installed. Thereafter, click on Open button.
Step 6. This action will then launch the Airscreen app and you can click on the Start Now option.
Step 7. Scroll down below to hover over and select Settings section.
Step 8. Now, select your Device name.
Step 9. Optionally, you may enter and set a name for our fire tv device like you can name it as “firestick4k”. Once the process is complete, click on Next button.
Step10. Click on Ok option.
Step 11. Now, using your IOS device, swipe down or open the control center of your main screen and tap on the Screen Mirroring option.
Step 12. Next, choose your specific Fire TV device.
Step 13. As it gets enabled, a check mark will be displayed.
So, this was all required to cast to Firestick/Fire TV from your iPhone or iPad. Your device will now show paired on your TV screen. Binge Watching!
However, if you wish to access the app in the future time, then simply launch Airscreen and click on Start. Then, you will be asked to connect your device via Screen Mirroring.
Quick Tip: Make sure to name your streaming device in order to quickly sync during the screen mirroring process.
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