Use an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K MAX as a Steam Link (How to sideload the App!) 2021
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- Use an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K MAX as a Steam Link (How to sideload the App!) 2021
It works well for me, even better than the last episode I did on this, back in 2019.
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Thanks for this, man. Only straight forward tutorial I found trying to get this to work.
Thanks for watching, and I'm glad it works for you!
The reason the APK size is different, is because. APKMirror is showing the MiB (Mebibyte) number, but using the MB (Megabyte) prefix. The difference is that MiB is using multiples of 2 for it's units and MB is using multiples of 10, i.e. 1 MB = 1,000,000 Bytes or 10^6 Bytes, whereas 1MiB = 1,048,576 Bytes or 2^20 Bytes.
120.2MB = 120,200,000 Bytes. 120,200,000 / 2^20 = 114.6 MiB
Your close, it's actually multiples of 8, so 1 MegaByte is 1024 KiloBytes, people started to round it off in the late 90's early 2000's and somewhere along the way it became common, not sure why, but otherwise you are correct
This was exactly what I was looking for. My Fire Stick 4k Max comes tomorrow so will get this up and running as soon as I can
Great. I hope it all works out for you.
@@RetroBoxRoom Can you show how to connect your steam deck to the steam link app using steam remote play? I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
Sadly I don't own a steam deck. They're out of my league. I can't see it being much different than a normal PC.
Do you get good FPS and comfortalbe gameplay? I will buy fire stick 4k max but the main reason is the steam link, so I was wondering if it's worth it
great tutorial, instructions all worked. however the lag/FPS is terrible for me on perhaps an older firestick. I really just want to watch films from my laptop wirelessly.
Has anyone had experience getting a new firestick and seeing better results?
Really useful will try this once my HDMI splitter arrives.
I hope it all works out!
So does it work? I'm having the same issues with my Steam Deck? An HDMI Splitter, I honestly didn't think about that?
Hello there, thanks for this explanation. I have a fire stick where they hide developer options, but I found a fix by clicking 7 times on the My Fire TV Stick.
I wondered if there was a way to do this with any assistance from ethernet connection? My wifi isn't great, so considering ways I could boost the quality of the games coming here...
Thanks!
It is possible. You can buy a powered USB hub and a USB to Ethernet. Please check the internet for ones that best suit a fire TV stick.
I use this setup these days not to increase speed, but to decrease lag.
When your controller is connected via bluetooth, does the Select button work properly or is it remapped to the Android back button?
Thanks for your video, helped a lot to create a work around for my kids to play some appropiate games from my steam library and cant mess around with my desktop pc. Only missing piece is a controller, since im very confused about some amazon reviews. Some mention the bluetooth controller is not working with Fire TV Stick and some other mention it depends on the firmware of the stick. I am running OS 5 - and i cant find a clear answer if a normal xbox one bluetooth is working or not.
Hi, Thank you for the compliment.
As long as you've got the latest firmware on the Fire TV Stick 4K Max, and a Bluetooth capable XBOX One gamepad, you're fine. Basically as long as the plastic around the XBOX button is the same as the bit of plastic as the rest of the buttons, and not different and more shiny. You've got the correct version. I hope that helps?
@@RetroBoxRoom Ok great - i ordered one and lets see if it works out. Thanks man!
If anyone else is looking that up: It worked great and OS5 on the Stick made no trouble at all. Just lousy information on the internet and too many confusions regarding different Fire TV devices.
Hello, Xbox Bluetooth controller works! I just bought one and tried with my fire tv.
You have to make sure you update your controller with a pc/Xbox. Out of the box it didn’t work, because the controller had an old software. On pc with the Xbox accessories app I just connected my controller with a usb cable and updated the controller.
After that my controller connected with the fire tv no problem! Before that, the fire tv would see it, but pairing would always fail.
Cool! I'm glad you've got it going.
Im getting "No app found to handle this file" - any help regarding this?
Thanks, this worked great. I'm having issues using a Bluetooth headset for FireTV while using Steam Link. The audio simply doesn't come across. Both work fine individually, but I cannot use them at the same time. I'm going to try reverting to an earlier version.
Any other ideas?
Does your TV offer Bluetooth for the audio, rather than connecting directly to the FireTV?
If not, does the TV have a headphone jack? If so, try a third party Bluetooth 4 headphone transmitter. I've used one of those in the past.
Thank you for watching!
@@RetroBoxRoom Unfortunately it's an older TV and only has the option through the FireTV. I appreciate the insight though.
@@zachwithnokquizás puedas conectar tus auriculares Jack al Gamepad que usas para jugar
Thanks for this, worked perfectly!
I'm glad it worked out for you too.
I’m having trouble where the start button does not work in Steam, it seems like the fire stick is stealing the input. Any idea how to fix that?
I personally don't have that problem.
So apart from a guess, to uninstall, and making sure the firmware is up-to-date, rebooting, and trying again to install - I'm not sure what to try.
Zamic did you ever find a fix for this?
Thank you.
You're welcome
Awesome!
I'm glad you liked it
I have major delay when it comes to the controller. Does anyone know why?
What's your setup? Fire TV Stick type, gamepad, PC spec, and WiFi router?
got the firestick on my 5GHz band, yet i still have pretty bad input latency. I can play from across the house with minimal latency on my phone or laptop streaming from the gaming pc, but the firestick, which IS closer to the router, still suffers. any ideas?
Para jugar sin lag tiene q ser por cable. Incluso el mando también deberías usarlo con cable
Is there any way you can make a video on the steam link again or try to explain in detail because when I get the web page up after typing in Steam link on downloader I click on the link for steam link that takes you to the Google Play store and it loads un and it stays on the page for like 5 seconds and then you get web page not available and anything I do I cannot resolve this. Please help if you can
I’ve just followed my own guide, and as just the same with my video I got the correct file. I end up with version 1.1.39 from the apkmirror website, since that’s currently the latest version..There’s no need for a new video.
Please follow my video more closely.
Thanks for watching!
Did not work for me, im using wireless 100mb/s there is jus a red antena
Have you made sure the ports are open on your PC/router?
Yeah I have the same problem. I don't think it's a port problem because steam link works fine on my phone on the same network as the fire stick.
I got it. Disable hardware encoding on your steam settings. Encoding, not decoding.
@@daveworkman5213thank you so much i was like think why does it work on my phone and not my tv your awesome
Do you think the performance of steam link using this fire tv 4k will be better than using directly it with my Philips 4k Android tv (on which I’m stuck at 70-80mbps) ?
I don’t understand if it’s more powerful… Thanks :)
As I point out in the video, if you can get at least 100Mbps is far better. So depending on your WiFi, I would recommend giving the 4K Max a go. The extra 30/20Mbps (as long as your 100Mbps connection is constant), it would be very helpful. As always more power and a faster speed, is always better.
Thanks a bunch!
You're welcome!
Got the program working on my tv but it runs like absolute garbage. It says I have a good wifi connection when I pair them. Main problem is my nintendo switch pro wireless controller doesn't work properly at all. Remote setup doesn't seem to play games like subnautica or slime rancher very well at all. I'm going to try charging the controller but I doubt its the issue as we can play switch games just fine with it. I'm trying really hard to not buy another computer but it doesn't look like this is an option sadly.
Thank for watching! It might come down to the spec of your computer, and your wifi connection.
Whats the lag like? Picture and controller input?
That all depends on your PC and WiFi specs. The faster the better.
I wouldn’t plan on playing FPS style games, but different style games can be very playable.
The new Fire Tv system doesnt allow any outside apk :/
My Fire TV stick 4K Max (not the Ambient version) OS 7.6.6.9 has just allowed me to install the latest Steam Link .APK file, even though there wasn't an older version installed any more.
Thanks for the video, worked great until I try to connect to the computer and I get low signal sign on the bottom left when internet speed and it is wifi6. any clue?
Which wifi device are you using?
@@RetroBoxRoom I fixed the issue! Thanks!
Great!
I followed you video thank you but I noticed lag with my avocado controller, did you get the same?
I have to say, I didn't notice any lag that made it annoying to play.
@@RetroBoxRoom thanks for the reply, just noticed the lag was caused by using an avocado as a controller, switched over to my Xbox controller, all working good now.
Jk I bought the wired network adapter for the fire tv and the increased speed fixed the lag
It needs to connect computer or tv?
The stick plugs into a TV as normal.
Did you connect the Xbox Controller to the Fire Stick or the computer?
Please watch the first two minutes of the episode again. I fully explain there.