How To Cast YouTube Videos To Fire TV Stick Directly From Your Phone

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In India, Chromecast and Amazon Fire TV Stick are the most popular streaming dongles but neither of the two offers a complete experience. The Chromecast cannot be used to stream content on Prime Videos, and Fire Stick TV doesn’t have a proper YouTube app.

Amazon has a workaround for the problem. Fire Stick has a YouTube tile via which you can access YouTube via Browser. In fact, there is a way you can directly cast videos from YouTube app on your phone to your Fire Stick TV, just as you would on a Chromecast.

Casting directly from your phone is more convenient, as this way you don’t have to type using the Alexa remote. Here’s what you need to do.

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How to directly cast YouTube Videos On Amazon Fire Stick 4k from your phone

Here is what you need to do.

Step 1: The first time you open YouTube, you will be prompted to choose between Firefox or Amazon’s Silk browser.

Step 2: To enable direct casting from the YouTube App on phone, you will have to download Amazon’s Silk browser. In case you have already installed Firefox, you can uninstall it or make Silk your default browser from settings.

Step 3: As you can see in the description for Silk browser, This is all you need on your Fire Stick to enable YouTube casting.

Step 4: Now open YouTube app on your phone, and you will notice the cast button if your Fire Stick and Phone are on the same Wi-Fi network.

Step 5: Now tap the cast button, and select your Fire Stick from the next menu.

That’s it, you are done.

Casting YouTube Videos on Fire Stick via Silk Browser

Casting Amazon Videos on Silk doesn’t work as smooth as on Chromecast, but it is certainly more convenient than playing YouTube videos using any other means, even by sideloading YouTube App. This indeed feels like combining the best of both worlds.

Deepak SinghDeepak Singh
Deepak has more than 8 years of experience in covering technology for several eminent publications in India. He currently leads an enthusiastic team of young writers at Smartprix and tries to uphold the highest quality standards.

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Dhanashree
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4 years ago

Hi Im unable to get the amazon silk option. It take me to youtube tile and on selecting says download youtube,on selecting says failure to buy. Plz help. I want to cast my phone to fire tv

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Alisha Ross
Anonymous
5 years ago

I know another DONG! “”Every noise at once”” is a website where music genres are ordered according to how accustic or electronic they are… how dark or light… you can listen to demo tracks and even see what bands are in witch genre and and how good they fit within the genre itself. Regards

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