To play Xbox games from the cloud you will need: i. An active Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership in a supported market ii. An Xbox Bluetooth-enabled controller or another supported controller iii. An Android mobile phone or tablet with version Android 6.0 or higher iv. A Wi-Fi / LTE data connection with at least 10Mbps down-speed v. 'I felt like I was playing the game with the Xbox One connected to my TV, and I was just as good (bad) at the game here as I am with a regular setup.' The Verge 'Setup was as simple as installing a driver for the Xbox One controller and logging in with my Microsoft account, and I was up and running with a game of Battlefront II.'.
SMART TV & CASTING DEVICES
Cast to a range of Smart TVs including LG, Samsung, Sharp and more from your FITE app
Streaming devices
Download the FITE app or cast onto your device
Phone/Tablet
Download the FITE app on iOS App Store, Android Google Play or Amazon
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Computer
Watch on all major modern browsers including Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge
Watch on Smart TVsSony, Sharp and Panasonic or cast onto Amazon Fire TV and Chromecast
You don't need to install an app on your TV. Simply follow the steps below to watch on the big screen:
- Download the FITE mobile app from the iOS App Store, Android Google Play or Amazon
- Connect your mobile device to the same WiFi as your TV
- Open the FITE mobile app and select TV Connect Wizard from the Account menu. It will automatically discover and connect to your TV
- Once your device/TV has been found you are all set to watch on the big screen; simply find the show you want to watch, hit play via your mobile app and enjoy
Watch on Vidaa, Vizio, Samsung, LG or VEWD Smart TV's, via Netgem's set-top box or via the AT&T TV device all through the FITE App.
Instructions for each of the platforms are below:
Samsung TVs
LG TVs
Vidaa or VEWD via Hisense TVs and selected TiVO boxes
Vizio SmartCast TVs
Netgem Set-Top Box
AT&T TV Device
- Press the APPS or Diamond button on your AT&T TV remote
- Go to the Google PlayTM store
- Sign in to your Google account. If you're already signed in, you won't have to do it again
- Search for the FITE app and download it to order an event
Watch on Phone or Tablet
Install the FITE app from iOS App Store, Android Google Play or Amazon. Enjoy!
Watch on Amazon Fire TV or Kindle Fire tablet
Download the FITE app on your Fire TV or Kindle Fire tablet. If you already are a FITE user, use your FITE login. You can stream to your Fire TV from the FITE mobile apps or use it as a standalone when you have FITE installed.
Watch on Roku
Add the FITE channel on your ROKU and sign up for free. There's no subscription and no commitment to start watching. If you are already a FITE user, use your FITE login credentials to recover your profile. FITE is available for all ROKU devices with version 7.7 and above.
Watch on Apple TV
There is a native Apple TV FITE app that can be used standalone. Just search for it in your Apple TV store, install and log in with your FITE account. Fortnite switch 60fps. This will sync your purchases and let you make new ones directly from the Apple TV.
Watch on Xbox One
You don't need to install an app onto your Xbox One. Simply follow the steps below to watch on the big screen:
- Download the FITE mobile app from the iOS App Store, Android Google Play or Amazon
- Connect your mobile device to the same WiFi as your Xbox One
- Open the FITE mobile app and select TV Connect Wizard from the Account menu. It will automatically discover and connect to your Xbox One
- Once your Xbox One has been found you are all set to watch on the big screen; simply find the show you want to watch, hit play via your mobile app and enjoy
For Xbox you'll be prompted to install the Movies & TV app on the Xbox if it's not installed already.
Unfortunately Xbox 360 is not supported due to old hardware.
Watch on PS4
To watch FITE on PS4, open the PS4 browser, go to www.fite.tv, sign in, pick a video you want to watch and enjoy.
Watch on Chromecast
Similar to other popular mobile video apps, the FITE mobile app automatically discovers your Chromecast and and allows you to stream to them. Install the FITE app from iOS App Store, Android Google Play or Amazon, connect your mobile device to the same WiFi router as your Chromecast and enjoy watching combat sports on the big screen.
Watch on Android TV
Just go to the Android TV store and install FITE. Log in with your account and you are all set!
Watch on Computer
Pick an event from the schedule, or search for a specific content. Open the content page and enjoy!
You can use FITE with all major modern browsers including Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge. You can cast to Chromecast devices and Chromecast-enabled TVs straight from the FITE video player in your browser, and cast to iOS devices and iOS-enabled TVs directly from your iPhone, iPad or Mac computer.
Here is a video demo of using FITE with a TV.
If you have questions, please look at our Helpcenter or write to support@fite.tv
You want apps for your TV, you want them in 4K HDR and you want a great and reasonably priced media streamer to do the job but which one do you buy, the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K or the Chromecast with Google TV? It's an excellent question. Both have five-star reviews from What Hi-Fi? but that doesn't mean that they're exactly the same. Let's take a deeper dive.
If you think that all media streamers are created equally then prepare to think again. There are few key matters to consider when trying to find the right one. The most obvious is to make sure that they've got all the apps you're looking for. Not all will carry your favourite video streaming services and not all in the codecs you need. Also consider presentation and usability. Some are quicker to navigate then others and offer better search facilities.
Features are key if you're looking to support certain HDR and audio standards to match your home cinema or TV audio set-up, and then there's performance. Some just look and sound better, or at least slightly different, to others.
Fortunately with the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K and Chromecast with Google TV, both are at the top of the game. So, if you've narrowed it down to just these two, then rest assured that you can't go far wrong.
Price
The differences in price may be small for these devices but every penny counts at this more budget end of the media streamer market.
At launch the Chromecast with Google TV was the more expensive of the two devices at £60/$50 while the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K was a touch cheaper, £50/$40. At the time of writing that gap has changed with the Chromecast still the same but the Fire Stick 4K available at a cut-price £45 in the UK.
The real trick, of course, is to catch these devices while they're on sale, as they frequently are. Amazon Prime Day and other peak trading times are classic moments to grab them on the cheap or as part of a bundle.
With the Chromecast considerably newer, standalone discounts are harder to come by but you will find bundles such as the free giveaways YouTube TV subscriptions. Keep an eye out on Google's store if you're also in the market for another Google devices such as a Pixel smartphone or Google Home speaker.
The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K has been around since the end of 2018 and we've seen since it drop to as low as £30/$29. We fully expected to get down to those reaches again in the coming months but do be warned that, owing to its age, a new version of the Fire TV Stick 4K is likely to launch at some point soon.
Xbox Game Streaming Fire Tv Apk
Computer
Watch on all major modern browsers including Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge
Watch on Smart TVsSony, Sharp and Panasonic or cast onto Amazon Fire TV and Chromecast
You don't need to install an app on your TV. Simply follow the steps below to watch on the big screen:
- Download the FITE mobile app from the iOS App Store, Android Google Play or Amazon
- Connect your mobile device to the same WiFi as your TV
- Open the FITE mobile app and select TV Connect Wizard from the Account menu. It will automatically discover and connect to your TV
- Once your device/TV has been found you are all set to watch on the big screen; simply find the show you want to watch, hit play via your mobile app and enjoy
Watch on Vidaa, Vizio, Samsung, LG or VEWD Smart TV's, via Netgem's set-top box or via the AT&T TV device all through the FITE App.
Instructions for each of the platforms are below:
Samsung TVs
LG TVs
Vidaa or VEWD via Hisense TVs and selected TiVO boxes
Vizio SmartCast TVs
Netgem Set-Top Box
AT&T TV Device
- Press the APPS or Diamond button on your AT&T TV remote
- Go to the Google PlayTM store
- Sign in to your Google account. If you're already signed in, you won't have to do it again
- Search for the FITE app and download it to order an event
Watch on Phone or Tablet
Install the FITE app from iOS App Store, Android Google Play or Amazon. Enjoy!
Watch on Amazon Fire TV or Kindle Fire tablet
Download the FITE app on your Fire TV or Kindle Fire tablet. If you already are a FITE user, use your FITE login. You can stream to your Fire TV from the FITE mobile apps or use it as a standalone when you have FITE installed.
Watch on Roku
Add the FITE channel on your ROKU and sign up for free. There's no subscription and no commitment to start watching. If you are already a FITE user, use your FITE login credentials to recover your profile. FITE is available for all ROKU devices with version 7.7 and above.
Watch on Apple TV
There is a native Apple TV FITE app that can be used standalone. Just search for it in your Apple TV store, install and log in with your FITE account. Fortnite switch 60fps. This will sync your purchases and let you make new ones directly from the Apple TV.
Watch on Xbox One
You don't need to install an app onto your Xbox One. Simply follow the steps below to watch on the big screen:
- Download the FITE mobile app from the iOS App Store, Android Google Play or Amazon
- Connect your mobile device to the same WiFi as your Xbox One
- Open the FITE mobile app and select TV Connect Wizard from the Account menu. It will automatically discover and connect to your Xbox One
- Once your Xbox One has been found you are all set to watch on the big screen; simply find the show you want to watch, hit play via your mobile app and enjoy
For Xbox you'll be prompted to install the Movies & TV app on the Xbox if it's not installed already.
Unfortunately Xbox 360 is not supported due to old hardware.
Watch on PS4
To watch FITE on PS4, open the PS4 browser, go to www.fite.tv, sign in, pick a video you want to watch and enjoy.
Watch on Chromecast
Similar to other popular mobile video apps, the FITE mobile app automatically discovers your Chromecast and and allows you to stream to them. Install the FITE app from iOS App Store, Android Google Play or Amazon, connect your mobile device to the same WiFi router as your Chromecast and enjoy watching combat sports on the big screen.
Watch on Android TV
Just go to the Android TV store and install FITE. Log in with your account and you are all set!
Watch on Computer
Pick an event from the schedule, or search for a specific content. Open the content page and enjoy!
You can use FITE with all major modern browsers including Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge. You can cast to Chromecast devices and Chromecast-enabled TVs straight from the FITE video player in your browser, and cast to iOS devices and iOS-enabled TVs directly from your iPhone, iPad or Mac computer.
Here is a video demo of using FITE with a TV.
If you have questions, please look at our Helpcenter or write to support@fite.tv
You want apps for your TV, you want them in 4K HDR and you want a great and reasonably priced media streamer to do the job but which one do you buy, the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K or the Chromecast with Google TV? It's an excellent question. Both have five-star reviews from What Hi-Fi? but that doesn't mean that they're exactly the same. Let's take a deeper dive.
If you think that all media streamers are created equally then prepare to think again. There are few key matters to consider when trying to find the right one. The most obvious is to make sure that they've got all the apps you're looking for. Not all will carry your favourite video streaming services and not all in the codecs you need. Also consider presentation and usability. Some are quicker to navigate then others and offer better search facilities.
Features are key if you're looking to support certain HDR and audio standards to match your home cinema or TV audio set-up, and then there's performance. Some just look and sound better, or at least slightly different, to others.
Fortunately with the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K and Chromecast with Google TV, both are at the top of the game. So, if you've narrowed it down to just these two, then rest assured that you can't go far wrong.
Price
The differences in price may be small for these devices but every penny counts at this more budget end of the media streamer market.
At launch the Chromecast with Google TV was the more expensive of the two devices at £60/$50 while the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K was a touch cheaper, £50/$40. At the time of writing that gap has changed with the Chromecast still the same but the Fire Stick 4K available at a cut-price £45 in the UK.
The real trick, of course, is to catch these devices while they're on sale, as they frequently are. Amazon Prime Day and other peak trading times are classic moments to grab them on the cheap or as part of a bundle.
With the Chromecast considerably newer, standalone discounts are harder to come by but you will find bundles such as the free giveaways YouTube TV subscriptions. Keep an eye out on Google's store if you're also in the market for another Google devices such as a Pixel smartphone or Google Home speaker.
The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K has been around since the end of 2018 and we've seen since it drop to as low as £30/$29. We fully expected to get down to those reaches again in the coming months but do be warned that, owing to its age, a new version of the Fire TV Stick 4K is likely to launch at some point soon.
**Winner** Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K – often cheaper and as little as half the price of the Chromecast when bought on sale.
Design
Both of these dongle-based streamers come from a similar design ethos: make it small and keep it out of sight. They slot into one of your TV's HDMI ports and require their own power through a USB cable that needs to run between the streamer and a wall socket.
The penny toffee-shaped Chromecast is a little more touchy feely. It comes in a choice of three colours – Snow (white), Sunrise (pink) or Sky (blue) – whereas it's just plain gun metal grey for the Fire Stick. That's no big deal for these dongles themselves, given that they're tucked away, but the matching remotes of the Chromecast certainly look cheerier.
The voice remote was an all-new feature introduced with this particular Chromecast model and it lifts the Google streamer's usability right up to the excellent level of the Fire Stick. Both remotes are a good size, well thought out and allow very quick and natural search and control of your on-screen experience. You can also use them to power on and off your TV as well as turn the volume up and down too.
In terms of pure usability, though, the Chromecast is streets ahead, at least until the latest Fire TV Experience UI arrives. The voice search functions are equally excellent but the results you get on the Amazon streamer are very heavily weighted towards content found on Prime Video even when you might have it for free on other services.
That bias is even more obvious on the Home page which, although better than it used to be, feels a little too much like an opportunity for Amazon to sell you its TV and films. Of course, that's a perfectly understandable approach given the very low price of this stick but the latest Google TV platform, found on this Chromecast and now smart TVs such as those from Sony and TCL, has removed those shackles.
The For You home page is a genuinely useful content discovery tool. Content is organised into helpful rows of suggestions, including quite a few categories we've never seen on other services, such as Neo-noir, Futuristic Shows, Films about Robots and Space exploration movies. You can refine the AI by telling it what you've already seen but, even from the off, it has a pretty decent handle on our tastes.
When you track down a film or TV show that you have rights to watch on multiple services, Google TV gives you the choice of service and will even default to the cheapest or free option where possible, rather than trying to sell you the version from Google's own catalogue.
The UI on the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K is still perfectly intuitive and easy to navigate. You won't struggle in the slightest to find the apps or shows you need. Once the upgraded version of the Fire TV OS arrives, it should also deliver something similar on the recommendations front to the Chromecast. However, until that turns up, Google wins here.
**Winner** Chromecast - while we wait for the Fire TV Stick 4K to get the latest version of the Fire TV OS, it's the superior usability of Google TV that gets the win.
Apps
Apps are, of course, key to this particular face-off. For many, the purchase of a low-cost media streamer like these is purely for access to those services which their TV can't manage.
At the time of writing, the only notable absentees for Amazon are Rakuten and Google Play Movies & TV. The Apple TV experience isn't the best – you can't buy new content using the Fire TV app but you can watch anything you already own or choose to buy using another device such as a mobile or laptop. It's also worth noting that there is Dolby Atmos is not available on Netflix content.
These niggles aside, the Fire TV Stick 4K is very, very well stocked for app support and will deliver virtually everything you could need. Apple TV and Prime Video make excellent PAYG options for films and TV, and all the other subscription streaming services are available, for sports and entertainment, no matter whether you're in the US or the UK.
The Chromecast is not quite so stellar in this department and that could well become a deal-breaker for some customers. For the UK, Chromecast has no BT TV app and is also missing the All 4 catch-up service, Twitch, Amazon Music, Britbox and Now TV.
That's mitigated by the fact that you can get around this by casting those missing services to your streamer from a Chromecast-enabled smartphone, tablet or computer. It's a decent solution but it does rely on having one of those devices to hand and with enough charge in the battery, and that might be enough to make some potential customers think twice.
The only time this won't do as a workaround is with Apple Music. Until recently, that was also the case for Apple TV but Google has added app support for the Apple TV and Apple TV+ services onto this Chromecast device, and that's huge.
Apple TV has a wealth of 4K films on offer on iTunes. We'd argue that its catalogue of films for rent and purchase is second-to-none right now, particularly when it comes to HDR, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, all of which are supported when accessing the Apple TV app via the Chromecast with Google TV.
What's more those purchases can be made in-app when using the Chromecast, whereas those using the Apple TV app on an Amazon Fire TV device need to make purchases using their computer or smartphone.
At the time of writing the appearance of Apple TV content on the Google TV home page or in the universal search isn't consistent across regions but hopefully this will be evened out soon. Either way, the integration of this content still feels superior to the way its handled on the Fire TV OS.
The only other noteworthy consideration for the Chromecast is that there are currently issues with the Disney Plus app, meaning that Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos are unavailable until a DRM issue has been resolved. Again, this will hopefully be ironed out in the short term.
**Draw** Neither is perfect but all the big services are available on both platforms one way or another - a good job from both Amazon and Google.
Performance
In absolute terms, these two media streamers are equally good performers but it's worth drilling down into their strengths and weaknesses in case they reveal facets particular to your needs.
Both streamers support the HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision and HLG standards with 4K video at up to 60fps. They're also all set for 3D audio with Dolby Atmos, although it should be noted that there's no Atmos on Netflix with the Fire Stick.
Equally, the Chromecast doesn't have an option for auto frame rate matching of your TV to your content, although you can select different frame rates manually. Either way, it didn't cause any issues in our testing.
In terms of actual picture quality, there's very little to separate the two at all. They render images which are sharp, textured and tonally very well balanced when it comes to HDR viewing, and that makes for an excellent experience.
Colours for both are deep and natural while still maintaining enough nuance of production to give a sense of realism to the picture. Given the right source material both will deliver clean and exciting viewing.
Performance is obviously less stellar with SDR but, again, each gets full marks here. Both produce pictures with a touch of noise and light levels are not quite as expertly handled without the helpful metadata of HDR but detail levels are decent and their pictures remain colour accurate.
The real difference for these two in performance is instead with the sound. The audio from both is good for the money but they'll appeal to different tastes. The Chromecast has an excellent sense of rhythmic drive. It's precise, clear and that allows us to pick up on some lovely moments of detail. When streaming music it sounds crisp.
The Fire Stick isn't quite so good on this front but is dynamically superior. There's a better sense of depth to the sound which adds more feeling to voices and instruments for music.
For the AV experience, that difference translates to more impact and spaciousness to the sound with the Fire TV Stick 4K at the expense of clarity for both dialogue and sound effects. Those who don't mind missing out a touch on the big hits of action films and some of that sense of atmosphere should opt for the Chromecast and never miss a word instead. For pure drama, the Fire TV Stick 4K wins.
**Draw** Both excellent for video. Amazon has a bigger feel to the audio but the Chromecast is clearer and more rhythmic.
Verdict
Both of these media streamers make excellent choices and this is not only a very close call but one which may entirely depend on individual needs.
With little difference in price and performance, the difference boils down to one of usability and it's here where Google TV excels. It's slick, good looking and, crucially, serves as a superb content recommendation engine. If you're stuck looking for what to watch next, there's a better chance that it's going to solve your problem, and quickly, and that's extremely valuable when time is short.
Amazon will be countering this by adding the new Fire TV experience UI to either this or an entirely new Fire TV Stick 4K some time this year, no doubt. That will certainly up the usability game. However, from what we've seen of the updated interface, it's still not quite as impressive as Google TV.
The win for the Chromecast here doesn't necessarily mean that it's the right device for everyone, though. There are slight differences in the app offerings which are worth noting. You'll have to be content to cast certain services (Now TV, BT TV, All 4 Twitch, Amazon Music and Britbox) from your mobile or tablet with the Chromecast. That could become tiresome and these aren't exactly fringe considerations.
Likewise, anyone with considerable pre-existing libraries on Google Play Movies & TV and Rakuten should give the Fire TV Stick a swerve or they'll find themselves completely left out in the cold.
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As we say, though, on balance, it's the Chromecast with Google TV that we recommend. There are more PAYG film and TV options, better access to 4K HDR content and the user experience is first class. Let us know what shows it helps you to discover.
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