Miracast was the system amazon used to allow fire tv owners to mirror their android or windows pc screen to their fire tv.
Fire tv 3rd gen mirroring.
When trying to mirror a movie the audio comes through but the screen is black.
One such page that was just updated is amazon s display mirroring on amazon fire tv help page.
However there is one big feature missing the screen mirroring.
It now says that the fire tv 3 does not support display mirroring.
Tried this on multiple tvs and got the same result.
If you re looking to mirror your fire tablet to your television you ve come to the right place.
It will mirror my tablet screen but will not mirror a downloaded movie to the tv.
That means on the 3 rd gen fire tv you will not be able to mirror your android or windows pc to your fire tv.
Even though amazon fire tv stick 4k also doesn t natively support the screen mirror feature you.
Tried mirroring the hdx with an older fire tv 2 gen and it worked fine.
Though amazon doesn t make it easy to directly mirror your s.
For those not familiar with miracast display mirroring.
Mirroring screen sharing with upnp dlna video players such as xbmc kodi mirroring screen sharing with upnp dlna devices such as smart tv blu ray players and others compatible devices google cast ready chromecast streaming timer and stop when lock screen camera overlay widget while you stream image overlay.
Amazon has decided to put an end to display mirroring support through miracast on the fire tv.
Unlike the previous generation firestick the new amazon fire tv stick 4k along with amazon fire tv and fire tv cube do not support native screen mirroring.
Screen mirroring doesn t work on amazon fire tv 3rd gen and fire tv cube.
Amazon has not included it in the 3 rd gen fire tv.
Digital services and device support fire tv support general fire tv help can t screen mirror on fire tv devices to resolve most issues with screen mirroring make sure that you re using a compatible android and fire tv device.
Amazon s 3rd generation fire tv won t be released until next week but parts of amazon s site are already being updated to include information about the new model.
Luckily amazon has two ways of mirroring the screen.
Amazon recently released fire tv stick 4k which comes with improved remote and support for 4k hdr streaming.
