Enjoy live programs on the "Live" tab of Amazon "Fire TV Stick" [Refreshing "I don't know" of home Wi-Fi! ] --INTERNET Watch

Refreshing "I don't know" of home Wi-Fi!

[Mastering] 45th

In the mastery edition, we explain how to improve the radio wave condition of home Wi-Fi, but due to the epidemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the time spent at home has increased, and the magazine AV Watch dated July 14 Article "Amazon stands out for the usage rate of paid video distribution services. VOD (Video on Demand) services, which allow you to freely enjoy movies and programs online, are gaining popularity, as described in "A large increase in video viewing by refraining from going out."

Therefore, I will explain the popular Amazon "Fire TV Stick" due to the increase in home time. There is no instruction manual in the package, so if you don't know it, you may be a little addicted to it. In the first half of the commentary, you should be able to connect the Fire TV Stick to your home Wi-Fi in the 5GHz band and watch the video. If you are going to set it up, please start reading from there.

This time, while writing the series, there was an update that the "Live" tab will be available on the home screen of the Fire TV Stick at just the right time, so let's explain this function.

Let's introduce the updated "Live" tab on the "Fire TV Stick"

The live tab will be distributed on September 10th, so if you update the Fire TV Stick to the latest version, it will be distributed to the user's screen in sequence. However, depending on the timing of distribution, the live tab may not be displayed even if it is the latest version, so don't rush and wait.

Currently, the apps that support Live Tab are "ABEMA", "Hulu", "Red Bull TV", "Amazon Prime Video Channel", and "Twitch". To use it, you need to install each application, and in October, "DAZN", which distributes live sports, will be supported.

A new live tab has been added to the Fire TV Stick. Display [Check for Updates] from [Version Information] in [My Fire TV] in [Settings].

I've been able to use apps that support live streaming, but when I launch each app and watch the live channel, I can see what's being broadcast. Now, with the updated Live Tab, you can see a list of live channels currently being streamed.

The update is automatically performed during idle hours when it is not running, but you can also check the latest status in [Version information] in [My Fire TV] in [Settings], so it is good to check it once. ..

If you select [Check for updates], [Checking] is displayed and then "Latest version" is displayed, no operation is required. If there is an update, it will be downloaded automatically. One with the back button. Go back and select [Restart]. [Restart] First, let's install an application such as "ABEMA" that supports live distribution.

Instead of seeing the live tab immediately after applying the latest update, you have to wait for it to be delivered. For the actual channel display, it is necessary to register a live distribution compatible application and synchronize the live content from the settings. If you haven't started the livestream app and watched it yet, install it from the [Apps] tab first.

The following can be set even if the live tab is not displayed. If you set it first, if there is a delivery, it will be reflected in the live tab.

Select [Live TV] from [Settings] Select [Manage Channels] Select the installed apps to set Select the channel you like, add a "heart mark", and make it a favorite, and that channel will be displayed preferentially. Go back with the back button and select [Synchronize channel provider] Click the select button in each app to synchronize.After that, let's return to the home screen. When the live tab is displayed.

The live tab displays a title menu list similar to the home screen. When you select the thumbnail of each channel, the content of the channel being live-streamed will be previewed in the detailed explanation of the content displayed at the top.

If you scroll left or right in this state, you will be able to check the live distribution contents quickly. The operation method is different on the screen of each application, but with this preview, you can grasp the contents in a cross-cutting manner, and it is easy to decide the channel you want to watch now.

The program schedule for the next two weeks is also distributed, and you can browse the channel of the registered application and play it from here. There is no viewing reservation function.

While the thumbnail in the upper left is selected, the content is played in the upper right.The red line is the playback position of the live broadcast program. If you scroll the [Recently watched channel] to the left, you can select [Program guide]. For the program guide, scroll the live tab page displayed from the channel registered in "Favorites" to the bottom. , Program guide and settings ([Live TV] settings screen), links to favorites

The number of apps that support live tabs will continue to increase. If you use this function mainly, you can enjoy live broadcast programs on the Fire TV Stick with a feeling similar to terrestrial and BS / CS TV broadcasting.

When using the Fire TV Stick connected to a display without a tuner function instead of a TV, watching live broadcasts, which was a little unsatisfactory until now, has become much easier to use. For the time being, it's a good idea to let the video flow, so-called "while watching", and it seems that the time to leave the Fire TV Stick on will probably increase significantly.

Free news is broadcast live on ABEMA's news channel, and weather forecasts are broadcast live on Twitch by Weathernews.

For paid ones, you can also browse NTV NEWS24, BBC, and CNN on Hulu. In the future, it will be very convenient if YouTube etc. support it.

Fire TV Stick has a "live" tab that organizes livestream channels. Live broadcasts of news and sports as well as movies and dramas are easy to see.

Born in 1965. Graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Meiji University. After working as a cameraman, a wandering life in the United States, and an editor of a computer magazine, he has been active as an IT freelance writer since 1995. He has written numerous books, magazines, and web media related to digital, such as photo editing, music production, DTP, Internet & network utilization, wireless LAN, smartphones, and digital gadgets. He loves music production, travel, architectural appreciation, radio, motorcycles and convertibles.