Wondering how to turn off your Amazon Fire TV Stick? We'll tell you in our tips + tricks article..
One of the first questions that you as the owner of an Amazon Fire TV Stick will probably ask yourself : How do I actually turn the device off? In the following article we will explain to you what options there are to turn off the Fire TV Stick.
You cannot actually switch the Fire TV Stick off, you can only put it into standby mode:
Note: If you don't use the Fire TV Stick for 30 minutes, it will automatically go into standby mode.
To turn off the Fire TV Stick completely, you need to unplug it from the power supply . Instead of having to plug in and unplug the power supply every time, you can solve the problem using a power strip with an on / off switch . An even more elegant solution: Connect the power supply of the Fire TV Stick to a radio-controlled socket . Then you can easily switch it on and off with a remote control. Please note, however, that the stick may also draw power from the TV's USB port and is only properly switched off when the TV is also off..
Note: If you switch off the Fire TV Stick completely by disconnecting it from the power supply, the next start-up process will of course take a little longer and no updates can be performed in the background. However, no unwanted and unnoticed processes can take place in this way.