Streaming Devices

Streaming devices like Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and Chromecast have transformed home entertainment. Learn what they are, how to use them, and how to fix them, too.

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Our 14 Favorite Roku Channels
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An Apple TV with a Siri remote and HomePod
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Roku Channel on wall mounted TV
8 of Our Favorite Free Roku Channels of 2025
Amazon Fire TV streaming stick inserted in HDMI socket on SmartTV
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A Roku remote with a Delete button
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A Roku remote on a yellow background with the Amazon button visible
Easy Steps to Add Amazon Prime Video on Your Roku Device
A closeup of the Hulu button on a Roku remote
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TCL 6 Series 4K HDR Roku TV - 2018
Experience Seamless Viewing by Controlling Your Roku TV Without a Remote
A person pointing a remote at a Roku TV
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A family casts Apple TV+ to a TV using Chromecast.
Unlocking Apple TV Plus on Chromecast: Your Complete Streaming Hack
Illustration of a person trying to troubleshoot Apple TV problems.
How to Troubleshoot Problems When Your Apple TV Is Not Working
audio indicators on a TV
Chromecast Audio Issues? Here's How to Fix Them Fast
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How to Fix Chromecast Audio Delay
A couple watching a Fire Stick keep optimizing on a TV.
How to Fix It When Fire Stick Keeps Optimizing
A family watches a Fire Stick buffering on a television.
How to Fix Fire Stick Buffering Problems
Apple TV vs Amazon Fire Stick
What’s the Difference Between Apple TV and Fire Stick?
A woman pointing a remote at a TV with an Amazon Fire Stick login screen displaying with no sound.
How to Fix It When There is No Sound on Fire Stick
Amazon Fire Stick
How to Fix It When Fire Stick Is Stuck on Amazon Logo
A blank blue television with a child watching.
How to Fix It When a Fire Stick Overheats
A television displays a Fire Stick critical storage message.
How to Fix It When Fire Stick Is Low on Storage
A father and his daughter sitting on a couch watching an Amazon Fire TV Stick on their television.
How to Fix Fire Stick Audio Delays
A digital drawing of a loading bar for buffering digital media.
How to Fix It When Roku Keeps Buffering
An elderly couple watching a TV with a Roku connected and an internet Wi-Fi error message on screen.
How to Fix Roku Error Code 009
A Fire TV Stick and an iPhone with Apple Music
How to Get Apple Music on Fire Stick
A woman watching her TV with Spotify playing on it via an Amazon Firestick.
How to Fix It When Spotify Is Not Working on Fire Stick
Amazon Fire Stick
How to Fix It When Your Amazon Fire Stick Turns On By Itself
Amazon Fire Stick
How to Fix It When Your Fire Stick Keeps Turning Off Your TV
Amazon Fire Stick
How to Fix It When Your Fire Stick’s Screen Is Black
A man's hand holding an Amazon Firestick remote controller.
How to Fix It When a Fire Stick Remote's Volume Is Not Working
Amazon Firestick in front of a TV playing Paramount Plus app.
How to Fix It When Paramount Plus Is Not Working on a Fire Stick
A woman sitting on a couch while watching HBO Max via an Amazon Firestick on her TV.
How to Fix It When HBO Max Is Not Working on a Fire Stick
Apple Airplay on iPhone
How to Fix It When AirPlay Is Not Working on Roku
Apple TV+
How to Fix It When Apple TV+ Is Not Working on Roku
A Roku streaming device
How to Fix It When Pluto TV Isn't Working on Roku
An All-new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K remote with a Disney Plus button sitting on a wooden table.
How to Fix It When Disney Plus Is Not Working on Fire TV Stick
Disney+ homescreen on Roku with a Roku remote.
How to Fix It When Disney Plus Is Not Working on Roku
Controlling a TV with a remote control
How to Fix It When Roku Closed Captioning Won't Turn Off
Buttons on the Roku TV remote.
How to Fix it When Roku Volume Is Not Working
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How to Fix It When YouTube Is Not Working on Roku
12 Apple TV 4Ks in boxes
How to Fix It When Your Apple TV Keeps Turning Off
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How to Fix It When Prime Video Won't Open on Roku
Roku closed captioning
How to Fix It When Roku Closed Captioning Won't Turn On
A Chromecast with an orange light.
How to Fix It When Chromecast Is Blinking or Solid Orange
Roku Error Code 014.30
Roku Error Code 014.30: What It Is and How to Fix It
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How to Get Local Channels on Roku
Images of Google Home devices
How to Fix It When Google Home Can't Find Chromecast
Watching Discovery+ on a television with Roku.
How to Get Discovery Plus on Roku
Chromecast device
How to Fix It When Chromecast Isn't Working
Roku logo
How to Watch Free Movies on Roku
A man in a blue shirt sitting on a lounge and casting a Netflix show from his smartphone to his TV.
How to Fix It When Netflix Won't Work on Roku
Apple TV 4K on Television Screen
Apple TV Won't Turn On? How to Fix It
Woman using Roku remote to watch streaming shows
What Is Roku and How Does It Work?
A woman lying on a bed while watching a TV with an Amazon Fire TV Stick web browser app open on it.
How to Install a Web Browser on a Fire TV Stick
The outline of an Apple TV streaming box with a yellow question mark in it
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Google TV Streamer and remote on a brown table
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Traveling With Roku Streaming Stick
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Pairing a Fire Stick remote.
How to Pair a Fire Stick Remote