Fire Tv Mobile App New Features make your phone a true second screen
The fire tv mobile app new features transform the phone from a backup remote into a full second‑screen experience, following a redesign teased at CES 2026 in January. The changes matter now because a refreshed Fire TV interface has begun rolling out in the US and the complementary mobile update is arriving on iOS and Android in multiple countries.
CES 2026 tease and the US Fire TV interface rollout
At CES 2026 in January, Amazon teased two major updates: a complete redesign of the Fire TV interface and a revamp of the free Fire TV mobile app for iOS and Android. Last week the new Fire TV user interface began rolling out in the US, bringing a cleaner look, improved layouts and smoother performance to Fire TV devices.
Mobile app upgraded from backup remote to second‑screen
Until now the mobile app functioned mostly as a backup remote for Fire TV hardware. With this update, the app has been rebuilt as a full‑fledged second‑screen experience: you can browse content, queue up shows and movies to watch on your TV and launch titles directly from your phone. The phone can now do the heavy lifting if scrolling with the Fire TV Stick remote isn’t your thing.
Amazon’s goals and the app’s watchlist and discovery tools
Amazon explained in a blog post that "Millions of customers use our Fire TV mobile app as a backup remote, but we knew it could do more. " The company added that "Now you can use your phone as a second screen to discover what to watch next or add a friend's show recommendation to your watchlist when you’re away from home. " Beyond the refreshed look, the update lets users manage their watchlist from the app so recommendations added while out of the house are waiting on the TV when they get home.
Fire Tv Mobile App New Features include layout and visual changes
The main reason for reworking the mobile app was the new Fire TV interface. Amazon has completely redesigned the Fire TV UI with a major layout change: the navigation bar has moved from the middle of the screen to the top. The new home screen also lets users pin up to 20 of their most‑used apps, a big increase from the previous six‑app limit. Amazon describes the redesign as delivering "a more modern design with improved layouts, rounded corners, redesigned color gradients, updated typography, and more optimized spacing, " and the new app carries that same design language.
Where the app update and redesigned interface are available
The updated Fire TV app is rolling out on Android and iOS in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan and India. The update is already live on the US App Store, and Amazon says the new features will become available gradually "over the next weeks, " so users who update and don’t see changes may need to wait. If you haven’t downloaded the Fire TV app before, it is available for free on the App Store and Google Play Store.
The redesigned Fire TV interface itself is currently limited to US users with specific hardware: the Fire TV Stick 4K Plus, the Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2nd Gen), and the Fire TV Omni Mini‑LED Series. Amazon plans to expand the new UI to additional devices and more countries later this spring.
How it feels and where feedback goes
One reviewer noted the new app genuinely feels like an extension of the TV and compared it to Roku’s mobile app, which also doubles as a backup remote and lets users browse and launch content on their TV. The original coverage invited readers to share their opinions in a thread and asked them to keep responses respectful. The source text ends with an incomplete fragment—"You mean there's a FREE fir"—which is unclear in the provided context.
