The Amazon Firestick is a media streaming gadget that connects to your television and enables you to stream different apps and services. A question that many people ask themselves is whether they can use their Firestick to stream DirecTV which is a satellite TV service. This is quite disheartening as there is no official DirecTV app for the Firestick in existence. However, some other methods will help the Firestick user to stream the DirecTV channels and content.
What is DirecTV?
DirecTV is a satellite television service provider that is based in the United States and ranks among the largest ones. It provides access to hundreds of channels including entertainment, news, sports, and others. DirecTV involves the use of a satellite dish and receiver equipment to receive its signals and content. It is a conventional cable-like television service that broadcasts live signals through satellite as opposed to the Internet.
Why There Is No Official DirecTV App For Firestick
The Firestick comes equipped with Fire OS, Amazon’s custom operating system, not Android TV like most competing devices. However, DirecTV does have an official app on Android TV and other devices but they haven’t made one for Fire OS and the Firestick.
Furthermore, DirecTV is not an online streaming platform and it means that Firestick cannot support the content of DirecTV through an application. Thus it follows that an official DirecTV app for Firesticks will still be a pipe dream for quite some time.
Other Possibilities to Watch DirecTV on Firestick
Although DirecTV itself is not directly accessible on Firestick, there are some options available to stream live and on-demand content from DirecTV on Firestick. Here are a few solutions:
Watch with a Live TV Streaming Service
Sling TV and YouTube TV are some of the live TV streaming services that offer many of the channels that are offered by DirecTV. Although they do not allow the user to access the same channels and programs, these services are similar to them.
All the popular streaming services now have Firestick applications that allow you to watch their media collection on a TV. They have packages that are almost similar to the DirecTV in terms of offering new, entertainment and sports stations.
Screen Mirroring
If you have DirecTV then you can mirror your phone or tablet to your Firestick easily. This helps you to cast the DirecTV mobile app on your mobile phone to the TV with the help of the Firestick.
To use it, you will need to download the mobile app, go to settings, display mirroring, and connect your Firestick to the same WLAN as your smartphone or tablet, and in the DirecTV app, select the Cast option.
OTA Antenna
An over-the-air or OTA TV antenna attached to your Firestick enables you to watch channels that are being aired in your local area just like the old bunny ear antennas. Most of the channels one gets with DirecTV also have free over-the-air signals that an OTA antenna can find.
An antenna will not offer as many channels or options as a DirecTV subscription but it will provide some network and local channels that can be viewed on the Firestick for free.
Jailbreaking Firestick
Some users have also modified their Firestick devices by putting in unauthorized software programs referred to as “jailbreaking” making it have more functions. This opens the door for third-party software and apps that are not available in the Amazon store.
Jailbreaking in some instances lets sideload an Android IPTV app for DirecTV but the process is complicated and not always effective. In most cases, it is discouraged to jailbreak because the procedure has its disadvantages.
Conclusion
Sadly there is not a native app that can be used on the Firestick to directly access and stream DirecTV as there is for Android TV. Nevertheless, there is some good news and you can watch at least some of the content aired on DirecTV using live streaming services, screen mirroring, an OTA antenna or even jailbreaking your Firestick. Or you may want to consider other streaming device options that do support the DirecTV app.
Thus, even though the Firestick is not perfect and lacks DirecTV programming, creative owners who also desire the latter are not left out in the cold. Of course, the real experience may vary, but using various workarounds, one can achieve a similar effect of live TV streaming through the popular streaming device when it is correctly configured.
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