Just when we thought Instagram was going to take the whole social media pie, TikTok came into play and conquered people of all ages. The platform has taken mobile devices by storm in record time, proving that the world of communication and entertainment could still be given another turn. Now, TikTok it has also made the leap to smart TVs. In this article we will explain step by step how to install their app on your tv if you have an amazon fire tv.
The app exists in the store but you won't see it (for now)
Surely you have ever wanted to show a TikTok video at home and your mobile has become too small for you. To put it on the TV, one option is to use the function of screen mirroring, which allows you to project the screen of your Android on TV. However, if you have a Fire TV Stick, you don't need the feature, as it TikTok has its own native app for this Amazon smart device, as well as for Samsung TVs with Tizen and other Smart TVs with the Google system.
The application of TikTok for Fire TV devices It arrived on the Amazon AppStore in 2021. However, the app was only released for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. If you do not live in one of those countries, when you search for the app within the store, it will not appear. Therefore, it will be time to skip the limits. Do not worry, because the process is really simple.
How do you install TikTok on Amazon Fire TV?
Even if the native TikTok app is not in the Amazon AppStore in your country, always you can install it doing a little trick. To do this, what we will do is download the app independently and we will install it manually on our device. In this way, we will bypass the geographic blocking and we will be able to use the application without any type of problem. However, the first thing you should do before starting this tutorial is to verify that the native TikTok app is not in your store. If it is, install it and period. If it does not appear, follow the steps below:
Prepare the Fire TV Stick for third-party apps
The first thing will be to enable the installation option of apps of unknown origin on our device. The process you must follow is as follows:
- Go to the main menu of your Fire TV Stick. Press up with your controller and enter the option Configuration.
- Go to the section called 'My Fire TV'. Within this section is where you will be able to touch the configuration of your streaming device.
- Click on the optionDeveloper options'.
- Next, activate the two options that appear inside: 'ADB debugging 'Y'Apps of unknown origin'.
These two functions are "hidden" in this menu because they can put your computer at risk if they are used incorrectly, but you should not worry if you are only going to install the TikTok app. Once these steps have been completed, you will now be able to manually install Android applications in APK format.
Download and install the app on the Amazon device
Done the previous step, now you need a application to download files in APK format from the Internet. We will do it with a native app from the Amazon AppStore, called Downloader. However, you can use the web browser and search for the TikTok app within a trusted repository such as APK Mirror.
If all this sounds Chinese to you, don't worry and follow the next steps:
- Go to the app store on your Fire TV Stick and look for the app 'Downloader'.
- Give to 'get' and wait for the app to download and install on your device.
- Open the app 'Downloader' that you just downloaded. It will be in the app box of your Amazon Fire TV Stick.
- Go to the sidebar of the application and enter the option 'Browser'.
- You will now have a normal web browser. You should use it to find a trusted online repository to download the app from.
- There are several websites of this type that are trusted. We are going to recommend the website of APK Mirror, which is one of the oldest and most secure repositories out there. To enter, place the URL of this website in the Downloader browser bar, which is, without quotes 'apkmirror.com'.
- Once inside, locate the APK Mirror search tool and search 'TikTok TV'. It is important that you write 'TV', since it is necessary to install the version designed for Smart TV devices, and not the normal one for mobile phones.
- Download the latest APK That you find.
- Once downloaded, a pop-up window will automatically appear. We click on 'install'.
- Give to 'Accept' and follow the process until the app is finished installing on your device.
- Ready, You already have TikTok TV on your Amazon Fire TV Stick device. You should see the social network icon in the app box.
Keep the TikTok app updated on the stick
Every once in a while, you should download a new version of the TikTok app for Fire TV using the Downloader. In this way, you will be able to enjoy the features that are released over time. However, this can be a somewhat tedious process, so we will show you an automatic way to do it.
Install Apptoide on Fire TV
Another very interesting and also reliable option to download third-party apps on your Fire TV Stick is to install Apptoid TV.
If you haven't started the steps in the tutorial, you can start right here. If you already installed it, don't worry as these steps will also help you. The first thing you should do is go back to the Downloader app (following the steps above) and where we would have to do step 6, we would place the URL 'tv.apptoide.com'. Once this process is done, proceed to install the Apptoide APK on your Fire TV Stick.
Now you will have one alternative app store on your device, where you will not only be able to search to install the TikTok app, but you will also be able to keep it updated at all times.
If you have already installed the TikTok APK from APK Mirror, this extra step will help you keep the app updated for the future.