Fire Stick users share a clever trick to stop 'loud ads' when they turn on the TV
AMAZON Fire Stick owners are unimpressed by a recent change that shows a “loud ad” when they boot up the device.
Users have shared on social media their distaste for the new feature, which was introduced in late 2023.
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It comes amid something of an advertising boom lately, with ads now appearing on Amazon Prime Video as of this week.
Ads have been common on the Amazon Fire Stick for a while, but an ad that appears when people turn on the device is a recent addition.
I'm going to throw mine away as soon as I know what to replace it with
TikTok user
And viewers are especially bothered by how loud it is.
“Nobody brought up the fact that the Amazon Fire Stick has been updated and now when you turn on your TV, you turn on the Fire Stick, it automatically plays a loud ad,” TikToker fumed. Brittany.
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'Don't everyone know that we don't like that?
“Now I go to turn on my TV, and I turned the volume up to 30 because I was watching a quiet movie and now this loud ad is like playing, it scares me, it scares the cats.
'Why did they think that was a good idea?
“That's absolutely ridiculous. In no world would anyone want an ad to play as soon as they turn on the TV.
“That's the whole reason we don't have cable anymore guys, it's so we don't have ads.”
One commenter replied: “I'm going to throw mine away as soon as I know what to replace it with. Apple TV?”
While it's not possible to prevent the ad from appearing altogether, other TikTok users have revealed a trick that will at least keep them from being noisy videos.
How to Disable Video Ads on Amazon Fire Stick
You can prevent the video ad from appearing on the Amazon Fire Stick, but a static ad will appear instead.
This may not be the solution that gadget owners were hoping for, but at least there won't be any sound coming out of it from now on.
Follow these steps to disable the startup video ad:
- Go to the Institutions menu
- Select Preferences
- Tap on Featured content
- Switch the Allow video autoplay option
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