User guide
Amazon Fire TV User Guide
Manage Photos & Screen Savers
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Document Update: 2014-06-30
Document ID: FTUG-2611-110
Manage Photos & Screen Savers
When you register your Amazon Fire TV to your Amazon account, your Cloud Drive photos
and personal videos are available on your Amazon Fire TV.
View Photos & Personal Videos
Any photos and personal videos you upload to Amazon Cloud Drive are automatically
available on your Amazon Fire TV when you register your Amazon account. You can also
display photos and personal videos from your Kindle Fire HD 2nd Generation or Kindle Fire
HDX tablet to your TV with Second Screen.
Note: You can disable access to your photos and personal videos by setting up Parental
Controls. To learn more, go to Set Up Parental Controls.
To view photos and personal videos from your Cloud Drive:
From the Home screen, select Photos, and then navigate the lists:
All – Scroll right and left to view thumbnails of all of your photos and videos. Use the
filters at the top to jump to a specific year or month. Select a photo or video to view the
full-sized version, and then scroll right and left to continue viewing the full-sized
versions of your photos and videos. Press the Back button on your remote to return to the
thumbnails.
Albums – Select an album to view the photos and videos in it.
Videos – Select a video to watch it. Use the playback controls on the remote to pause,
play, rewind, and forward.
To display photos and personal videos directly from your Kindle Fire tablet:
1. On your tablet, tap Photos.
2. Swipe from the left edge of the screen, and select a category or album.
3. Tap the Second Screen icon at the top to display the photos and videos on your TV.
To learn more, go to Use Amazon Fire TV with a Second Screen Device.
Add Photos & Personal Videos to Your Cloud Drive
Download the Cloud Drive mobile app to add photos and personal videos (under 20 minutes
long) from your mobile device to your Cloud Drive account. This will enable you to view
your photos and personal videos on other devices that are registered to the same Amazon
account, such as your Amazon Fire TV.
From the Home screen, select Photos, and then select Add Photos & Videos.