If you subscribe to Discovery Plus and use an Amazon Fire TV Stick or TV, then you'll be wondering whether you can use said streaming device in order to stream all of the Discovery content.
Discovery Plus is a streaming service full of non-fiction videos, offering true crime, reality dating, cooking, animal programming and more, and in some countries it also offers sports coverage too.
If you own an Amazon streaming stick or TV, then your smart TV operating system is called Fire OS. It has plenty of apps available for streaming fans, and one of those is Discovery Plus.
Now, let's take a look at how you can set up Discovery Plus on Amazon Fire TV. It's also worth noting that you can also watch Discovery Plus on Roku devices. (Roku has run into similar issues.)
What you'll need
- Fire TV device (Fire TV Stick or Fire Smart TV)
- Discovery Plus account or billing card to set one up
How to watch Discovery Plus on an Amazon Fire TV Stick or Fire TV
How to watch Discovery Plus on an Amazon Fire TV Stick or Fire TV at a glance
- Set up your Fire TV device
- Download Discovery Plus from the App Store
- Set up Discovery Plus on the device
- Stream away!
How to watch Discovery Plus on an Amazon Fire TV Stick or Fire TV in full
We'll start straight at the beginning: you'll need to set up your Fire TV device and make sure it's all up-to-date. Thankfully, this latter is all automatic.
People using an Alexa Voice remote can press and hold the Alexa button (the blue one) and say "download Discovery Plus" to get taken straight to the download page.
Next you'll want to go to the home page of Fire TV (by pressing the 'home' icon on the remote). This is the one which shows you all of your downloaded apps, and suggestions for shows and movies to watch.
From here, head to the Amazon App Store, which can be found by pressing the 'Search' button (magnifying glass) from the menu, then going to 'Your Apps & Channels' and the store. When you're in the store app, use the search function (again, the magnifying glass) to search for 'Discovery Plus' which will bring up the store page for the app.
From here, you can select the option to get the app. If you already have Discovery Plus on another Amazon device, you'll instead be prompted to select the download button (the arrow pointing down from a cloud) to download the app.
Either way, the app will be installed onto your Fire TV device, and it won't take long for this to happen. You'll next need to sign into the app.
Return to the Fire TV home page using the method frm before, and you'll see the new Discovery Plus app as one of the options you can select.
I'd recommend signing up for a Discovery Plus app on your computer or phone as it's easier to make an account that way, rather than using the Fire TV remote to enter in your details. We've got guides on the Discovery Plus price and the Discovery Plus free trial and you can sign up for Discovery Plus here.
As soon as you're signed up for Discovery Plus, return to your Fire TV device, and simply enter in the details so you can be logged in.
Once you suceed, you'll be signed into the app. You can now watch Discovery Plus on your Amazon Fire TV Stick or Fire TV easily, and you won't need to log in manually every time you stream, just the first.
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