The Amazon Fire TV Stick hack to fix buffering issues

Buying a Fire Stick is a great way to upgrade your TV so you can stream the latest shows, play music and even access games.

But like any technology, over time the device can become sluggish, run slow or even start to buffer.

To solve this, Free Tech Official, a Yorkshire TikToker who specialises in streaming tips, has revealed a ‘super obvious’ trick to try to get your device running like new.

The ‘super obvious’ hack that could fix your Amazon Fire TV Stick buffering issues

When your computer or phone stops working, it is often suggested to turn the gadget off and on again in the hopes this will solve the issue.

And Free Tech Official claims this same process can be used for your Fire Stick to try to improve its performance.

He claims most people aren’t aware that a Fire Stick doesn’t power off unless you cut the power or unplug it.

By remaining in standby, it’s likely apps used previously on the device are still running in the background which can slow it down.

So this is why restarting the system is an ‘obvious’ yet effective way to try and conquer common issues with the device.

To turn off your Fire Stick, you can either switch it off directly from the remote or go to My Fire TV in settings and press restart.

Free Tech Official said: “Here’s something on the Firestick that’s super simple but not a lot of people do it. 

“Now, if you’re having problems with the Firestick running slow or when you’re navigating around it’s really sluggish, or even buffering at times. 

“Something a lot of people don’t do is simply restart the Firestick. 

“Now I know that’s super obvious but a lot of people aren’t aware that the Firestick doesn’t power off unless you cut the power or unplug it. 

“It only goes into standby. So when you come to use the Firestick again, it’s likely any apps you’ve been using previously are still running in the background, which can slow the Firestick down.

“Just simply restarting it refreshes it and it should make it that little bit snappier. Obviously, when it comes to restarting a Firestick, it’s very obvious. 

“You can unplug it or switch it off directly from the remote or you can go across to settings, go to My Fire TV and then you see an option which says restart.

“If you want to do it from the remote itself you can long hold the select or enter in the centre and then the play/pause button. 

“Press those at the same time and keep holding them down and then it’ll say your Firestick is powering off. Give it a moment and it’ll come back on.”