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How to use Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets (Fire HD, Fire HDX and Kindle Fire HDX)

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use_Chromecast_on_Amazon_Fire_tabletsUpdate (November 2023): an updated guide on installing Google Play Store and apps from Play Store on Amazon Fire tablet

If you are using an Amazon Fire tablet from the 5th gen to the current model (the 13th gen, including the Fire Max 11), it is now easier to install the Google Play Store on the Fire tablet.

Please check this updated guide on how to install the Google Play Store on a Fire tablet.

Also, Fire OS 8 supports screen mirroring (Miracast) on Fire HD 8 12th Gen or later, Fire HD 10 13th Gen or later, and Fire Max 11.

Update (July 2019): Amazon Prime Video app now supports Chromecast

As explained in this guide, the Amazon Prime Video app on Android and IOS now supports Chromecast.

However, the Prime Video app on Fire tablets still does NOT support Chromecast. And you cannot install the Google Play Store version of the Prime Video app on a Fire tablet.

Update (2016/02): Android screen mirroring works on Fire tablet 5th generation and later

For Fire tablet 5th generation and later ONLY (you can check yours in Settings– Device options–Device model), you can also use Screencast for Chromecast (Android screen mirroring).  You can run the Play Store and update Play services.  Please follow this guide to run one ADB command.

For all previous generations of Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, and Kindle Fire HDX tablets with Fire OS 4 or earlier, you cannot run the Google Play Store app. Screencast does not work either.

Table of Contents hide
1) Being an Amazon customer does not mean you cannot enjoy Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets!
2) What are the requirements to get Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets?
3) A step-by-step guide to getting Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets
4) How to use Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets
4.1) Android screen mirroring (screen casting) is NOT working on Amazon Fire tablets
4.2) Enjoy Chromecast on Fire tablets with apps that support Chromecast
5) List of resources for this guide
6) Do you have problems using Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets (Fire HD, Fire HDX, and Kindle Fire HDX)?

Being an Amazon customer does not mean you cannot enjoy Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets!

Amazon Fire tablet (including Fire HD, Fire HDX, Kindle Fire HDX, and Fire Max 11) offers an excellent value-for-money tablet option. However, Amazon customized Android OS to such an extent that it looks different from many other Android tablets.

Although Amazon proudly named the OS Fire OS, it is essentially still Android: most Android apps can run on Amazon Fire tablets. You can sideload many Google Play store apps on the tablet. Please follow this guide if you are not sure how to get Google Play store apps to your Fire HD, Fire HDX, or Kindle Fire HDX.

If you are a Chromecast owner with one of these Amazon Fire tablets, you can also enjoy Chromecast on your Fire tablet.

Please note although the current Fire OS (4.5.3) is based on Android KitKat 4.4.3, the Android screen mirroring (screencasting) does not work on Fire tablets.

Apart from this, you can enjoy all other features of Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets as you did on Android devices.

What are the requirements to get Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets?

To enjoy Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets, you need to install (sideload) the following five apps to your tablet:

  1. Chromecast Google Home app for Android
  2. Google Play Services app
  3. Google Play Store app
  4. Google Services Framework app
  5. Google Account Manager

The first two can be sideloaded with 1Mobile Market. The other 2 will be installed from APK files directly. I will show you how to get these APK files.

Of course, if you want, you can install all of them from APK files directly (see the section of List of resources for this guide).

Now, it is easy to sideload the last 4 apps from the APKMirror.com. Then, you can install the Google Home app from the Google Play Store (read on).

A step-by-step guide to getting Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets

Please refer to this guide on how to install Google Play Store, Google services, and all apps from the Play Store on Fire tablet (Fire 7, Fire HD 8, Fire HD10, and Fire Max 11).

The Chromecast app is now the Google Home app.

The steps are explained and illustrated in this guide:

  • Step 5: Install Google Home from the Google Play Store
  • Step 6: Turn off apps from unknown sources on your Amazon Fire tablet

It is a good practice to turn off apps from unknown sources once you finish the installation.

How to use Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets

The use of Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets is identical to that on Android devices. But there is one exception.

Android screen mirroring (screen casting) is NOT working on Amazon Fire tablets

In Android devices, Android screen mirroring is one of the most welcomed features.

Android screen mirroring (screen casting) is working on Amazon Fire tablets.

As shown below, in Amazon Fire tablets, in the Chromecast app, you can find the Cast screen option.

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Enjoy Chromecast on Fire tablets with apps that support Chromecast

Almost all Android apps that support Chromecast can run on Amazon Fire tablets. This means you can enjoy Chromecast as you do on Android devices.

For example, you can install a YouTube app from the Google Play Store.

After starting the YouTube app on your Amazon Fire tablet, you can notice the casting icon as shown below.

Tap the casting icon to cast the video to the TV through Chromecast instead of playing on the tablet.

Select the Chromecast device to proceed.

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Now, you can control the pay on the TV from your Fire tablet, as shown below.

The usage is identical to that on Android devices.

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Another example is the Plex app.

You can also use the Plex app on a Fire tablet. Actually, the app is available in the Amazon App Store. It is not necessary to sideload. If you are unsure about setting up your Plex media server, this guide is for you.)

You can also find the casting icon in your Fire tablet in the Plex app. Tap it as shown below to cast to the selected Chromecast device.

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List of resources for this guide

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Do you have problems using Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets (Fire HD, Fire HDX, and Kindle Fire HDX)?

If you have any questions or encounter any problems using Chromecast on Amazon Fire tablets (Fire HD, Fire HDX, and Kindle Fire HDX), please let us know in the comment box below.

For more Chromecast tutorials, you may check our Chromecast how-to guide page.

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Comments

  1. Scott says

    Can’t get past step 2. Says chromecast isn’t compatible with this version, may cause installation failure. Do you want to continue?

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  2. John says

    Have same situation as Scott. I chose to continue anyway; Google Play Services begins downloading thru 1Mobile Market app, then fails to finish with Error Message: parse error! Same thing with Google Services Framework. What’s weird is Google Play Store installs OK; though can’t login of course. Have tried install thru ES Explorer; same deal. Hope someone has some Ideas on how to get around this. Thanks

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  3. Andrea J says

    Won’t work. Installed all four apps as instructed had to get play services via apk. Now broadcast app won’t even open before it opened and said you needed play services

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  4. MBL says

    I wasn’t sure how to run chromecast on kindle since it kept saying I needed google play services, and I kept getting parsing issues when I tried to sideload Google play. I’d been searching everywhere for a solution and was about to give up, but this one worked!

    One thing, though, is that the Google framework link via dropbox wouldn’t work for me. This is the only link that did (for those who are having similar issues):
    http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=889863&d=1328536031

    Everything else worked great. Thanks for sharing!

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  5. JerryA says

    I have a new Fire HD 7, 4th gen. I tried your method several times. The closest I could get to running Chromecast stopped with an error that Google Play Services needed to be updated from 3.1.59 to the latest version. It will not automatically update (of course) and the manual downloaded apk (-470) I first tried fails with a parsing error. However, Google Play Services 7.3.29 has 14 different builds for different Android versions, CPU architecture and screen resolution. See apkmirror.com for details. I narrowed it down to Android under version 5, but I had to guess at screen resolution (universal). I downloaded -030 and -070, but both of those also failed with parsing errors. Do you have any suggestions as to which of the newest GPS builds to download? Or which not-quite-latest version before GPS 7.3.29? Otherwise, I’ll have to try most of them, which may take me longer than my last working nerves or the lifetime of my tablet, whichever fails first.

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  6. @l says

    i followed 4 steps & I can see chromecast screen from kindle on my tv but it won’t allow me to install icon for casting?

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  7. Pierced Wonderings says

    So I went through and followed all the directions but when I tap on the Chromecast icon, nothing happens. Suggestions?

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  8. tony says

    I confirmed this works. I tried the first time didnt work, but I reinstall chromecast app then it worked. So download and install the 3 google services first. Then install chromecast last!

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  9. Lisa says

    Youtube casting generally works for me, but I get a repeated alert the Google Play services has stopped. I got the same parsing error other posters experienced, so I poked around on apkmirror.com/ until I found one that would at least install. How do I figure out what the problem is? How do I know which apk to use for my Kindle Fire HD 7″ ?

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  10. Dylan says

    This guide works great for Youtube, but I can’t get Netflix casting to work. My chromecast does not show up on the list of devices to cast to. I tried an older version from APK Mirror (3.10) that was mentioned earlier in these comments but it didn’t work either.

    Does anybody know a version of Netflix that works with the Kindle?

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  11. James says

    I wanted to know if you have to install these 4 apps to be able to cast Netflix, etc to a Chromecast, from your fire?

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  12. Jim says

    Can’t seem to download the Google Play Store version, it just brings back a message saying that the download was unsuccessful. Using a Kindle Fire HD 7 – any ideas?

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  13. Cap says

    Tried this since I just got chromecast, works fine from my iPad, Kindle HDx not so, did the steps… But when I ‘click’ chrome cast I just get a blip and App screen redisplays… Nothing happens and certainly no app shows the chrome cast icon

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  14. 50by25laura says

    I’m unable to get Google Services Framework to install – I get a parsing error every time. I have:
    Google Play Services version 7.0.99 (I also tried with the latest 7.8.99 from 1Mobile Market but same thing happened)
    Google Play Store version 5.8.11
    Chromecast 1.11.11

    And am running Fire OS 4.5.5.

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  15. Nicole says

    I was able to install everything but when I click Comcast app nothing happens. I don’t see cast icon in Netflix or YouTube. Suggestions?

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  18. Hunchback Jack says

    I used the apk’s listed, but these did not work on a Kindle Fire 7″ (NOT the HD, the $50 5th Gen model).

    Any guidance as to which versions of the apps I should use?

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  19. Todd says

    So far I’ve been able to chromecast some apps but not others. I can’t get netflix or HBOgo to chromecast. I was able to chromecast youtube, Plutotv, PBS, and allcast.

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  20. David H. says

    Will enabling a Fire HD 7 with Chromecast be able to push TVMC to the Chromecast device? IOW, can TVMC work with a Chromecasted Fire HD?

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  21. jess says

    Hi,
    I have followed the instructions and it has all loaded successful lyrics, however it cannot find my chrome cast. Keeps saying there are no devices! I’ve rebooted the kindle and my chrome cast but still no luck!

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  22. Stan says

    Hey sorry I know you have got this question a lot but has anyone figured out Netflix. I installed all the apk’s from this site and can successfully stream YouTube but the chrome cast icon just doesn’t show up in Netflix. I have tried the 3.1 apk. Thanks for any help.

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  23. Matt A says

    I have tried following your directions for my Fire HD 7 Gen 4. (I’ve also read all the questions and comments.) Now, when I run Chromecast, it recognizes my device. I get the Chromecast icon on Pandora, but not on Netflix or YouTube. Any ideas?
    (I’m currently using Netflix 4.1.0 and YouTube.com version 1.0.1.)

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  25. Detetiv says

    Getting Parse error for Google Services Framework APK file….
    Kindle version: 10.4.6_user_4620220

    I just downloaded the other ones before that via 1mobile’s online market…

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  27. Ben E says

    Thx for this interesting info. I was able to install google play (through an alternate method). All the casting options work with chromecast, except Netflix (i.e PLEX and Youtube work fine). But it has been impossible so far to have the chromecast listed in Netflix (although the icon appear, and options for FireTV that I also have are listed, but no chromecast). It seems to be a widespread issue and I wonder if Netflix and Amazon didn’t work together on this. Note that I tried earlier versions of Netflix (3.10) to no avail.

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  29. Chakree says

    I have latest chromecast.. followed the above steps. Able to install the apps & see my chromecast device ready. Clicking on the device list it says “Your chromecast requires an updated version of this app”. When I tried to update it to latest version, it says require latest google play servies… downloaded latest from apkmirror and cannot load any latest apk files for google paly services – getting parse package error

    Can you please share a latest set of all 4 apks working..

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  30. BethelSandius says

    Dear Simon, thanks for helping with getting the kindle fire to work with chromecast. I followed your steps, got frustrated but eventually got chromecast to work with YouTube on my kindle fire. I read all the comments as well and even applied some suggestions from other users. The only challenge I have now is I can’t get Netflix to work with the chromecast but I know I’ll keep trying. Recently I deleted my Netflix app because I got it from the Amazon Appstore but I won’t give up. Thanks again and please keep giving suggestions and helping us. Cheers

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  31. Sue says

    No matter what I try I keep getting ‘google play services has stopped working’ message from my Kindle, any ideas?

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  33. Jim says

    I have a 3rd generation 7 inch Kindle Fire HD. Downloaded apk files from APK mirror, except for the one on Dropbox. Followed the instructions above. Took a few tries to find the correct google play services file, but it finally worked. Youtube and PBS play beautifully. As expected, the screen mirroring will not connect.

    Has anyone tried casting videos from Google Chrome Beta browser? Downloaded the latest version (for Android 4 for my kindle) from APK mirror. It has casting options from inside the browser with certain videos. It’s doing very nicely with a live MLB.com video at the moment. Would be interesting to see how many websites work with it. Perhaps some apps that have trouble casting from the app could be cast from their websites instead?

    Thanks to everyone who’s put in the work on this.

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  34. AJ says

    Simon, I did some updates and lost the ability to cast on youtube. Do you recommend a root install to my HDX fire & where can I get instructions to do this?

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  35. Steve Someone says

    This is too complicated. I can not see Chromecast in 1Mobile Market and I’ve looked and looked. I’ve decided the easiest thing to do is to send my Amazon Fire back for a refund and get a tablet that works with Chromecast. If Amazaon wanted to drive their customers to Amazon Fire TV it didn’t work. They just lost a sale.

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  36. Brian says

    Hello, I verified that “Android screen mirroring” works on Fire HD 6 with the latest Fire OS v5 and Google Cast side-loaded. Time to update the “Update” comment at the top of the article.

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  38. Rafiki says

    I tried various ways to try netflix and HBO to work on my Fire HD 6, but could not get it to work. Pandora and youtube work fine. I searched on http://forum.xda-developers.com/ and there I found out that the netflix app will check to see what device you are using and enable/disable the chromecast functionality. I just wanted to post this here in case anybody knows a way around that or if there is an .apk that will not check that. Thanks

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  40. Mike Fisher says

    Hello, I followed the instructions and was able to get this to work with no issues, however when I cast the movie from the Fire tablet to my chromecast the quality is very poor. Basically anything i cast from the tablet to the tv/chromecast is poor. To test this i downloaded show box on my phone and tried watching a movie from it. Quality is excellent. In both cases i downloaded the movie as i like to have the movies available wherever i go with my tablet. I dont like to stream them as i feel the quality is worse so i always download the movies before i watch them. I thought that maybe my wireless connection was slow but then when my phone worked great i kind of debunked that idea. i am at a loss right now. Any suggestions as to how to fix this so that I get better quality from the Tablet???

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  41. Annaliese says

    Thank you for all the great information! I was able to get everything downloaded and working correctly using Google Cast. The only problem is that when I try to play a TV show that I purchased from Amazon, the picture is black. The audio is great, and the subtitles show up, but that’s all. Any ideas to fix this? Thank you

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  42. Jan B says

    I can’t find Chromecast app just Google Cast and other third party venders – can you give a link to it or to the apk? I am setting up another Kindle and would like to set it up right as I used Google Cast previously and it doesn’t do your last Chromecast steps. Thanks

    I am able to cast from YouTube and Vimeo but not just any video or say like Dailymotion – sould I be able to?

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  43. Cheryl says

    Any ideas for using Chromecast with the Fire hd 8 which is the “All New” 6th generation tablet from Amazon?
    Tried the above connection but doesnt work – had it connect once or twice, but screen black (audio and fwd/bkwd controls appeared on screen but with a black background).

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  44. rcast says

    Since Google updated the chromecast (cast) app to Google Home, has anyone got this working? I get the Home app to open, click sign in, and then it crashes back to the home screen.

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  45. BQSTUDIOS says

    Wow, this actually freakin worked, on my 5th generation fire tablet. I followed exactly how the directions said. I downloaded all 4 apk’s directly in the order it said, that worked for me. the 1mobilemarket app was not working at all. 1 small thing , my chromecast now shows up in my plex app , but as big number instead of the name i gave it. No big deal. Awesowee! thanks for the Tut simon!

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  46. Tina says

    I’m sorry if this has already been addressed, but I scoured the comments for a solution that would work and haven’t found one yet. My tablet is old (B0C9 – serial number) from what I can gather it’s an 8.9″ from 2012 running on jelly bean 4.2. I have finally found versions of framework and account manager that don’t give me parsing errors. I also got a version of play service that keeps me out of the endless “Google Play had stopped working” loop. I installed Chromecast (rather than Google home because if the old jelly bean os) but I get the error message that I must update play store for it to work. Here’s where I’m stuck. I can’t update play store without getting error messages and I can’t use Chromecast without updating. What’s a girl to do? It took me 4 nights to get this far, so any help would be greatly appreciated. This tablet was meant to be used as a home media center.

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  47. Toby says

    I have downloaded all the necessary files to get Google Play Store working and then installed Google Home on a Fire HD10 (9th gen). All working fine. However, I can’t cast to any of the Chromecasts as the icon does not appear in Disney+ or Netflix apps. Any idea why not?

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  48. Cynthia Duncan says

    I can’t get my Hulu to link to my Chromecast from my fire HD8 tablet. It says it’s linked but I can’t get it to show up on my TV set.It works for my cell phone but not from my tablet. Please help.

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  49. Denise Tyrpin says

    Hi, I did everything in the directions above, i have the newest fire hd 8 tablet, i have a chromecase, my Disney+ works fine with the casting button, but i do not have the button in the hulu nor netflix app, what else should i do for it to work?
    thank you

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  50. Jon says

    Before I try the steps, is “Amazon music” app able to use the cast feature to a chromecast? I need a low cost solution to cast from a fire tablet to a chromecast connected my avr/speakers. I’d rather use my fire tablet than a spare phone. Thanks in advance.

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