Amazon Fire TV Now Supports Single Sign-on for TV Everywhere Apps
Signing in to your favorite TV Everywhere apps just got easier with Amazon Fire TV with the Single Sign-on feature.
Amazon is making it much easier to get rolling with cable channel apps on its Fire TV devices. The company is now allowing the convenience of Sing Sign-on for TV Everywhere apps for channels like Syfy, A&E, USA, and others. With Single Sign-on you just need to enter in your cable/satellite account login information just once to have access to all the TV Everywhere apps. Here’s how it works.
How to Use Single Sign-on Fire TV
To get started, make sure you have the latest update on your Fire TV device. Your Fire TV should be updated in the background automatically, but you can double-check for the latest version by heading to Settings > Device > About > System Updates.
Now, sign in to one of the supported TV Everywhere apps with your TV provider credentials. If you don’t see your provider on the list of the biggest providers, choose the “View All Providers” button to get a list of hundreds more.
After logging in, you should see a notification in the lower-right corner of the screen verifying Single Sign-On Apps.
Hit the Options button on your remote and you will be brought to a page that shows all supported apps from your TV provider. In the screenshot below, my channels are limited as I am using a lower-tier package from PlayStation Vue. The channels you see will vary, but you can select each one you want to install.
That’s it! You’ve already signed in once, and you won’t be required to do it again for all participating apps.
It goes without saying that signing into various accounts using a remote and the onscreen keyboard is the most tedious, time-consuming, and annoying part of owning a video streaming device. It gets extremely frustrating if you accidentally enter a wrong character and having to start over again. Now it will be much easier to start using apps for your favorite channels.
Many major cable and satellite providers support single sign-on like DirecTV, Spectrum, Version FiOS, as well as smaller companies. According to a lot of views, Comcast is the one glaring omission. If you’re a cord cutter, you should know that many TV Everywhere apps will allow you to sign in with live streaming services like Sling TV or Hulu Live. It’s important to note, though, that not all apps support each service. Currently, it looks like Sling TV supports most apps.
Apple TV has supported the Single Sign-on ability for several years already
Amazon made mention that Single Sign-on would be added when it introduced its new 4K Fire TV last year. With its latest software update that started rolling out last week, it’s now available for all generations of Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire TV Edition television sets. Apple TV owners have had this ability since 2016, and it’s interesting to note that Roku still doesn’t offer this convenient capability yet. But considering its two major rivals now support it, it’s a safe bet that Roku devices will be updated to add it soon.
Has the Single Sign-on feature made your life with Fire TV or Apple TV a more pleasant experience? Leave a comment below and let us know your thoughts.
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Jeff Nagle
April 5, 2018 at 10:12 am
It’s a good feature. Unfortunately mine is using the wrong details. Do you know how you can manage what a account details are being used for the single sign on. I called Amazon fire tv support and they were clueless. Can’t find the setting anywhere in my fire tv settings.
Christine
April 28, 2018 at 8:32 am
Mine too! Frustrating! I cannot figure this out!
Tim
October 26, 2019 at 8:45 am
It’s nice until you switch providers then it’s a disaster! You can’t switch the provider so all your apps become useless!
Jeff Nagle
October 28, 2019 at 2:46 pm
I found a workaround. You basically need to use a VPN so that it doesn’t find your old details and will actually bring you to provider login page. If the app has to do that on your phone you can just download a free VPN like TURBO VPN and then go to the activation page while you be have the VPN on. After you put in the details it will. For apps like AMC that you have up do it on the TV itself you will need a VPN app on the fire TV itself
NOEL
February 5, 2020 at 8:47 pm
or you could just reset to factory settings.
Mike
August 28, 2021 at 8:19 pm
But I HAVE no TV provider; yah I’m the last guy in the US without cable service.. so am I unable to subscribe to for example The Smithsonian channel?
Jennifer
September 2, 2022 at 3:14 am
Then you would have to have a paid subscription through the Smithsonian app if they have one or if it’s included in another app package, maybe like Discovery Plus.