How to install Kodi onto a fire stick or your Amazon Fire TV 2017

Without using a computer or any external accessories or complicated techniques.

We have taken our time to write this short and simple 25 step guide how to either update your current version of Kodi or how to install Kodi onto a fire stick or Amazon TV box follow the instruction below to download and install Kodi (Latest version 17.3) Although as time goes on the version will change this guide will apply to any future version of Kodi.







We will use pictures where applicable, Some steps will only require text.

Step:

Turn on your Fire stick or Fire TV box. Go to settings on the home/start screen. Scroll across until you see “Device”

4.Press “OK” on Device and a list of options should appear, Navigate to “Developer options” and press OK again.

5. Inside of the “Developer options menu” You should see the Below image on your screen, Go down to “Apps from unknown sources” We want to enable this setting to allow Kodi to be installed, Press OK on this item and allow apps from unknown sources to be installed.

6. When you enable, you will be prompt with the alert message showing “When you use application from unknown sources, your Amazon Fire TV Stick and personal data are less secure and there is a risk of unexpected behavior. You agree that you are solely responsible for any damage to your device or loss of data that may result from using these applications.” Select Turn On (Don’t be to worried it’s just a warning)

7. Once we have completed this step return to the home screen (Press the home button)

8. You should notice a magnifying glass icon amongst the other icons on the upper left-hand side, Click this Search icon and type “ES File Explorer” it usually appears just by typing ES as you could imagine its a very popular app.

9. Navigate down to the orange ES Explore link at the bottom of the on screen keyboard.

10. Download it.







11. After downloading it, select Open

12. ES File Explorer will launch now. On the home screen, select Favorites menu at the left-hand side

13. Click left on the side menu and Select Add.

14. Now, enter the path exactly as “http://kodi.tv/download” and name as Kodi 17.3

15. Make sure you have entered the correct path (URL) Then, tap on Add button to add this to your favorites.

16. Once added, scroll down the menu on the left-hand side and click on Kodi 17.3

17. When you have clicked on “Kodi 17.3”, you will be directed to the official Kodi download page. Scroll down the page until you see an Older Release, After reading the passage under Older Releases, select here at the end of the passage to get all the versions of Kodi (Latest and old)

18. Once you have clicked the “Here” Link and you’re onto a new screen, Select Android – (Android is the operating system that these Fire stick & Fire TV boxes use.)

19. Click on “Arm” – (Arm is the processor type)

20. Select kodi-17.3-Krypton-armeabi-v7a.apk –

21. The download starts automatically, In case if the download failed to start, you can go to the bottom and tap on More. Under More, select Open in browser on the bottom right of the screen Can be a bit fiddly get to here can recommend going to the left menu and working your way to it.

Then select “Es browser” If applicable.

Press “Always” To confirm.

By now, it starts to download Kodi 17.3 version on your Amazon Fire TV Stick or fire TV. You can verify this by seeing the status of your download on the screen like the image shown below.

22. Once the download process completes, you will receive a pop-up message regarding the success download. Here, select Open file

23. Press install.

24. Press on “install” Bottom right corner.

25. After this step it will begin to automatically install Kodi onto your device, Once complete you will see the home screen of Kodi on your tv.

Thank you for reading, We hope you have successfully installed Kodi onto your Fire stick or Fire TV box.

Various Add-ons can easily be installed onto Kodi opening up an unlimited world of free content.

If you have any questions, Feel free to leave a comment below.