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Fire TV with PS3 Controller support - how to

  • May 16, 2024
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You can use your Amazon Fire TV and a PS3 Controller as a remote control. We will show you in this practice tip, exactly how this works.

Fire TV with a PS3 Controller – so it works

  1. First download the Sixaxis Pair Tool on your PC and install it.
  2. Then connect using the USB cable the Controller to the PC and let Sixaxis running in the Background.
  3. Wait until the drivers are installed and the MAC address of the controller is displayed.
  4. Go to the Appstore on your Fire TV and search for the App "Sixaxis Controller". You install this.
  5. Then start the App on the Fire TV and enable the Option "Enable Joystick" under "Settings" > "Joystick".
  6. There, you should be the local address of your Fire TV. In order to establish a connection, enter this address in the Sixaxis Pair Tool on your PC and then turn on the Controller.
PS3 controllers: Fire TV support
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3 COMMENTS

Ash, Tue 01, 2022

Don't need any root for this? Please help! Thanks!

bob, Fri 18, 2022

yeah, the sixaxis app doesnt exist for the firetvstick. What a BS article.

What if it exists, Mon 26, 2023

but is not on the app store?

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