Kindle Fire update allows streaming content to TV possible - tweakers.net

Amazon has announced version 3.1 of the operating system running on the Kindle Fire tablets. The new software makes it possible to include streaming.

content of the tablet to a TV

Version 3.1 of the so-called Fire OS should come via an over-the-air update, immediately available as Amazon has announced. The new software is suitable for the Kindle Fire HD and HDX. The software makes it possible to include streaming to a TV or PlayStation 3, with the tablets while content at a later time also following support for the PlayStation 4. What concerns TVs are currently only supported certain Samsung TVs.

called second screen functions it is possible to use.’s Kindle Fire tablet as a remote control This follows Amazon in the footsteps of Google, which previously released similar functionality to the Chrome Cast.

addition, users with the software update, further integration with Goodreads, Amazon bought the service, a social network for book readers before, for an undisclosed sum. In version 3.1 it is possible to include quotes from sharing books or see what friends are reading.

Furthermore, Amazon

a number of smaller improvements, such as support for wireless printing, more opportunities to connect with business networking improvements to the battery life and a number of unspecified bug fixes.