Install the Pickcel player on Fire TV devices running Fire OS 8. This setup is different from older Fire OS versions.

Amazon now recommends using the Amazon Signage Stick instead of Fire TV devices for Pickcel. It is built for digital signage and avoids interruptions from the Fire TV home screen and other consumer features.

Fire OS 8 introduces system changes that require ADB tools to grant extra permissions to the Pickcel app. Because of this, these devices are considered unsupported and are not recommended for new Pickcel setups.

If you already have a Fire TV device with Fire OS 8, follow the steps below.

Before you begin
Make sure your Fire TV Stick and computer are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

1. Install the Pickcel app

1. Open the Amazon Appstore on your Fire TV Stick.

2. Search for Pickcel.

3. Install and launch the app.

2. Enable Developer Options

1. From the home screen, go to Settings.

2. Select Device or My Fire TV.

3. Open About.

4. Select Fire TV Stick 4K Max and click it 7 times.

5. When you see “No need, you are already a developer,” Developer Mode is enabled.

6. Go back to My Fire TV.

7. Open Developer Options.

8. Turn ADB Debugging ON.

3. Find your Fire TV Stick IP address

1. Go to Device or My Fire TV.

2. Select Network.

3. Note the IP address shown on screen.
   Example: 192.158.10.38

4. Download ADB tools

1. Download Platform Tools from the Android developer website.

2. Choose the correct version for Windows or macOS.

3. Extract the files to an easy-to-find folder.

   • Windows: C:\platform-tools

   • macOS: Desktop

5. Connect the Fire TV Stick and run the command

On Windows

1. Open File Explorer and go to the extracted platform-tools folder.

2. Right-click inside the folder and choose Open in Terminal.

   • On older Windows versions, hold Shift and right-click, then choose Open PowerShell window here.

3. Run:

   adb devices
   

4. If successful, you will see the ADB daemon start.

5. Connect to your Fire TV Stick using its IP address:

   adb connect 192.158.10.38
   

6. On the Fire TV Stick, allow USB debugging.
   Check Always allow from this computer, then click Allow.

7. Run:

   adb devices
   

8. You should now see your device listed, for example:

   192.158.10.38:5555 device
   

9. Run the permission command below, replacing XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX with your Fire TV Stick IP address:

   adb -s XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:5555 shell cmd appops set pickcel.digital.signagestick SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW allow
   

10. Return to the Fire TV home screen and open the Pickcel app.

11. The permission error should now be gone, and Start at boot and auto-boot should work normally.