
Aptoide TV is an alternative to Amazon’s Appstore. It offers apps over 750,000 apps, many of which are not available in the Amazon Appstore. We show you instructions on how to perform a sideload install for Aptoide TV via APK file on the Amazon Firestick, Fire TV, Fire TV Stick Lite, and Fire TV Cube devices with these instructions.
- Open the Appstore by going to “Find” > “Appstore“.
- Download and install the “Downloader” app. You can find it under “All Categories” > “Utilities“.
- Go to “Settings” > “My Fire TV” > “Developer options“
- Do one of the following depending on the model of Fire TV you are using:
- Go to “Install unknown apps“, then set the “Downloader” app to “On“.
- Ensure that “Apps from Unknown Sources” is set to “On“.
- Go to “Install unknown apps“, then set the “Downloader” app to “On“.
- Launch the “Downloader” app, and choose the “Browser” option.
- Visit the https://tv.aptoide.com/ website using the browser.
- Select the “Download Aptoide TV” button. The Aptoide APK file should download. If not, select the link on the page to restart the download.
- After the file downloads, you will now have the option to “Install“, then “Open” Aptoide. If you wish to do this later, select “Cancel“. The file will still be available under the “Files” option in Downloader.
Now you’re ready to start using Aptoide TV as an Amazon Appstore alternative on your Fire TV.
One thing to note is that the Aptoide app will not automatically update when a new version is released. You will have to repeat these steps for each new version you wish to install.
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