Скачать или смотреть NOT A HOW TO VIDEO. Just realized my 2nd Gen fire TV stick can't install Plex. Must side load it

Why did I make this video?

Well.. it's strange... I have plex app on my 2nd amazon gen fire stick tv. Yep, it installed just fine. But you know what. On another firestick tv that's the same gen 2... NOTHING?

1. Search "plex" app.. and nothing plex shows.
2. I tried accessing the PC amazon app store and installing it remotely.. nothing
3. I looked online.. and lo and behold.. SOME 2nd gen fire tv's don't work with

This was the reddit post I found about sideloading:
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rdg80_
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3mo ago
For anyone who has a FireTV Stick 2nd Gen, as of June 7, 2025 I was able to successfully sideload Plex.

I followed the steps from here:

https://www.dignited.com/91338/how-to...

Notes:

Update FireTV Stick to latest update | mine updated to (Fire OS 5.2.9.5)

Enable "Developer Options" (menu option should be visible under Settings , My Fire TV)

Turn ON "ADB debugging" and "Apps from unknown sources"

Download and install "Downloader" app

Search apkmirror.com for "Plex" app

Look for:

Plex: Stream Movies & TV (Amazon Appstore Fire TV and Tablet version)

[Click that option]

Scroll down to view "All Releases"

(Since my OS was on version 5.2.9.5 I looked for "Minimum Version = Android 5.0+")

Which was the following:

October 24, 2024 - 10.22.1.1607

(Looks like that was the last update before the January 2025 update, which then jumps to Android 6.0+)

Download APK (62.19MB)

Install

You should be able to open Plex app now.

(Note: the Plex app wasn't showing up on MyApps within main FireTV Stick screen, I had to power off/on the FireTV Stick and then Plex app finally showed up)



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