Ta-da!
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Is there anyway to change the input language of the keyboard on Amazon fire tv?
Hi Tareq. I think the only way to change the language is to change the store to a country for which it's the default language. It's definitely something that could be improved! - Elizabeth
Thanks! Now can you tell us how to do this on the new Apple TV Amazon Prime Video app? I’m in Germany but speak English and can’t figure out how to change it.
Hi CC.
That's a great question! Unfortunately, I've just taken a look and can't find a way either. I even used a VPN to change my location to Germany to see if that changed the language, but it kept it English. I'm guessing it's because you have your Amazon store set for Germany and you can change the language for the actual store, but they haven't thought about that for the app.
In the app, go to the Settings and choose Feedback. It will give you a couple of options for getting help from Amazon. Generally speaking, I've always found the company very responsive; however, I'm not entirely convinced this is something that can be changed unless they make a fix to the app itself.
If you do find a method, please come back and let us know!
- Elizabeth
Thank you so much for posting this I especially loved the end. "Ta Da"
Ha!
My fire stick is in Japanese
Hi Stephen.
The same steps should work, except obviously the text for the various buttons will be in Japanese until you change them.
- Elizabeth
What if the menu is in English, but the contents (e.g. movie names and descriptions) is in another language (in my case it's in Japanese for some reason)?
Thanks
Hi Igor.
Hmmm... I haven't seen that before. Are the Japanese names showing up for a specific app (e.g. Netflix, Hulu, etc.) or is it for all of them? If it's just for one app, I'd look for option settings for it both in the app on the Fire TV and on the company's online site.
If it's across the board, I'd go to the Fire TV's System settings and check you have the most recent software update and if you do, restart the system to see if that makes a difference.
- Elizabeth
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your solution was so simple but so hard to find via Amazon support.
I'm glad you found it helpful, Marc. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
- Elizabeth