How to watch and access Sony Crackle on Firestick in the easiest way possible?
This article will help you stream Sony Crackle on your Firestick device along with a few tit-bit about this free-content streaming platform.
We all have been niggled by the very propensity of Streaming media platforms to get cash out of us for their services. While, there is nothing wrong with that, those who sometimes run short on cash or can’t afford to have a subscription find it hard to get their hunger for streaming content assuaged. And let’s face it our world as it is today is weaved around stories and what better way there is than to experience or live sundry stories via a TV fueled by over-the-top content.
About Crackle
Crackle, like Netflix and Prime Video, is an on-demand TV streaming service. Sony purchased Crackle in 2006, which is why it is frequently referred to as Sony Crackle. Currently, the two industry titans are collaborating on Crackle. Crackle has a good assortment of entertainment. Movies, TV programmes, and a few unique shows are among the offerings. You will have no trouble finding something you like.
The catch remains that it has not yet made its reach to all the countries. So, it’s available in countries like US and Australia and as a paid service in the Caribbean and Latin America.
To deviate from this short description and focus on the heart of the article ‘ how you can install Crackle on one of the most utilitarian streaming media devices ‘Amazon Firestick’, which by the virtue of its popularity have made me write this article in the first place.
How to stream Sony Crackle on Firestick
Crackle is absolutely free to watch as well as free to download from the Amazon app store, but again its availability depends upon the geographical region you are living in. So here is how you can get it on your Firestick device.
Step 1: Search for the Crackle app
Connect your FireStick device with Wi-Fi. Go to the search menu from your home screen and type ‘Crackle’. This can be done through the on-screen keyboard that will be provided to you. You can also get the desired results by using the voice command.
Step 2: Get the app by pressing the ‘Get’ button
For the purpose of installing the app, you have to now click the ‘Get’ button, lying next to the Crackle icon.
Step 3: Launching the Crackle app
Under ‘ Your apps and channels section’ Crackle would be there, now simply launch it to stream sony Crackle on Firestick. To sum up, the next step after you have installed the app would be to launch or start it.
Now, there is one more method through which you can stream sony Crackle on Firestick and that will be via using your internet-connected device’s browser. You can choose either of them at your own convenience. Here is how you can do it.
- You have to open the web browser on any internet-connected device such as your smartphone, tablet, laptop, PC, etc.
- Now type ‘amazon.com’ on your web browser.
- You will now be required to log in to your Amazon account. Remember, the account should be the one you are using on Firestick
- On the search bar simply type ‘Crackle’. From the results, choose the appropriate app.
- After having clicked on the result your Fire TV device will appear. Simply, click on it.
With these steps, you have finally installed Crackle on your Firestick device.
How to Sign Up and access Crackle on Firestick
To clarify, Signing up would not mean buying the subscription. It is just to ensure your convenience that involves playing exactly from the part of a movie or show where you left it and also tagging shows or movies as favorites, thus granting you the ability to watch later in time.
The registration or sign-up process to stream Crackle on Firestick is a piece of cake. You will be asked for your details consisting of First name, Last name, Email id, Password, Date of Birth, and Gender selection.
After this click on ‘Get a Free Crackle account’ and you are all set to watch and stream Crackle on Firestick.
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How to stream sony Crackle on Firestick
Sony Crackle, as already mentioned, is restricted to certain geolocations, marking its unavailability in the Amazon app store. So, one way to go around would be to download a sideloading app called ‘Downloader’ which is available on Amazon regardless of your place of stay.
Step 1: Downloading Downloader
- Go to the ‘Find’ option from the home screen
- Click ‘Search’ and type ‘Downloader’
- From the popped-up results, select the Downloader app.
- Click ‘Download’ or ‘Get’ on the next appeared window
- Wait for the app to complete installation
Step 2: Enabling basic configuration to make way for Crackle apk
- Firstly, go to settings from the Firestick home screen.
- Go to the ‘My Fire TV option’.
- Select ‘Developer Options’
- Enable the ‘Apps from Unknown Sources option by simple clicking on it (if only it is disabled or off).
- Now, there will be a prompt that will pop up on your screen. Select ‘Turn on’.
Step 3: Make use of the Downloader app to stream sony Crackle on Firestick
- Now, you will have to open the Downloader app to stream Crackle on Firestick.
- Once opened you may encounter various unnecessary pop-ups which you then have to dismiss until you are directed to the main screen.
- You should be able to see a bar where you will have to enter the URL of the website you want to load or the file you want to download.
- Now, head to your browser and search for the crackle ApK which you should find easily where you should be able to find and then with the help of your on-screen keyboard type the apk in the URL format.
- Make sure that you entered the right URL or else the link will simply not work.
- Now select ‘GO’ by pressing the ‘OK’ button from the remote.
- You will now see that the Crackle apk is being downloaded on your Firestick device. It should only take a few seconds.
- There will again be an installation prompt that will pop up on your screen. Select ‘install’..
- Once you have installed the apk you will see an App installed notification.
- Now, it would be prudent if you select Done rather than Open because first, we have to get away with the Apk that you have installed for it has already been converted into an app and is no longer needed.
- First, select Done in order to return to the Downloader interface. Then select Delete. Select Delete again to confirm your action.
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What to watch on Crackle firestick
Remember: The platform keeps updating its catalogues so there is a lot more available to watch.
Now, Crackle is not a platform that only deals with outsourced content but rather has its own collection of original shows that might intrigue you. To approximate, it will have over 17 original Films along with 21 TV originals. Moreover, there are some exalted names hinged on some of the projects. For instance, Kate Bosworth and Dennis Quaid undertook a project with the title The Art of More, a thriller series, and Jeremy Renner steering the production of Throwaways, a cyber Thriller Film.
Once done, activate SYFY on your Firestick device.
Conclusion
Crackle indeed as a free on-demand video platform tries to bring something to the table. Moreover, that air of legality blanketing the platform for streaming media content is unrivaled. You don’t have to download those shady Apk to stream content that you are not supposed to. Besides, I hope that this Crackle on Firestick installation guide will help you stream movies and shows on Firestick.