Fire TV includes a set of built-in accessibility tools designed to make the interface easier to see, hear, and navigate. They’re all free and available on every Firestick — you just need to know where to find them.

Where to Find Accessibility Settings

From the home screen, go to Settings, then Accessibility. Every feature below lives in this one menu, and each can be turned on or off independently.

VoiceView Screen Reader

VoiceView reads menu items, titles, and descriptions out loud as you navigate, which makes the interface usable without needing to read the screen. Turn it on from the Accessibility menu, or press and hold Back and the Down button on the remote for a few seconds as a shortcut. Once enabled, a single click selects an item after it’s been read aloud, while a double-click activates it immediately.

Screen Magnifier and High Contrast Text

Magnifier lets you zoom into any part of the screen using the remote’s navigation buttons, which helps with small text in some apps. High Contrast Text adds a bold background behind on-screen text to make it easier to read against busy backgrounds. Both can be toggled on their own from the Accessibility settings.

Closed Captions and Audio Descriptions

The Captions option turns on subtitles system-wide in apps that support it, and lets you customize text size, color, and background style. Audio Description, when supported by the content you’re watching, adds a narrator track that describes on-screen action during pauses in dialogue — useful for viewers who are blind or have low vision.

These settings are independent of any single app, so once you’ve configured them here, they carry over to how your Firestick itself behaves, even before you open a streaming app.

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