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If you want to see more information about a given app before you download it, simply highlight the app in question and press the select button to open the overview page. There’s a lot of helpful stuff on this page, including the cost of the app (if it’s not free) and general information about the app itself.

The price that is listed on an app is how much it costs to buy the app itself. In some cases, the app is associated with a broader service, so while the app itself is free you’ll still need to pay a monthly subscription fee through the company or have the associated channel included in your cable package before you’ll be able to use it.

If you’re downloading a lot of different channels that you’ll be gaining access to through your cable provider, you can use the single sign-on feature to enter your credentials for all of them at once.

On each app, you’ll see a “Works With” section on the overview page. This tells you what kind of controller or remote you need to correctly use the app, and is mostly important for games that might have controls more advanced than the included remote can handle. You can buy Fire Stick-specific game controls through Amazon that look similar to an Xbox controller for about $30-$40 if you want to do more complex gaming on your device.