Originally Posted by bobdoo
I can monitor router throughput. My Fire TV was pulling GIGABYTES of data every day, even when not in use.
Googling showed that the screensaver downloads images all the time. Turn it off in settings. Now I'm at 500-750 kilobytes a day, when no video is watched on Fire TV.
Yeah, my Chromecast devices were doing the same thing. I had to disable the screensaver.