Cannot connect to HASSIO from my Fire HD 10 Tablet

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Unfortunately I cannot get access to HASSIO using my Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet. I tried it with the Silk Browser (that it comes with) and also with the Fully Kiosk Browser. I tried to get access over:

http://homeassistant.local:8123

Same URL that I access HASSIO using my PC. I made sure that it didn’t have the “https” protocol but “http”. On my smartphone I can connect using this URL but not on my tablet. I get the error “ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED”.

Then I tried it with the IP instead which is in my case “192.168.178.55”. In my Fritz!Box settings I made sure that the IP is static. Turns out I can’t access my HASSIO with this IP from any device.

So what are my options? Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?

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Oops, I found the mistake. It should be:

192.168.178.55:8123

Just in case anyone else can’t get access with this tablet. :slight_smile: The name URL doesn’t work but this did the trick.

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yea not every android device works with local host names but IP address will work

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I guess you could also install a companion app rather than using the browser. I use full kiosk browser, the paid version, it’s very inexpensive and it provides you spectacular control over the look and feel of your wall tablet.