AVG Has Two Useful Apps for Amazon's Fire Phone

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 01 Aug 2014

Amazon’s first smartphone, the Fire Phone, recently hit the market. To celebrate this joyous occasion, security company AVG Technologies rolled out two cools apps: AVG AntiVirus PRO for Fire Phone and AVG Alarm Clock Xtreme Free for Fire Phone. Both are available for download on the Amazon store for free.

“To mark this exciting event, and to really show off the exciting new features (such as Dynamic perspective and gesture control) we wanted to give Amazon Fire phone users the richest possible experience by making the fully featured, premium version of our security app available free of charge,” said AVG.

AVG AntiVirus PRO for Fire Phone provides full featured protection from viruses, malware, spyware & online exploitation. Here’s a quick look at its main features.

AVG AntiVirus PRO for Fire Phone – Main Features
  • Scan downloaded apps & files and remove malicious content.
  • Scan apps, settings, files, media, and calls in real-time for malware and viruses.
  • Remotely lock and wipe your lost or stolen phone.
  • Remotely make your phone ring so that you can locate it.
  • Locate your lost or stolen phone via Google Maps.
  • Monitor battery, storage and data package usage.
  • Filter and block unwanted calls.
  • Password protect access to apps.
  • Take a photo of anyone who enters 3 wrong passwords when trying to unlock your phone.
AVG AntiVirus PRO for Fire Phone is available for download on Amazon here.



AVG Alarm Clock Xtreme Free for Fire Phone will help you wake up in the morning. If you disable the alarm in the morning only to go back to sleep moments later, this smart alarm clock app is for you.

AVG Alarm Clock Xtreme Free for Fire Phone – Main Features
  • The alarm slowly increases in volume and thus gently wakes you up.
  • You won’t accidently press dismiss instead of snooze because there’s an extra-large snooze button.
  • Set the alarm to play your favorite music or to play a random song.
  • There’s an option that forces you to solve math problems in order to snooze/dismiss the alarm.
  • Use head gestures to snooze or dismiss the alarm; shake your head to snooze or disable the alarm.
  • Nap alarm with countdown timer.
  • Stopwatch Xtreme is integrated into the app; use it to keep track of split/lap times and total times down to 1/100 of a second.
AVG Alarm Clock Xtreme Free for Fire Phone is available for download on Amazon here.






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