Devices & setup
If it has a screen and a browser, it can be your family board.
Every screen you pair shows the same live board. Use a big one in the kitchen and a small one as a Kids display in the playroom. One subscription covers them all.
Fire tablet + Fully Kiosk Browser
Recommended always-onThe most reliable always-on setup, and an inexpensive Fire HD tablet works great. Install Fully Kiosk Browser, set its start URL to famvale.com/echo, and turn on “Keep screen on.” It never closes the page.
- Install Fully Kiosk Browser from its official site (the Fire tablet allows apps from unknown sources).
- Settings → Web Content → Start URL: https://famvale.com/echo
- Settings → Device Management → Keep screen on: on
- In Famvale on your phone, open Household → Echo, create a pairing code, and type the six-letter code on the tablet.
Amazon Echo Show (21, 15, 8, 5)
SupportedFamvale is designed and tested on Echo Show screens. Echo Shows can close the Silk browser after a long idle stretch, often overnight. Reopening it takes two taps, and the screen stays paired.
- Say “Alexa, open Silk,” then go to famvale.com/echo and add it to Silk favorites.
- In Famvale on your phone, open Household → Echo, create a pairing code, type the six-letter code on the Echo, then tap Start once.
- Settings → Device Options: turn off any setting that turns the screen off in a dark room, so it dims instead.
- If the board is gone in the morning, say “Alexa, open Silk” and tap your Famvale favorite. It stays paired, with no new code needed. If you want a screen that never needs this, use the Fire tablet setup above.
iPad or Android tablet
SupportedOpen famvale.com/echo in Safari or Chrome and choose Add to Home Screen so it opens full screen.
- iPad: Settings → Display & Brightness → Auto-Lock → Never (while plugged in).
- Turn on Guided Access (iPad) or Screen pinning (Android) to keep it on Famvale.
Laptop, mini PC, or wall display
SupportedAny modern browser works. Open famvale.com/echo full screen (F11) and turn off sleep in your power settings.
Stuck? Email hello@famvale.com and tell us which screen you’re using.