The drive will essentially be dedicated for app storage use and nothing else. This will format the entire drive with a file system that is unreadable by most computers. Plugging in a drive with any other file system format will result in the above message being displayed, which asks you to select one of two formatting options in order to use the drive with the Fire TV Cube. This new behavior, or rather, the return of this old behavior for USB drive mounting that was available on the Fire TV 2 is a good indication that Amazon is listening to our feedback and bringing back functionality with the Fire TV Cube that was lost with the Fire TV 3. An app must be capable of mounting the drive itself on the Fire TV 3 to access data on the drive. That device does not mount external drives in a way that all apps can access files on the drive. See this article for a list of great options. Not having this extra functionality out of the box is my only complaint with the Amazon Ethernet adapter, but I suspect it was probably necessary to ensure that the same Ethernet adapter works with the Fire TV 3 and Fire TV Stick.
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