New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- If your Fire TV or Fire TV Stick has started lagging, buffering, or taking forever to open apps, you are probably thinking of buying a new one. Not many of us know this, but in most cases, you can get a noticeable improvement just by adjusting a few settings.

I recently did all these changes on my Fire TV and noticed an instant performance boost. Try these simple tips before you plan a big upgrade.

Most of us never restart our Fire TV. It stays powered on all the time and collects small errors in the background. A quick restart clears temporary files and refreshes the system.

You can also unplug the power, wait a few seconds and plug it back in.

If your Fire TV software is outdated, it can slow down the system and...