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No, it won't. The TV has to have eARC as well as the soundbar.

As Man said, that's highly unlikely. It usually requires macros, which is what the Harmony remotes can be programmed to do.

A lot of people prefer dedicated streaming devices to the apps in TVs and disc players, because they just tend to work better, but no, you don't "need" the fire TV as well. I use the AppleTV for that, just because it is the best overall, and the most expensive, of course. @Todd Erwin is really...

Just connect hdmi. And BTW, it’s not ARC, just regular hdmi. ARC is only for TVs to send audio “backward” from their input back to the receiver.

The TV could be mixing down the audio to two track when going through the optical output, while ARC should be maintaining 5.1. Of course, with a soundbar, the difference can be debatable. I'm definitely not a fan of ARC, but it does serve some purpose, and if it's working, might as well stick...

You might as well go ahead and use ARC. It might not make a difference, but ARC does have greater capabilities, so it removes some doubt.