Ever since Amazon launched its new Linux-based TV operating system, Vega OS with the new Fire TV Stick 4K Select, many questions have arisen about the future of Fire OS, its Android-based operating ...

Black, unassuming, about the size of a pack of chewing gum: On the surface, the Fire TV 4K Select stick released in mid-October looks just like any other streaming device made by Amazon. Plug it into ...

Amazon has officially introduced Vega OS, a new in-house Linux OS-based operating system designed for its Fire TV lineup, at the company's annual hardware event. The shift marks an alternate path from ...

Amazon has officially announced Vega OS. Vega is the new operating system the company developed to replace Android. The Fire TV Stick 4K Select is the first Fire TV device to use the software. Last ...

Amazon’s Fire TV devices have been running a fork of Android since the company began offering these products in 2014, but it’s now ready to move to its own operating system, at least according to a ...

Amazon has confirmed that it’s not giving up on Android for its Fire TV lineup just yet, implying that its new Vega OS might focus mainly on low-end or low-power devices. Vega OS launched about a ...

Amazon is reportedly set to replace its Android-based Fire TV OS with Vega OS, a new Linux-based system. The upcoming operating system, which has been in development for years, could be officially ...

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Amazon uses an Android-based operating system called Fire OS for its Amazon Fire line of tablets and Fire TV line of smart TVs. But a few years ago we learned that the company was looking to move away ...

Most Fire TV Sticks get four years of software updates from Amazon, after which slower performance and app compatibility ...