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Amazon's Vega OS Replaces Android on Fire TV, Blocks Sideloading

For years, Amazon’s Fire TV platform has secretly relied on Google‘s Android operating system. While the interface looked completely different—a heavily customized version designed solely for ...

Amazon is reportedly moving away from Android for its new streaming sticks

Although Amazon has stated in the past that it's not moving away from Android, news outlet Lowpass shares new information ...

Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore

Some users have reported seeing a notice on the Amazon product page for the new Fire TV Stick HD announced this week that ...
Android

Amazon Fire TVs May Replace Android with New Vega OS Soon

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 ...
Android Authority

Amazon tells us what we already knew: It ditched Android because of piracy (Update: Amazon's statement)

Amazon has revealed it created a new OS for its Fire TV Stick 4K Select to counter piracy. The new Vega OS prevents users from installing unauthorized apps on their TV Sticks. While Fire TV ...
Fast Company

Why Amazon is betting on a new TV OS

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 ...