Years in the making, the proprietary Linux OS that replaces Android-based FireOS is expected to be announced at next week's event. Here's everything we know so far.

Now, Amazon is stepping up its efforts to combat piracy more directly and, for the first time ever, is taking action to specifically block apps on its Fire TV devices that are "identified as providing ...

Amazon could be on the verge of making a huge change to its popular Fire tablet lineup. A multiyear higher-end tablet project internally codenamed Kittyhawk is hinting at a high possibility of the ...

W hen Amazon launched the Fire TV Stick 4K Select last month, its main highlight wasn't its specs (which are mediocre ); it ...

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Amazon developer documentation has confirmed that future Fire TVs will run an Android 14-based OS, quelling rumors of a full switch to Vega OS. Amazon has avoided referring to the upcoming version as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Amazon is now blocking sideloaded streaming apps on Fire Stick at the device level, rendering VPNs ineffective. Here’s what’s ...

Amazon is reportedly planning a major overhaul of its Fire tablets, potentially abandoning its custom Fire OS for a standard version of Android. This shift, a response to years of user and developer ...