The new Fire TV OS is for Amazon, not you

Amazon’s Vega operating system is the future of Fire TV, even though it’s currently a step backwards.

Jared Newman | April 29, 2026

Like it or not, Amazon is starting to phase out the Fire TV operating system it’s been using for more than a decade.

On both the new Fire TV Stick HD and the Fire TV Stick 4K Select that launched last fall, Amazon is shipping a new operating system called Vega. Going forward, the company says it won’t launch any new Fire TV Stick models based on its former Android OS, as it’s sticking with Vega going forward.

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