{"id":16029,"date":"2025-04-18T21:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T19:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/the-android-free-future-of-fire-tv-arrives-with-vega-os-this-year\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T22:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:02:12","slug":"the-android-free-future-of-fire-tv-arrives-with-vega-os-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/the-android-free-future-of-fire-tv-arrives-with-vega-os-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Android-free future of Fire TV arrives with Vega OS this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary:\u00a0Amazon is reportedly planning to ditch the Android-based Fire OS soon. Its first streaming device running on Vega OS is said to be launching later in 2025. Amazon is also working with publishers to write new apps for the platform.
\nAmazon is set to ditch the Fire OS for streaming devices that are based on Android and release the first devices running on its new Vega OS sometime in 2025.
\nAmazon\u2019s Vega OS, a new OS for some of its products, such as the Fire TV streaming stick, has yet to be officially announced. Rumors about this new OS have surfaced before, though. The earliest of those rumors popped up all the way back in November 2023. There wasn\u2019t much said about Vega OS again until 2024. Another report in February of last year stated that Amazon appeared to be hiring engineers for the operating system.
\nThat brings us to today. It\u2019s now being claimed that Amazon is fairly close to releasing its first streaming product that will ditch Android as a base for Fire OS, and move to using Vega OS instead.
\nAmazon will ditch the Android-based Fire OS on its streaming devices later this year
\nWhile there\u2019s still no exact release date, according to Lowpass, who originally reported on this information, Amazon plans to launch its first device that runs on Vega OS sometime later this year. Amazon already offers a few devices that run on this software. So, its streaming products won\u2019t be the first devices to run it. However, the streaming device launching later this year will be the first streaming product with this software.
\nAs of right now, you can see the Vega OS running on a few devices. This includes the Echo Show 5 and Echo Hub. As well as the Echo Spot smart clock.
\nNew apps have to be written for the platform
\nWith Amazon already offering a few products that run on Vega OS, you\u2019d think Amazon would also have some of its streaming products running on it as well. The first streaming device running on Vega OS was supposed to launch in 2024. However, its release has taken longer than expected because Amazon needs new apps written for the platform. Amazon is said to have been \u201ccourting major publishers\u201d to get the most important apps up and running.
\nIf that\u2019s the case, then this would explain why the device won\u2019t be released until later this year. In terms of the most important apps, there\u2019s no information on what the apps may be. However, it shouldn\u2019t be hard to guess what Amazon is probably looking at. The biggest streaming apps available include Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Max, and a few others. Amazon has also likely been hard at work getting its Prime Video and Prime Music apps going for this new operating system.
\nAgain, though, none of this is confirmed, and it\u2019s merely speculation. It\u2019s also worth noting that Amazon plans to release new smart TVs running on the latest version of Fire OS later this year. So there may be some overlap with TVs running on the Android-based platform and Amazon\u2019s new Vega OS platform. It\u2019s also possible that Vega OS smart TVs won\u2019t launch until much later. With Amazon choosing to start small via streaming devices.
\nThe post The Android-free future of Fire TV arrives with Vega OS this year appeared first on Android Headlines.
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\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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