Originally published at: Vega OS Will Be Introduced to Fire TV Devices in 2025
It appears as though Amazon will implement its in-house “Vega Operating System” on various Fire TV devices sometime this year. After much speculation and various internet leaks, a Lowpass journalist has confirmed plans to transition away from the Android Operating System that currently runs on Amazon streaming devices. We reported on this back in 2024,…
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Miki
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Without sideloading then that would be the end of Firestick devices for the cord cutting community. I think the Onn 4K Pro pretty much slowed the Amazon streaming device market to a halt anyway.
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Agreed..I have 4 older firesticks, and I use only one of them now. I bought 3 Onn boxes when I was in Maine last year( can’t buy them in Canada), and I treated myself to an Nvidia Sheild before that. It will be interesting to see how, if at all, Amazom reacts to the certain decline in the use of their devices.
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Onn devices are not readily
available in most parts of the world.
We really need to know if they’re still going to (also) produce any higher end devices (like a Cube) on the traditional Android/Fire OS? They’ve already stated they are going to launch a new line of Fire TVs off of Android 14.
I understand they were forced to keep an Android based FireOS to appease their TV partners like Toshiba etc. but splitting their ecosystem will be a major headache for them and their customers.
This rollout will be interesting to watch. We have a FireCube 3 that performs well, but I can’t see purchasing another Fire streaming device unless they have something up their sleeve.
Crawdaddy - I’m in Canada too .. just did a quick search (as I’m on Firesticks, as well)
Isn’t this the ONN box?
Yes it is…a lot pricier but that’s it!
Does anyone know if existing fire sticks will be forced to upgrade to this operating system?
From what we understand, absolutely not. All existing Fire TV devices will remain on Android-based OS.
