Amazon's new Fire TV 4K Select update blocks VPNs, sideloading and unapproved apps, ending the freedom many users loved on older Android-based devices.

Fire Toolbox is a free utility that makes it easy to hack Amazon Fire tablets by doing things like installing the Google Play Store, disabling pre-installed apps from Amazon, and loading third-party ...

Amazon’s Fire tablets are some of the cheapest tablets worth buying, with starting prices as low as $50 (or even lower during Amazon’s Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Prime Day sales). But they ship ...

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.

Piracy apps installed on Fire TV devices via sideloading will be rendered unusable based on a blacklist from the Alliance for ...

Along with offering Ultra HD visuals at a slightly cheaper price, this gadget runs on a new operating system called Vega. That's instead of the usual Fire OS platform that powers all of Amazon's ...

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 ...

After years of rumors and reports, Amazon has officially announced Vega OS, its replacement for Android on Fire TV hardware, and it’s going to make some big changes. Fire TV has always been based on ...

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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 ...

Everyone TV – the organisation behind streaming platform Freely and the evolution of free TV in the UK – has struck a deal with Amazon Fire TV In a significant development for the new platform, Freely ...

Amazon’s Fire OS 8 will be based on Android 10 and Android 11. This is the first upgrade of Fire OS in years, with even recent Amazon tablets running Android 9 Pie. It is not clear which existing ...