Amazon’s Fire TVs are getting ready for Android 14, but what does that mean for Fire OS?
Amazon has confirmed that future Fire TVs will run an Android 14-based OS, but they may lack the Fire OS branding.
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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 Fire OS, but the reason for this isn’t yet clear.
- Amazon is already providing select developers with virtual Android 14-based Fire TV devices for testing.
Amazon has confirmed that a new Fire TV operating system based on Android 14 is in development, putting to rest any question that the company might be moving away from Android entirely.
As spotted by AFTVNews, the confirmation comes from new developer documentation on the Amazon App Store. It explicitly references the upcoming OS, but interestingly, Amazon doesn’t refer to it as Fire OS. Instead, the name Android 14-based Fire TV is used, even when listed alongside previous OS versions.
