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- Amazon allegedly prepared an ownership OS for Fire TV.
- Various devices will run Linux-based Vega OS instead of Android-based firos.
- The change will not happen immediately and is likely to start with new devices.
Amazon Fire TV devices are convenient, but their interface is at least a user friendly that I have tested. While Amazon has worked to improve its fireos with constant updates, the company is reportedly working on releasing an ownership operating system called Vega OS that can increase the user experience.
This new operating system can be declared during the Amazon devices and services events earlier next week, which is closed on Tuesday, September 30. According to the new Fire TV Hardware can provide the feature of Vega OS before the end of the year, according to the end of the year Journalist Janako Roetters,
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The Fire OS is built on the Android Open Source Project, while the new Vega is based on OS Linux and is built with the react country. The JavaScript-based framework can theoretically simplify the application development, yet Amazon is allegedly struggling to bring the app developers on board with the new system.
Year in plan
Although e-commerce giants are allegedly in conversation with prominent publishers to integrate their apps in Vega OS, moving away from an Android-based system means that developers need to adjust to manufacture an application on a separate structure.
Report of a new operating system to replace Android-based firos was revealed first In 2023However, Roettgers believe that the company has been working on it since the beginning of 2019.
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The latest information was found in a job listing for a software development manager which has since been edited to remove the mentions of Vega OS.
“Prime Video Fire TV organization is looking for an engineering leader who will help creating a vega OS product that will delight customers worldwide,” it is said in listing. “Team Vega OS is responsible for all PV experiences on the Vega Launcher dedicated on Vega OS. With the app launched in 2025, you have to shape the culture of the team along with the future of this product.”
For now, Vega OS is expected to run only on new fire TV devices, which means that Amazon will continue to support Android-based fireos for some time. The third-party fire TV manufacturer will continue to make and sell Fireros TV, and Vega is yet to come to all fire tablets.
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Amazon is motivated to release equipment with a fresher OS base, especially after making them at old OS bases.
Many of the latest Fire Tablet, including 2023 Fire Max 11 and 2024 Fire Kids Tablet 8 Pro, run on the fire OS version based on Android 11, which was released in 2020.
In Amazon’s program of Amazon’s equipment and services in New York, the company is expected to announce new fire TV and eco devices and potentially, new kindle and smart home products.
