Update v1.5.1 for my Downloader app is now available for Fire TVs and Fire Tablets in the Amazon Appstore and for Google TVs, Android TVs, Android Phones, and Android Tablets in the Google Play Store.

Amazon has announced the launch of its new AI-enhanced voice search for Fire TV devices which promises to make finding personalized TV show and movie recommendations using natural language simple and easy.

Amazon has made a sneaky change to how apps are downloaded on Fire TV devices that is bound to trick some people into unintentionally subscribing to streaming services when all they meant to do was download a free app.

Amazon’s recent streak of unpopular Fire TV changes continues, and its latest change is a doozy. The most recent Fire TV software update has blocked a Fire TV capability that has been present since the original model's release in 2014.

A report last year claimed that Amazon was working on an operating system, called Vega OS, as a replacement for the Android-based operating system it has been using on Echo and Fire TV devices for years.

A report from Janko Roettgers on Lowpass states that Amazon is working on a new in-house operating system, called Vega, as a replacement for its Android-based Fire OS, according to sources.

An unfortunate issue with the new 2nd-gen Fire TV Stick 4K and 2nd-gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max is the resurfacing of an old bug that prevents the icons of sideloaded apps from appearing in most of the Fire TV interface.

As expected, Amazon has announced a pair of new Fire TV Sticks at its big new devices event this morning. The new Firesticks are a 2nd-gen Fire TV Stick 4K, which replaces the previous model released in 2018, and a 2nd-gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max, which replaces the model released in 2021.

What appears to be a pair of new Fire TV devices have just received FCC approval, as first spotted by Janko Roettgers. Both of the two new models were submitted to the FCC by Amazon as a Digital Media Receiver and, while there is no explicit mention of either one being a Fire TV device, the fillin...

Amazon usually has a big hardware announcement event in September and this year is going to be no different. David Limp, Amazon's head of devices and services, has announced that this year's device announcement event will be on September 20th.

It was inevitable, but it looks like Amazon has already blacklisted the Fire TV app, Launcher Manager. The sideload-only app, which was updated earlier this month with the ability to remap the Home and App Shortcut buttons on Fire TV remotes, can no longer be opened on Fire TV devices.

Smart TVs from various manufacturers with Amazon's Fire TV operating system built-in have been around since 2017. However, it wasn't until 4 years later that Amazon decided to release its own branded Fire TV Smart TVs with the introduction of the Fire TV 4-Series and Fire TV Omni Series TVs in late...

Amazon has pushed out a software update to select Fire TV devices that prevents customers from remapping the app shortcut buttons at the bottom of Fire TV remotes.

Amazon has changed its policy regarding how Fire TV apps interact with other apps. Specifically, Fire TV apps can, allegedly, no longer directly launch movies or TV shows within other Fire TV apps.

Amazon is pushing a new software update to the 3rd-gen Fire TV Cube that should make video and audiophiles happy. Software version 7.6.1.3 (PS7613/3686) is currently rolling out to devices with improvements to the Super Resolution Upscaling feature that should make non-4K content look even sharper.

Amazon announced in September that the Echo Show 15 would be receiving an update that turned it into a full-fledged Fire TV. With only a few weeks left in the year, the Fire TV update is now rolling out to Amazon's largest Echo smart display, bringing the two product lines closer together than they'...

You can connect just about any HDMI device to the HDMI IN port on the 3rd-gen Fire TV Cube, as discussed here in my article all about how the new port works.

Amazon is, unfortunately, always coming up with new ways to show you ads on its Fire TV devices, but this new method takes the cake. Starting later this year, Amazon will begin to display an ad before its Freevee app even gets a chance to load.

Amazon's current flagship Fire TV model, the 2nd-gen Fire TV Cube, was released in late 2019. While it's still the best-performing Fire TV model and is holding its own among other premium streaming devices, at nearly 3 years old, it's due for an update.

Plex has added a new feature that can sync watch state and user ratings between multiple Plex servers. So, if you have multiple Plex servers with the same content, the content will be marked as watched (or unwatched) on all of them when the state of one server changes.