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Amazon has launched a new Fire TV Stick 4K Select featuring its in-house VegaOS, replacing Android for faster app launching and streaming, along with new Omni QLED and 2-Series/4-Series TVs that include enhanced brightness, color adjustment, and integrated Alexa Plus AI capabilities.
Amazon is reportedly developing a new operating system called VegaOS to replace Android-powered FireOS for its smart home devices, with rumors suggesting that the new OS will run on "React Native." While the timeline for the switch is unclear, Amazon has already transitioned its Echo Show 5 to the new OS, and the change is expected to impact third-party app installation on Fire TV devices.
Amazon has confirmed its plans to transition Fire TV from the Android-based Fire OS to a new platform called "VegaOS" through a deleted job listing that explicitly mentioned the shift to "native/Rust" and React Native. The job listing, which has since been removed, provides strong evidence of Amazon's efforts to replace the Android base of its products with its own operating system. This move follows reports from last year indicating that Amazon would be dropping Android for its own OS across all new devices, and it's still unclear when the transition will take place.