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· Mar 5
Announcing the release of Downloader 2.0! The biggest update yet, with a new unified design, full edge-to-edge browser, and more. www.aftvnews.com/downloader-2...
Vega OS 2.0 on the new Fire TV Stick 4K is plagued by an app icon issue www.aftvnews.com/vega-os-2-0-...
Vega OS 2.0 on the new Fire TV Stick 4K is plagued by an app icon issue
The new 3rd-gen Fire TV Stick 4K is off to a rougher-than-expected start. At this point, every new Fire TV model running Vega OS is expected to have poor initial reviews from buyers who think they're ...
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October 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Vega OS 2.0 on the new Fire TV Stick 4K is plagued by an app icon issue www.aftvnews.com/vega-os-2-0-...
Nvidia Shield TV Pro price jumps $100 to $299 and the Shield TV (tube) has been officially discontinued www.aftvnews.com/nvidia-shiel...
Nvidia Shield TV Pro price jumps $100 to $299 and the Shield TV (tube) has been officially discontinued
Nvidia has increased the price of the Shield TV Pro from $199 to $299, stating that the cost of components, including memory, has increased substantially across the industry. This comes after the vast...
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October 2, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Nvidia Shield TV Pro price jumps $100 to $299 and the Shield TV (tube) has been officially discontinued www.aftvnews.com/nvidia-shiel...
Amazon announces new Fire TV Remote and Fire TV Remote Plus — Compatible with most Fire TV models www.aftvnews.com/amazon-annou...
Amazon announces new Fire TV Remote and Fire TV Remote Plus — Compatible with most Fire TV models
Fire TV Remote (left) and Fire TV Remote Plus (right) Far more interesting than the new 3rd-gen Fire TV Stick 4K announced today is the all-new Fire TV Remote and upcoming Fire TV Remote Plus. While t...
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September 30, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Amazon announces new Fire TV Remote and Fire TV Remote Plus — Compatible with most Fire TV models www.aftvnews.com/amazon-annou...
Amazon announces new 3rd-gen Fire TV Stick 4K running Vega OS with an all-new remote www.aftvnews.com/amazon-annou...
Amazon announces new 3rd-gen Fire TV Stick 4K running Vega OS with an all-new remote
Amazon has unveiled the new 3rd-gen Fire TV Stick 4K, along with an all-new remote. This new streaming stick runs Amazon's Vega operating system, instead of the Android-based Fire OS that previous mod...
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September 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Amazon announces new 3rd-gen Fire TV Stick 4K running Vega OS with an all-new remote www.aftvnews.com/amazon-annou...
Leaked photos reveal an unreleased Fire TV Stick 4K and all-new remote www.aftvnews.com/leaked-photo...
Leaked photos reveal an unreleased Fire TV Stick 4K and all-new remote
Image Source: WinFuture There have been a few signs of a new Fire TV Stick 4K being released soon, but nothing concrete until now. Several leaked photos of an unreleased Fire TV Stick 4K and a complet...
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September 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Leaked photos reveal an unreleased Fire TV Stick 4K and all-new remote www.aftvnews.com/leaked-photo...
Onn streaming devices are $10 Off with a rare discount code — Onn 4K Stick is $29.98, Onn 4K Plus is $39.98, & Onn 4K Pro is $49.98 www.aftvnews.com/onn-streamin...
Onn streaming devices are $10 Off with a rare discount code — Onn 4K Stick is $29.98, Onn 4K Plus is $39.98, & Onn 4K Pro is $49.98
Walmart's Onn streaming devices hardly ever go on sale, and the current lineup of 4K models has never been on sale. That's why it's highly unusual for a generic promo code to work on them, but that's ...
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September 28, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Onn streaming devices are $10 Off with a rare discount code — Onn 4K Stick is $29.98, Onn 4K Plus is $39.98, & Onn 4K Pro is $49.98 www.aftvnews.com/onn-streamin...
Fire TV will continue to be the exclusive OS on Best Buy's Insignia TVs in a new expanded partnership that now includes ad sharing www.aftvnews.com/fire-tv-will...
Fire TV will continue to be the exclusive OS on Best Buy’s Insignia TVs in a new expanded partnership that now includes ad sharing
Amazon teamed up with Best Buy in 2018 to sell Insignia and Toshiba Fire TVs, and has been doing so ever since. That partnership replaced Roku OS with Fire OS across all of Best Buy's Insignia smart T...
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September 23, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Fire TV will continue to be the exclusive OS on Best Buy's Insignia TVs in a new expanded partnership that now includes ad sharing www.aftvnews.com/fire-tv-will...
Shield TV Pro is out of stock everywhere — Is this the end of the line, or could a new model be coming? www.aftvnews.com/shield-tv-pr...
Shield TV Pro is out of stock everywhere — Is this the end of the line, or could a new model be coming?
Earlier this year, the tube-shaped Nvidia Shield TV went out of stock at all retailers, leading to speculation that the less-popular variant of Nvidia's streaming media player had been discontinued.
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September 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Shield TV Pro is out of stock everywhere — Is this the end of the line, or could a new model be coming? www.aftvnews.com/shield-tv-pr...
Amazon has fixed the Fire TV bug that broke sideloading through Downloader and other apps www.aftvnews.com/amazon-has-f...
Amazon has fixed the Fire TV bug that broke sideloading through Downloader and other apps
An update last month introduced a bug that prevented the Fire TV's settings from properly displaying the list of installed apps that could sideload other apps. This made it impossible for users to gra...
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September 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Amazon has fixed the Fire TV bug that broke sideloading through Downloader and other apps www.aftvnews.com/amazon-has-f...
Prime Video now offers 5 streaming services bundled for $29.99 per month www.aftvnews.com/prime-video-...
Prime Video now offers 5 streaming services bundled for $29.99 per month
Amazon has let customers subscribe to add-on streaming services through Prime Video for over a decade. It's a convenient way to browse multiple catalogs through a single app and consolidate billing in...
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September 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Prime Video now offers 5 streaming services bundled for $29.99 per month www.aftvnews.com/prime-video-...
Amazon confirms a fix is coming for a Fire TV bug that broke sideloading through Downloader and other apps www.aftvnews.com/amazon-confi...
Amazon confirms a fix is coming for a Fire TV bug that broke sideloading through Downloader and other apps
Amazon rolled out a Fire TV software update last month that prevented many devices from sideloading apps through Downloader and similar apps. I reported finding ample evidence in the update's decompil...
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September 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Amazon confirms a fix is coming for a Fire TV bug that broke sideloading through Downloader and other apps www.aftvnews.com/amazon-confi...
Amazon launches its first Fire TV Beta Access Program for unreleased features www.aftvnews.com/amazon-launc...
Amazon launches its first Fire TV Beta Access Program for unreleased features
Amazon has launched a Fire TV Beta Access Program, which gives customers the option to try new Fire TV software before it's released to all customers.
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September 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Amazon launches its first Fire TV Beta Access Program for unreleased features www.aftvnews.com/amazon-launc...
Xbox Game Pass app for Google TV will be released "in the coming months" www.aftvnews.com/xbox-game-pa...
Xbox Game Pass app for Google TV will be released “in the coming months”
At the start of the year, TCL announced that an Xbox Game Pass app would be coming to some of its TVs running Google TV. While TCL televisions tend to get first dibs on new Google TV apps, those initi...
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September 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Xbox Game Pass app for Google TV will be released "in the coming months" www.aftvnews.com/xbox-game-pa...
Rare sale drops both official Fire TV remotes to $14.99 www.aftvnews.com/rare-sale-dr...
Rare sale drops both official Fire TV remotes to $14.99
Amazon has put both the Fire TV Alexa Remote and the Fire TV Alexa Enhanced Remote on sale for $14.99. This is a very rare sale on Amazon's official remotes, which hardly ever drop below their $29.99 ...
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September 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Rare sale drops both official Fire TV remotes to $14.99 www.aftvnews.com/rare-sale-dr...
Google increases the price of its Google TV Streamer from $99.99 to $149.99 www.aftvnews.com/google-incre...
Google increases the price of its Google TV Streamer from $99.99 to $149.99
It was inevitable, but Google has followed the recent trend and increased the price of the Google TV Streamer from $99.99 to $149.99. Fire TVs, Apple TVs, Rokus, Onn streamers, and other streaming dev...
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August 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Google increases the price of its Google TV Streamer from $99.99 to $149.99 www.aftvnews.com/google-incre...
Fire TV bug is preventing Downloader and other apps from appearing in the 'Install Unknown Apps' list www.aftvnews.com/fire-tv-bug-...
Fire TV bug is preventing Downloader and other apps from appearing in the ‘Install Unknown Apps’ list
A recent Fire TV bug in the latest versions of Fire OS 7 and Fire OS 8 is affecting users who wish to sideload apps. The issue prevents Amazon's streaming devices from listing all apps capable of inst...
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August 26, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Fire TV bug is preventing Downloader and other apps from appearing in the 'Install Unknown Apps' list www.aftvnews.com/fire-tv-bug-...
Amazon increases the price of all Fire TVs — Android-based models increase the most www.aftvnews.com/amazon-incre...
Amazon increases the price of all Fire TVs — Android-based models increase the most
After Roku, Onn, and Apple TV streaming devices all received price hikes this year, Amazon's Fire TV devices were one of the last holds, until now. All Fire TV Stick and Cube models have just received...
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August 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Amazon increases the price of all Fire TVs — Android-based models increase the most www.aftvnews.com/amazon-incre...
Amazon FCC filing reveals a mysterious battery-powered "Puck" device with a Camera, GPS, and WiFi www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fcc-f...
Amazon FCC filing reveals a mysterious battery-powered “Puck” device with a Camera, GPS, and WiFi
A new FCC filing appears to be for a new class of portable device from Amazon. The battery-powered device has Bluetooth and WiFi 6E connectivity, but no cellular radios. The device is listed as a Puck...
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August 21, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Amazon FCC filing reveals a mysterious battery-powered "Puck" device with a Camera, GPS, and WiFi www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fcc-f...
New FCC filing looks to be an upcoming Fire TV Remote www.aftvnews.com/new-fcc-fili...
New FCC filing looks to be an upcoming Fire TV Remote
A new FCC filing has appeared for what looks to be an upcoming Fire TV remote, as spotted by Janko Roettgers from Lowpass. This new remote may accompany new Fire TV devices announced in the coming wee...
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August 21, 2026 at 8:56 PM
New FCC filing looks to be an upcoming Fire TV Remote www.aftvnews.com/new-fcc-fili...
Plex is rolling back some of the changes brought on by its recent redesign www.aftvnews.com/plex-is-roll...
Plex is rolling back some of the changes brought on by its recent redesign
Plex recently ramped up the rollout of its updated interface to many more devices, including recent Fire TV models. The redesign has received a lot of criticism, especially regarding the new menu syst...
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August 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Plex is rolling back some of the changes brought on by its recent redesign www.aftvnews.com/plex-is-roll...
Fire TVs can now access Alexa+ without needing a subscription www.aftvnews.com/fire-tvs-can...
Fire TVs can now access Alexa+ without needing a subscription
Accessing Alexa+ normally requires either a Prime membership or a stand-alone Alexa+ subscription. Amazon has now announced that select Fire TVs in the US will be upgraded to Alexa+ for free without n...
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August 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Fire TVs can now access Alexa+ without needing a subscription www.aftvnews.com/fire-tvs-can...
Fire TVs running Fire OS 16, based on Android 16, will launch soon www.aftvnews.com/fire-tvs-run...
Fire TVs running Fire OS 16, based on Android 16, will launch soon
Even though Amazon has committed to exclusively using its Linux-based Vega OS for all future Fire TV Sticks, it hasn't fully abandoned Android-based Fire TVs quite yet.
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August 18, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Fire TVs running Fire OS 16, based on Android 16, will launch soon www.aftvnews.com/fire-tvs-run...
Google TV devices now include 10,000 free ad-supported Movies and TV Shows www.aftvnews.com/google-tv-de...
Google TV devices now include 10,000 free ad-supported Movies and TV Shows
Google TV devices have had access to a bunch of free ad-supported live channels for years. The built-in streaming service, which was renamed to Google TV Freeplay a few years ago, has grown to over 30...
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August 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Google TV devices now include 10,000 free ad-supported Movies and TV Shows www.aftvnews.com/google-tv-de...
A new free ad-supported cloud gaming service arrives on Fire TVs www.aftvnews.com/a-new-free-a...
A new free ad-supported cloud gaming service arrives on Fire TVs
Between Amazon Luna, Nvidia GeForce Now, Xbox, and a few other lesser-known services, there are plenty of cloud gaming options available on modern Fire TV devices.
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August 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A new free ad-supported cloud gaming service arrives on Fire TVs www.aftvnews.com/a-new-free-a...
Signs point to the end of Android-based Fire TV Sticks being just weeks away www.aftvnews.com/signs-point-...
Signs point to the end of Android-based Fire TV Sticks being just weeks away
Amazon has already said that all future Fire TV Sticks will run Vega OS, so it’s only a matter of time before the last Android-based models are replaced.
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August 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Signs point to the end of Android-based Fire TV Sticks being just weeks away www.aftvnews.com/signs-point-...