Overview
- Amazon confirms the new Vega-based Fire TV Stick 4K Select only allows downloads from the Amazon Appstore.
- Reporting from Cordbusters says Vega is Linux-based and incompatible with Android apps, making sideloading far harder.
- Industry voices, including Sky, argue the tighter software rules could undermine modified sticks used to watch pirated Premier League matches.
- Older Fire TV models continue to run Android-based software, so any anti-piracy effect will be limited to new hardware for now.
- Amazon positions the device as an affordable 4K streamer with HDR10+ and upcoming support for Xbox Cloud Gaming, Luna and Alexa+.