Amazon Fire TV Devices Could Ditch Android As Amazon Reportedly Plots In-House OS

Amazon is once again trying its hand at building an original operating system, and this time, it is ditching Android to build a software ecosystem that covers the entire portfolio of Fire devices, from streaming TV sticks to smart home devices. Tech reporter Janko Roettgers at LowPass has detailed Amazon’s plans for a new OS codenamed Vega, citing internal sources and job listings. Reportedly, work on Vega is nearing completion, and the first products powered by Amazon’s in-house operating system

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