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After the posting\u2014and apparent editing\u2014of a job opening spotted this week, it’s expected that Amazon will bring its homegrown operating system to Fire TV devices this year.<\/p>\n

Most of Amazon\u2019s Fire-branded devices, which include tablets, currently run some version of Fire OS, which is an Android fork based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). For years, Fire OS\u2019s reliance on AOSP has resulted in Amazon devices coming out with older software, such as 2024\u2019s Amazon Fire HD 8<\/a> tablet, which came out with Fire OS 8, which is based on<\/a> 2020\u2019s Android 11<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some devices already run Amazon\u2019s proprietary software, reportedly codenamed Vega OS. The current Echo Hub<\/a> smart home control panel, Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen)<\/a> smart home display, and Echo Spot<\/a> smart speaker all run an OS based on the Linux 5.16 kernel, per details in Amazon\u2019s source code notice<\/a> for Alexa devices. However, Amazon has never publicly acknowledged that the OS exists.<\/p>\n

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