Amazon Fire Tablets run a modified Android without Google Play. A new project, "Kittyhawk," could bring higher-end Amazon tablets with a full Android OS. The rumored $400 tablet could provide Google ...

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Summary: Amazon is reportedly planning to ditch the Android-based Fire OS soon. Its first streaming device running on Vega OS is said to be launching later in 2025. Amazon is also working with ...

After years of rumors and reports, Amazon has officially announced Vega OS, its replacement for Android on Fire TV hardware, and it’s going to make some big changes. Fire TV has always been based on ...

Amazon is reportedly planning a major overhaul of its Fire tablets, potentially abandoning its custom Fire OS for a standard version of Android. This shift, a response to years of user and developer ...

Amazon could be on the verge of making a huge change to its popular Fire tablet lineup. A multiyear higher-end tablet project internally codenamed Kittyhawk is hinting at a high possibility of the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Amazon's Fire tablet lineup could be in for a big shakeup next year, according to new reports. For over a decade and a half, the tablets have ...

Amazon developer documentation has confirmed that future Fire TVs will run an Android 14-based OS, quelling rumors of a full switch to Vega OS. Amazon has avoided referring to the upcoming version as ...

Amazon uses an Android-based operating system called Fire OS for its Amazon Fire line of tablets and Fire TV line of smart TVs. But a few years ago we learned that the company was looking to move away ...

Now, Amazon is stepping up its efforts to combat piracy more directly and, for the first time ever, is taking action to ...

Rumor mill: Analysts say Amazon could close long-standing gaps with higher-end competing tablets by using Android and thus delivering broader app support and better hardware, potentially reshaping its ...