Amazon Fire Tablets and other gear will reportedly switch away from Android::TVs, Echo Show, and other gear could sport Amazon’s in-house replacement soon.
Amazon Fire Tablets and other gear will reportedly switch away from Android::TVs, Echo Show, and other gear could sport Amazon’s in-house replacement soon.
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Amazon has been working on an in-house replacement for its Android-based Fire OS, codenamed “Vega” and built for easier app development, according to reporting from Janko Roettgers at Lowpass.
This could simplify development for Fire devices alongside other React-ready platforms, including smartphones, desktops, and other smart TVs.
Vega could start shipping on Fire TV devices as early as next year, according to Roettgers’ sources.
From there, the web-minded OS could move onto Echo smart displays, Fire tablets, and then future Amazon efforts, like in-car entertainment systems.
Roettgers notes that with a custom OS, Amazon could better control the deployment of advertising and paid services to “a wide range of inexpensive devices.”
There’s an enthusiastic community built around buying Fire tablets for their economy-cheating low price, then side-loading the Play Store and other Google services onto them (and even restricting Amazon’s advertising presence on them).
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