Although Amazon has stated in the past that it's not moving away from Android, news outlet Lowpass shares new information that indicates that the brand is indeed moving away from Android on its Fire TV Sticks going forward (via 9to5Google). Naturally, we'll just have to wait and see how the rest of the 2026 lineup pans out, but so far, every newly released Fire TV Stick device has been running Vega OS. Again, there's nothing wrong with this, since the experience for most people will be the same. Vega OS first made its debut with Amazon's Echo products, and only recently found its way to Fire T
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