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Amazon Fire TV and Stick

News, updates and gossip about the Fire OS (March 2016)

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LL
London Lite Founding member
Amazon have licensed Fire OS to tv manufacturers in the US.

http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-teams-up-with-westinghouse-seiki-and-element-to-release-fire-tv-edition-televisions-running-fire-os/
BA
bilky asko
Am I right in saying those brands are far from premium? The US equivalent of Linsar, perhaps?
NG
noggin Founding member
Am I right in saying those brands are far from premium? The US equivalent of Linsar, perhaps?


They aren't high-end. AIUI Seiki is a Chinese manufacturer, and Westinghouse is a licensed brand (i.e. the TVs aren't made by the actual Westinghouse company that generated the original brand loyalty). (Philips is similar these days when it comes to TVs I believe)
London Lite and bilky asko gave kudos
LL
London Lite Founding member
Will be interesting to see if the supermarket badge brands in the UK along with Argos's Alba/Bush will also eventually use Fire OS?
LL
London Lite Founding member
Review of the Westinghouse Fire OS Smart TV. As the article states, all three brands are badges of Tongfang Global.

http://www.aftvnews.com/overview-and-first-impressions-of-the-new-fire-tv-edition-televisions/
NG
noggin Founding member
Review of the Westinghouse Fire OS Smart TV. As the article states, all three brands are badges of Tongfang Global.

http://www.aftvnews.com/overview-and-first-impressions-of-the-new-fire-tv-edition-televisions/


Interesting. Looks like they don't offer any USB recording functionality for the OTA tuner, just live Pause. That feels like a missed opportunity - though I think that's less of a feature in the US than Europe, where it's becoming standard.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Technical specs.

http://www.aftvnews.com/technical-specs-of-the-new-fire-tv-edition-televisions-from-westinghouse-seiki-and-element/
RE
remlap
Wonders if these TV's will have adb that allows slideloading apps.

57 days later

LL
London Lite Founding member
The second generation Fire Stick with Alexa which has been available in the US since the autumn will be released here in the UK in April. Already on pre-order at £39.99.

Alexa will be added to UK Fire TV's in April as well.

19 days later

LL
London Lite Founding member
Amazon plan to release a budget version of the Fire TV with performance better than the 2nd Gen fire stick, but worse than the first gen Fire TV.

http://www.aftvnews.com/exclusive-amazon-to-release-new-mid-tier-fire-tv-model-with-4k-hdr-and-android-7/

16 days later

LL
London Lite Founding member
Alexa is being added to all Fire TV models in the UK and Germany from today. Amazon don't update all of the boxes at the same time, so will take some time before everyone gets the latest software update.

http://www.aftvnews.com/alexa-added-to-all-amazon-fire-tv-and-fire-tv-stick-models-in-the-uk-and-germany/#more-20726

First gen Fire TV and Stick are getting the current interface as well.
JO
Josh
I've managed to get my hands on the new Fire Stick and it is very well laid out. I even tried to order a takeaway via Alexa!

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