Amazon presently runs Fire OS, an Android fork, on its Fire TVs and tablets. Fire OS units assist most Android apps because the working system is predicated on Android Open Source Project. The e-commerce juggernaut, nevertheless, could possibly be planning to transfer away from Google’s OS. According to a brand new report, Amazon plans to exchange the Android-based Fire OS on Fire TVs and different units with a brand new working system. The new OS is reportedly at a complicated improvement stage and will ship on supported units in 2024.
According the Lowpass publication, Amazon is within the strategy of changing Android OS with a brand new working system on Fire TVs and different supported units. The new OS, internally often called Vega, has already undergone testing on Fire TV streaming adapters and could possibly be seen on choose Fire TVs subsequent yr. The report mentions that Amazon has knowledgeable choose companions that it is engaged on transitioning to a brand new OS for its units within the close to future.
The firm has been engaged on a brand new OS for years and is claimed have held talks with chipmakers about the identical in 2017. The improvement efforts for the OS appears to have picked up tempo lately. The report cites an Amazon worker, who talked concerning the OS on a tech employee discussion board, saying that the corporate was engaged on an “iOS / Android competitor for all devices and IoT,” whereas including that improvement on the OS was in its last levels.
According to the report, Vega can be a Web-forward OS for sensible dwelling and different units. Amazon reportedly intends to transfer away from Android utterly throughout all its units. In addition to Fire TVs and shows, Vega may additionally run on in-car leisure programs and different future units.
Currently, Fire TVs, Fire TV stick, Echo Show sensible shows, and Fire tablets run on the Android-based Fire OS. As Amazon’s OS is predicated on open-source Android, the most recent model of the working system, Fire OS 8, is predicated on Android 10 (API stage 29) and Android 11 (API stage 30). There is not any official phrase from Amazon concerning the Vega OS or its launch timeline, however the report says the OS will arrive on choose units as early as subsequent yr.
