The Next Web30 Sept 2026Alina Maria Stan

Amazon launches a faster Fire TV Stick 4K with a new remote design

Amazon has launched a faster Fire TV Stick 4K with a redesigned remote, running its own Vega operating system rather than Android.

Amazon has launched the Fire TV Stick 4K, which it says reaches content 20 to 40% faster than a rival stick at a similar price. It comes with a redesigned remote and shipped today in Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

It cannot install apps from outside Amazon’s store.

The remote has an asymmetric shape, a metal home button and a customisable star button, and sells alone for $14.99. The stick drops Android for Amazon’s Vega system, and 9to5Google reported that Vega kills sideloading.

Amazon’s announcement does not mention that.

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