Amazon To Launch First Vega OS-powered TV Streaming Device This Year (lowpass.cc)
(Thursday April 17, 2025 @11:30PM (msmash)
from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.)
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- News link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/04/18/0012231/amazon-to-launch-first-vega-os-powered-tv-streaming-device-this-year
- Source link: https://www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-vega-os-2025-release-kepler-sdk
Amazon plans to release its first TV streaming device powered by Vega OS [1]later this year while courting major publishers to bring their apps to the platform, according to Lowpass, which cites sources familiar with the company's plans and multiple leaks.
Vega, a Linux-based operating system, may eventually replace Amazon's Android-based Fire OS across its device ecosystem. The company has already implemented Vega in three products: the Echo Show 5 and Echo Hub smart displays, as well as the Echo Spot smart clock/speaker. The tech giant has moved more cautiously in transitioning its TV hardware to Vega, having previously delayed a Vega-powered streaming stick originally slated for release in late 2024.
[1] https://www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-vega-os-2025-release-kepler-sdk
Vega, a Linux-based operating system, may eventually replace Amazon's Android-based Fire OS across its device ecosystem. The company has already implemented Vega in three products: the Echo Show 5 and Echo Hub smart displays, as well as the Echo Spot smart clock/speaker. The tech giant has moved more cautiously in transitioning its TV hardware to Vega, having previously delayed a Vega-powered streaming stick originally slated for release in late 2024.
[1] https://www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-vega-os-2025-release-kepler-sdk
I'm done. (Score:2)
by RitchCraft ( 6454710 )
Streaming has turned into cable, no thanks. After cutting the cord 30 years ago I decided to try streaming when it first came out. It was good, until it was not. Greed once again ruined it. Also, the quality of program offerings nowadays is just abysmal as well. No amount of streaming re-invention is going to bring me back. Hit the yard sales this summer. There are fantastic deals to be found when looking for DVD movies and television series ... dirt cheap. Rip them to your NAS, set up an HTPC with Kodi, an
Looks like the end is near. (Score:2)
Android compatibility on Amazon products such as Firesticks, FireTV, and Fire Tablets, is one of the only reasons why they are worth using. A device that doesn't have the app you need is a useless device.
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[1]https://f-droid.org/en/package... [f-droid.org]
There you go, F-Droid apps inside a linux container.
[1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/exa.lnx.a/
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Android is Linux-based.
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Android is Linux. Linux with a weird, topheavy Java skin.
Looks like the end is nowhere near. (Score:2)
I'm really missing the point of Android compatibility on a TV. What you really want is the most solid embedded platform possible and that Java monstrosity is not it.
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The missing peace is it's easier to suck all your data out of an Andriod based OS than a pure Linux OS.
If you strip out the Java and app based code there isn't much left to steal all your analytics to sell to the highest bidder.
It might as well be a dumb TV (GASP!) at that point.
Re: Looks like the end is nowhere near. (Score:2)
Not what you want. What Amazon wants. Proprietary systems. Soup to donuts surveillance. Always on devices is gold in the bank.