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Amazon says sideloading will come back to Fire TV devices soon
9to5Google • • technology
Key Points:
- Amazon will restore the ability to sideload apps on Fire TV devices with an upcoming software update after a previous Android patch unintentionally blocked third-party app installations.
- The sideloading issue was caused by a bug in a recent Fire TV Settings update that made the “Install unknown apps” list incomplete or empty on some devices.
- Amazon confirmed the fix will be automatically deployed to affected Fire TV devices within the next week.
- New Fire TV Stick models will run on a Linux-based Vega OS instead of Android, likely preventing sideloading on future devices to optimize performance and power efficiency.
- Existing Fire TV hardware will regain sideloading functionality, but this capability may not be supported on upcoming streaming devices running the new OS.
