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What Version Of Android Does Fire Tv Stick Operating System Use?

Considering a new Fire TV Stick purchase. Can anyone confirm if it runs a full Android TV OS version, or is it a forked Amazon Fire OS build?
2025-08-04 08:26:31
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Evy. I Siregar
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This device is a customized Android fork for that specific piece of hardware, running off of a 5-7 version Android OS, heaviliy skinned and locked down by Amazon for their purposes. This means that aside from a few bare-bones apps that can be side-loaded, you won't be able to put much of anything in terms of reading apps on here. Recently I've become obsessed with the web novel 'The Alpha's Dragon Flame', a very straightforward but very engrossing paranormal romance novel. The main conflict isn't just your typical 'mating bond' trope, but rather a dragons' curse that is slowly incinerating the protagonist from the inside out. Easy enough to read on this in a basic web browser given the restrictions of the device.
2026-08-04
Ellie
Ellie
I use Fire TV Stick as a day to day media device and it is not always obvious which Android version any given app has been ported from. My 4K Max is Fire OS 7 (based on Android 9) while my older bedside Stick runs Fire OS 5 (based on Android 5.1). I can notice the difference in app startup times as well as the availability of certain apps. Amazon don’t explicitly state the Android version that apps have been ported from but there are plenty of tech sites out there that confirm the information for those interested.
2025-08-06
Roman
Roman
This is apparently done on Fire TV sticks running Fire OS (a custom version of Android) on top of the core operating system for the newer models, Fire OS 7, based on Android 9 (for the essential functionality such as streaming). It appears to be cleverly structured to enable the device’s ‘services’ (not sure what this refers to) while remaining compatible with core Android streaming functionality, such as supporting high-end video features like HDR and Dolby Vision that didn’t work so well on earlier versions of the OS.
2025-08-07
Henry
Henry
The Fire TV Stick uses a custom version of Android called Fire OS. This is Amazon’s own operating system based on Android Open Source Project. Recently updated models, like the Fire TV Stick 4K Max, use Fire OS 7. On the latest Stick, this has been confirmed to be based on Android 9 Pie. While it’s radically different from regular Android apps, it’s still possible to load them onto Fire TV and run them after some configuration using sideloaded versions.

The older versions of Fire TV such as the 2nd Gen Fire TV Stick and others run on Fire OS 5 (Android 5.1 Lollipop). Of course, as Android evolves with security updates, as well as updated video and audio codecs, the version of Android (or in this case Amazon’s version of Android) will dictate which apps can be installed and which features the remote will have. As Amazon typically does not list the Android version that Fire TV Operating Systems are based off of, we have confirmed this information through system dumps from the tech community online. For example, the home screen may look different from typical Android TV versions, but it is all Android under the surface.
2025-08-09
Quincy
Quincy
Fire TV Sticks run off of the same Fire OS that Amazon created for their media streaming devices. I know that it’s based off of Android. What I haven’t always known is that different models of the Fire TV Stick run different versions of Android, and that the current models all run on the foundation of Android 9 (Android 9, not “Fire OS 9”). If you’re trying to sideload apps onto your Stick, or determine how they’ll perform after they’ve been sideloaded, the underlying version of Android will likely have a very large impact on your experience. For example, the older Fire TV Sticks that ran Android 5.1 can’t run many of the newer streaming apps out there, because of the large difference between 5.1 and the most current version of Android.
2025-08-09

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