Among the most interesting devices to convert any normal TV into smart Those that use Android or a variant stand out. Many TV Boxes, even those with a ridiculous price so rare that they do not usually receive a single update, use Android, and those that do not, like the Fire from Amazon, they use AOSP, which is the open source version. This could change in the future if we take the latest rumors as good.
The e-commerce giant posted a job offer with the description “Fire TV Experience Software Development Engineer”, meaning they were looking for a software development engineer for the Fire TV experience. The offer disappeared minutes later, and the reason is unknown. Ruling out that it was a mistake and they are not looking for anything, the other two options why the offer disappeared could be that they wanted to keep it a secret or that they have already found someone.
Is Amazon preparing to abandon Android?
The ultimate goal of the system will be something based on Rust that doesn't use anything from Android. Some rumors claim that the operating system will be called Vega, and will have Linux base. This system would offer a smoother experience between devices, such as Fire or even Alexa.
We are facing what is nothing more than the last in a list of manufacturers that are considering doing the same, abandoning Google's system to offer something of their own. Whether it's a good idea or not We will only know with time. In my opinion, it is not the easiest solution. Android has millions of applications available, and all developers upload their applications to Google Play or distribute an APK by other means. If Vega is its own system, all this will be lost, but it is too early to know Amazon's plans in detail.
Right now, Fire 8 is the most recent version of the operating system used by Amazon devices. For a company of its size, I'm curious to see how this turns out. If the system is closer to Linux than Android, we could benefit as the Steam Deck has shown with games, and more applications could reach our ecosystem. Dreaming is free.