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Amazon’s new Fire Sticks are turning sideloading into a thing of the past

Amazon’s Vega OS shift blocks regular Fire Stick sideloading, giving buyers a stricter streaming device that may be safer but leaves less room for outside apps, launchers, and customization.

Amazon Appstore, amazon fire stick, Fire Stick sideloading, fire tv, sideloading apps, Smart Home, Streaming Devices, Vega OS

It’s your last chance to get record-low prices on Amazon Fire TV Sticks — plus a huge sale on Amazon’s answer to Samsung’s The Frame art TV

Don’t miss lowest-ever prices on Fire TV Sticks, or on the new Ember Artline TV.

Seasonal Sales, Streaming Devices, Televisions

Did you know that the World Cup is streaming in 4K on BBC iPlayer? You could be missing out — here’s how to see if your TV supports it and if not, the Roku Streaming Stick 4K and PS5 have you covered

You can watch World Cup games in 4K on BBC iPlayer, but it’s not obvious which devices support it; well, other than the PS5 and Roku Streaming Stick 4K.

Streaming Devices, Televisions

‘The world’s highest-fidelity movie player’: Kaleidescape’s new ‘Cinematic 4K’ format movie player gives us a glimpse of what could be next after 4K Blu-rays — and it’s also the first 8K-certified movie player

Kaleidescape has launched the first 8K movie player to be certified by the 8K Association, but the new 4K Cinematic format may be the real star here

Blu-ray, Home Theater, Streaming Devices, Televisions

‘Time for a new streaming stick’: Fox is acquiring Roku for $22 billion, and users of the streaming devices are far from happy

Fox and Roku have entered a $22 billion agreement, but Roku users fear the damage it could cause.

Streaming Devices, Televisions

Does your Apple TV support tvOS 27? These two models have surprisingly been dropped from upgrade support much earlier than expected

tvOS will come with a handful of performance boosts, but Apple is leaving two models out of the update.

Streaming Devices, Televisions

A new Fire TV pop-up takes over your entire screen at startup, and it could be the beginning of the end — here’s why users think Amazon could open it up to third-party advertisers

A new pop-up has appeared on Fire TV devices, and users are worried that more third-party advertisers are about to block your view.
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Streaming Devices, Televisions

‘Essentially, they wanted us to read their minds’: Roku is rolling out a huge free upgrade to the Home Screen on its TVs and streaming devices — and the company explains how it arrived at the new personalized, sometimes AI-driven, redesign

Roku unveiled its biggest Home Screen update in a decade, and it leans into personalization and some AI.

Streaming Devices, Televisions

Apple is introducing useful accessibility features in tvOS 27 for Apple TV 4K that will appeal to everyone, including larger text and auto-generated subtitles — but some major streaming apps don’t use Apple’s own app tech that enables them

Apple is introducing useful accessibility features in tvOS 27, but some streaming apps don’t use Apple’s app tech

Streaming Devices, Televisions

Google rolls out a fix for 1st-gen Chromecast dongles, while the 4K Chromecast with Google TV gets a big Gemini upgrade

There’s news for both the very first Chromecast and the last model Google launched before ending the series.

Streaming Devices, Televisions