Warning to Amazon Fire Stick users after popular feature removed

Source: Metro

Author: Josh Milton

Published: Feb, 01 2025 19:28

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The updates only applied to Fire OS 6 for the 1st-gen Fire TV Stick 4K and Fire OS 8 for the 2nd-gen Fire TV Stick Max, AFTVNews reported.

Warning to Amazon Fire Stick users after popular feature removed Amazon has removed a widely popular feature from some of their Fire Stick devices following a new update.

The software updates wiped the feature clean off of some older 1st-gen Fire TV Stick 4K and the current 2nd-gen Fire TV Stick Max this week.

Pre-installed apps that cannot be deleted like Prime Video, Fire TV Channels, and Amazon Live Shopping are now impossible to hide.

‘If I am unable to get rid of the useless Amazon bloatware icons I am done with Fire Sticks I will trade all but one which is a Fire Cube.

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