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News articles, project notes, and longer write-ups around the devices, update feeds, and data work tracked by FTVDB.

Fire TV

May 18, 2026 By FTVDB 3 min read

Amazon's 2026 Fire TV List Now Spans Vega OS, Fire OS 14, and Fire OS 8

Amazon's current Fire TV device documentation lists new 2026 models across three software tracks: Vega OS 1.1, Fire OS 14, and Fire OS 8.

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Fire TV

May 5, 2026 By FTVDB 4 min read

HBO Max Now Requires Fire OS 6 on Amazon Fire TV Devices

HBO Max's current support page lists Fire OS 6 or later for Amazon Fire TV devices, leaving older Fire OS 5 hardware on the wrong side of another app support cutoff.

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Fire TV

May 2, 2026 By FTVDB 1 min read

2018 Fire TV Stick 4K Firmware Entry Appears After 320 Days

FTVDB lists Fire OS 6.7.1.1 (NS6711/5908) for the 2018 Fire TV Stick 4K, 320 days after the previous package date.

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Fire TV

Apr 29, 2026 By FTVDB 4 min read

Fire TV Stick HD Makes Vega OS Harder to Ignore

Amazon's new Fire TV Stick HD launch shows why Fire TV records now need to track OS families, device generations, and update history more carefully.

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Kindle

Apr 17, 2026 By FTVDB 2 min read

Older Kindle Support News Is a Reminder to Keep Device History

Amazon's reported May 2026 cutoff for older Kindle Store functions shows why firmware records, model names, and update history are useful long after a device launches.

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API

Apr 12, 2026 By FTVDB 2 min read

Using the FTVDB API for Programmatic Submissions

How to submit newly captured update URLs to FTVDB from scripts, shells, and contributor tools.

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Community

Apr 7, 2026 By FTVDB 2 min read

Respecting Contributor Requests

FTVDB depends on community-donated links, but credits are optional, anonymity is respected, and contributors can ask for their captured URLs to be excluded.

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Database

Apr 4, 2026 By FTVDB 1 min read

Why FTVDB Keeps Only Live Links

FTVDB is meant to surface working update links, not archive dead ones, and the long-term goal is regular verification and cleanup.

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Project

Apr 4, 2026 By FTVDB 2 min read

How FTVDB Expanded Beyond Fire TV

FTVDB started with Fire TV, then grew to include Echo, Fire Tablet, and hundreds of Kindle firmware links thanks to community contributions.

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Story

Mar 31, 2026 By FTVDB 3 min read Featured

How FTVDB Began

A Fire TV Stick 4K purchase in New York, a root exploit, and years of collecting update URLs turned into the FTVDB project.

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