{"id":43202,"date":"2023-09-19T19:59:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabanesetcompagnie.com\/?p=43202"},"modified":"2023-09-19T19:59:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:59:24","slug":"amazon-fire-stick-customers-warned-over-major-change-to-device-they-may-need-to-upgrade-very-soon-to-access-new-perks-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabanesetcompagnie.com\/world-news\/amazon-fire-stick-customers-warned-over-major-change-to-device-they-may-need-to-upgrade-very-soon-to-access-new-perks-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Fire Stick customers warned over major change to device – they may need to upgrade very soon to access new perks | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMAZON might be about to unveil a new Fire Stick, according to reports. <\/p>\n

In which case, existing Fire Stick owners may soon need to – albeit begrudgingly – upgrade their device to access a range of new perks. <\/p>\n

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The American retail giant has a major event scheduled for tomorrow evening at its Virginia HQ.<\/p>\n

And rumour has it Amazon will be announcing a sparkly new streaming gadget, as the shift from terrestrial telly to online-only TV rolls on. <\/p>\n

Hawk-eyed Janko Roettgers trawled through Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filings, and discovered an Amazon filing detailing a "remote-shaped Bluetooth accessory".<\/p>\n

Roettgers suspects it is a new Fire Stick gadget. <\/p>\n

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"Sure looks like Amazon just had a new Fire TV dongle pass through the FCC," he wrote on Mastodon. <\/p>\n

"What else would require a large, rectangular accessory made by LG for testing purposes?"<\/p>\n

While nothing has been officially confirmed by Amazon, The Mirror reports that an update to its Fire TV Stick range is long-overdue. <\/p>\n

The last time Amazon issued an update to this range was in 2021, when devices received improved download speeds and 4K processing.<\/p>\n

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This time around, fans are keen to see backlit keys hands-free Alexa capabilities and, of course, even faster streaming speeds. <\/p>\n

Fans are hoping Amazon will inject the ability to summon Alexa without the remote – which is currently exclusive to the pricey Fire TV Cube – into the popular Fire Stick. <\/p>\n

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