Amazon’s new Fire TV Sticks’ VPNs appear to be a starting point

At least two companies manufacture VPN software They are preparing versions of their apps to run on Amazon’s new Fire TV operating system, Vega OS. Their arrival, enabled by a Vega software update this month, comes as the major retailer cracks down on pirated streaming apps across its Fire TV devices.

According to reports, IPVanish and NordVPN Both have VPN apps compatible with Vega OS, Amazon’s new Linux-based operating system, which is currently only available on Choose Fire TV Stick 4K. The apps won’t be available on Vega OS until Amazon releases a software update sometime in November.

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New and future Fire TV products will use Vega OS; Older Fire TV devices running Android are unlikely to switch to the new operating system.

The move to allow VPN apps on the new Fire TV platform sees Amazon treading as cautiously as it does She is also reportedly working on cracking down About using Fire TV products for pirate streaming. The company is said to disable apps used for hacking even if they are sideloaded.

An Amazon representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.