As of last week, Amazon has started cracking down on “side-loaded” piracy apps – ones that allowed Fire Stick TV users to stream international movies, TV shows, and live sports events without ...

Your Fire TV Stick is far more capable than it seems.

Amazon has been on a crusade to stop rampant piracy on Fire TV, with the company now blocking even the installation of certain sideloaded apps. In late 2025, Amazon started cracking down on sideloaded ...

Amazon has confirmed that Fire TV devices will now block apps that are known to be used for piracy, even if you sideloaded them on the company’s Android-based streamers. Speaking to The Athletic (part ...

The vanilla streaming experience for Amazon Fire TV users is changing in a lot of ways in the near future. AI, piggybacking atop the next-gen Alexa+ assistant, is adding a whole bunch of new features.