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Smarter, faster, more powerful and sweeter than ever. The world's favorite cookie is your new favorite Android release.
Get started on your favorite tasks more quickly with 2x the boot speed when powering up*
*boot time as measured on Google Pixel
Android Oreo helps minimize background activity in the apps you use least, it's the super power you can't even see.
With your permission, Autofill remembers your logins to get you into your favorite apps at supersonic speed.
Android Oreo recognizes text when you tap or select, then recommends a next logical step via a suggested app.
Allows you to see two apps at once, it's like having super strength and laser vision.
Press the notification dots to quickly see what's new, and easily clear them by swiping away.
Teleport directly into new apps right from your browser, no installation needed.
Working to keep your device and data safe from misbehaving apps by scanning over 50 billion apps per day, even the ones you haven't installed yet!
Whether you're talking, playing, working or streaming, you can feel confident about keeping your battery strong and full of life.
Share the feels with a fully redesigned emoji set, including over 60 new emoji.
Allows you to quickly access from the navigation bar accessibility features, like magnification, and functionality within accessibility services, like Select to Speak.
Accessibility services can optimize the audio experience for users with disabilities.
Developers can now provide a full-bleed square shaped icon and OEMs will mask the icon to ensure intra-device consistency.
Highlights the incoming notification with larger font, highlighted app name and immediate access to actions.
More control over how apps run in the background for better overall system performance.
Limits the frequency of location updates in the background for better overall system health.
Enables applications to render richer visual content with more vibrant colors and subtler gradients. Supports full color management which allows applications to render images in the format and quality they were intended.
Applications no longer need to bundle custom fonts, which helps reduce their size.
Hostile downloader apps can't operate without permission; users now permit the installation of APKs per-source.
Compatible with all Mopria-certified printers, which make up 97% of printers sold worldwide.
API that allows you to share files across the Internet via web links.
API function for high-performance audio including Native C/C++ audio API.
More granular and consistent control over which notifications can appear and how intrusive they are.
lets users hide notifications for a period of time, similar to inbox snoozing.
Pointer capture allows the app to capture all mouse input.
The biggest change to the foundations of Android to date: a modular architecture that makes it easier and faster for hardware makers to deliver Android updates.
Developers can now let the size of their text expand or contract automatically based on the size and characteristics of the TextView, making it much easier to optimize the text size on different screens or with dynamic content.
Support for tooltips (small popup windows with descriptive text) for views and menu items.
Auto-connects you to high quality Wi-Fi and secures it with a VPN back to Google. Learn more.
Fire OS is the operating system that runs Amazon's Fire TV and tablets. Fire OS is a fork of Android, so if your app runs on Android, it will most likely run on Amazon's Fire devices too. You can quickly check your app's compatibility with Amazon through the App Testing Service. As a developer, you might not have to adjust your Android code at all to publish your app on Amazon's platform.
There are three versions of Fire OS:
The following table shows which Fire TV device runs which Fire OS version.
Fire TV Device | Build Model | Android Level | Fire OS Version |
---|---|---|---|
Fire TV Stick - 3rd Gen (2020) | AFTSSS | Android Level 28 (Android 9) | Fire OS 7 |
Fire TV Stick Lite - 1st Gen (2020) | AFTSS | Android Level 28 (Android 9) | Fire OS 7 |
Fire TV Edition - Toshiba 4K UHD (2020) | AFTDCT31 | Android Level 28 (Android 9) | Fire OS 7 |
Fire TV Edition - Insignia 4K UHD (2020) | AFTDCT31 | Android Level 28 (Android 9) | Fire OS 7 |
Fire TV Stick - 2nd Gen (2016-2019) | AFTT | Android Level 22 (Android 5.1) | Fire OS 5 |
Fire TV Edition - Toshiba HD (2018-2020) | AFTBAMR311 | API Level 25 (Android 7.1) | Fire OS 6 |
Fire TV Edition - Insignia HD (2018-2020) | AFTEAMR311 | API Level 25 (Android 7.1) | Fire OS 6 |
Fire TV Edition - Toshiba 4K (2018-2019) | AFTKMST12 | API Level 25 (Android 7.1) | Fire OS 6 |
Fire TV Edition - Onida HD (2019) | AFTLE | API Level 25 (Android 7.1) | Fire OS 6 |
Fire TV Cube - 2nd Gen (2019) | AFTR | Android Level 28 (Android 9) | Fire OS 7 |
Fire TV Edition - Grundig OLED 4K (2019) | AFTEUFF014 | Android Level 28 (Android 9) | Fire OS 7 |
Fire TV Edition - Grundig Vision 7, 4K (2019) | AFTEU014 | Android Level 28 (Android 9) | Fire OS 7 |
Fire TV Edition - JVC 4K (2019) | AFTSO001 | Android Level 28 (Android 9) | Fire OS 7 |
Fire TV Edition - Nebula Soundbar (2019) | AFTMM | API Level 25 (Android 7.1) | Fire OS 6 |
Fire TV Edition - Grundig Vision 6 HD (2019) | AFTEU011 | Android Level 28 (Android 9) | Fire OS 7 |
Fire TV Edition - Insignia 4K (2018) | AFTJMST12 | API Level 25 (Android 7.1) | Fire OS 6 |
Fire TV Cube - 1st Gen (2018) | AFTA | API Level 25 (Android 7.1) | Fire OS 6 |
Fire TV Stick 4K - 1st Gen (2018) | AFTMM | API Level 25 (Android 7.1) | Fire OS 6 |
Fire TV Stick - Basic Edition (2017) | AFTT | Android Level 22 (Android 5.1) | Fire OS 5 |
Fire TV Edition - Element 4K (2017) | AFTRS | Android Level 22 (Android 5.1) | Fire OS 5 |
Fire TV - 3rd Gen (2017) | AFTN | API Level 25 (Android 7.1) | Fire OS 6 |
Fire TV - 2nd Gen (2015) | AFTS | Android Level 22 (Android 5.1) | Fire OS 5 |
Fire TV Stick - 1st Gen (2014) | AFTM | Android Level 22 (Android 5.1) | Fire OS 5 |
Fire TV - 1st Gen (2014) | AFTB | Android Level 22 (Android 5.1) | Fire OS 5 |
See Device Specifications for Fire TV for more specification information.
Most Fire devices receive over-the-air updates to get Fire OS updates automatically. Not every Fire device receives a push of the same Fire OS version at the same time. The updates often roll out to different devices at different times.
You can see your version of Fire OS by going to Settings > Device > Fire TV and looking at the 'Software Version' details. Release notes for Fire OS versions are provided in Amazon Fire TV Device Software Updates in the Fire TV end-user documentation.
At the core, both Fire OS and Android share the same foundation. The main way Fire OS differs from Android is in the services. Instead of using Google's services (for activities such as browsing, location, messaging, payments, and so on), Fire OS might use Amazon's services. Most notably, Amazon uses the Amazon Appstore to list your app while Google uses Google Play Store.
If your Android app connects into Google services, porting your Android app to the Fire OS platform may require you to tap into Amazon services instead.
When you're building your app, follow the standard Android documentation. Where there are differences to account for with Amazon's Fire OS platform, they're noted in the documentation on this site.
The goal is to provide as much parity as possible with Android (minus Google's services) so that you don't have to learn another development platform or make changes to your existing Android app.
The following table contrasts services from Google with similar services from Amazon.
Google Android | Fire OS |
---|---|
Google Maps | Amazon Maps API |
Firebase Cloud Messaging | Amazon Device Messaging |
Google Play In-App Billing | Amazon In-App Purchasing API |
Cast SDK | Fling SDK |
Google Mobile Ads SDK | Amazon Mobile Ad Network Advertise Your App |
Sign-In with Google | Login with Amazon |
Google Play Developer API | Developer Publishing API |
Last updated: Jun 30, 2017