Amazon vacancy refers to the switch from Android OS Fire TV to its own OS

A vacancy from Amazon shows that the company is looking for a developer who will contribute to the transition from Fire OS based on Android to its own operating system. There have been rumors for some time that Amazon wants to switch from the Android OS to its own software.

For now, the tech giant uses the Fire OS operating system for Fire TV devices, but in the now removed job offer was standing: “[De werknemer] implements features for the Fire TV codebase, which is transitioning from Android-based Fire OS to a native operating system based on Rust and React Native.” It is not clear why Amazon has taken the job posting offline, although it has not yet been announced. officially announced that the company wanted to switch operating systems.

According to previous reports, the alleged project for the new operating system is called Vega. According to those involved, the new OS is intended for Fire TV sticks, televisions, Echo Show screens and tablets. In the deleted job posting, Amazon did not mention any devices. It did call it React Native. This developer framework was mentioned earlier in relation to the alleged operating system.