Today, we are happy to announce the all-new Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote is coming to India. The next-generation Fire TV Stick comes with a powerful quad-core ARM 1.3 GHz CPU and enhanced Wi-Fi capabilities (802.11ac MIMO Wi-Fi) for smooth app and game performance. Fire TV customers can also enjoy great audio and video streaming experiences with H.265 (HEVC) codec support, and data monitoring to help optimize data use. With the included voice remote, Fire TV Stick also offers voice search for Indian customers in both English and Hindi. For a full list of specs, check out our Fire TV documentation.
Since the US launch in late 2014, content selection has grown to include a wide variety of localized options for every category. Fire TV now offers customers access to thousands of apps and games, and developers featured in the new content forward interface launch last December have seen a 2X increase in downloads for their apps.
Submit your app now to connect with customers on one of the best-selling streaming media players in the market.
Buffering is horrible for a streamlined viewing experience. Advanced Streaming and Prediction (ASAP) capability in Fire TV learns what movie and shows are liked by customers and gets then ready for instant watching. Using ASAP technology, the streaming performance improves by 50 percent. Coupled with High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) technology, which means it delivers 1080p high definition from Amazon Video using less bandwidth than ever before, these enhancements are directed towards making the “dreaded buffering spinner” – a thing of the past.
We aim to create the best 10-foot experience for our customers and developers by making content discovery and engagement easy and enjoyable. Additional rows in the browsing experience, such as the Featured Rotator, Your Apps and Games, and Recommended for You rows, create more opportunities for your apps and games to gain visibility with the right customers.
Whether you are a developer building web apps using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript or building native apps using Java, you can kick start your app development using Amazon Fire App Builder or Web App Starter Kit. All you need is a JSON or MRSS feed with the metadata of your content, and the tools will take care of the rest.
Our Fire TV guide has everything you need to prepare your app for Amazon Appstore.