Overview of Amazon Cloud App Program
Fire OS Apps in the Amazon Cloud App Program are delivered to Vega OS Fire TV devices by Amazon cloud app streaming. Amazon cloud app streaming allows the deployment of existing Fire TV apps to customers on Vega OS Fire TV devices. If your app runs on a Fire TV Stick 4K Max and meets the prerequisites below, it can run on a Vega OS Fire TV device using cloud app streaming.
Amazon cloud app streaming deploys and runs your Fire OS APK in a dedicated container in the AWS cloud. When a customer on a Vega OS Fire TV device installs your app, they get a mini-wrapper VPKG app, akin to a browser that points to a single site. When that mini app is launched, it connects to your Fire OS APK running in its cloud container, allowing the user to interact with your app essentially the same as they do on a Fire OS Fire TV Stick.
Customers will know your app is being delivered by Amazon cloud app streaming when they see the "Amazon cloud-hosted app" tagline on your app detail page in the Amazon Appstore on the Vega OS Fire TV device. Beyond that, they will experience the core features of your app on the Vega OS Fire TV device as they would have on other Fire TV Stick devices.
Amazon cloud app streaming is available only for apps selected by Amazon. If your app is not available on Vega OS Fire TV devices via Amazon cloud app streaming but you think it should be, please reach out to Developer Support with the Cloud App Program category and General Inquiries subject. Please include the ASIN along with details supporting your request.
Prerequisites
- Active Amazon developer account.
- Fire OS app already published in Amazon Appstore.
- App compatibility with Fire TV Stick 4K Max.
- App compatibility with Fire OS 7.
- App is not a game or utility.
- Amazon has determined your Fire OS app is compatible and eligible for participation in the Cloud App Program.
Things to keep in mind
- No additional development effort is required as the system uses your existing Fire TV Stick 4K Max APK.
- App communication with your service back-end is as normal from the app instance running in the cloud.
- Content streams are delivered directly to the Vega OS Fire TV device, not via the cloud.
- Apps that require full use of the device IP (for example, for local ad targeting) have the option to enable IP tunneling. If your app needs IP tunneling, please reach out to Developer Support with the Cloud App Program category and General Inquiries subject. Please include the ASIN along with details supporting your request.
Deployment of app updates
Apps on Amazon cloud app streaming are updated according to the standard app publishing process:
- Upload a new APK and conduct LAT testing on Fire OS devices.
- Validate your app on Amazon cloud app streaming using LAT (when that feature becomes available).
- Publish your app to Live and wait for any Fire OS device staged rollout to complete.
- Your app will then be validated for cloud app streaming and subsequently made available to any Vega OS Fire TV devices you have targeted.
Cloud App Program fee
Amazon cloud app streaming will be free of charge for at least the first 9 months of operation, giving you ample time to deploy a Vega OS version of their app. Beyond that, we anticipate charging a fee based on the number of monthly active users. Exact pricing will be available at least 6 months before billing would start.
Migration to your own Vega OS app
The Amazon developer portal contains information about how you can build and publish your own Vega OS app. To learn more, see the Vega SDK for Fire TV. After your Vega OS app is live, Amazon replaces the mini app on the Vega OS Fire TV device with your full Vega OS app through an app update. Please note that app data from the cloud streamed app does not migrate to the Vega OS app, it behaves as a fresh installation. If the customers of your app have auto-updates turned off, they are notified of the mandatory update when they launch your app. This app update flow doesn’t disrupt active app sessions.
Last updated: Sep 30, 2025
