Netflix to stop working on two Amazon Fire TV Sticks in DAYS – check to see if you're affected before shutdown
NOT-FLIX Netflix to stop working on two Amazon Fire TV Sticks in DAYS – check to see if you're affected before shutdown
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NETFLIX will reportedly stop working on three Amazon Fire gadgets soon, as the devices age into retirement.
From 3 June, two Fire Sticks and a Fire TV box will lose Netflix forever - so you better cancel that subscription, or upgrade your devices.
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The shutdown affects the original Fire TV box, the first Fire TV Stick, and the Fire TV Stick with Alexa voice remote - Amazon's oldest Fire TV products.
These first-generation gadgets are now all over a decade old, having first hit shelves in November 2014 (in the US).
Brits, however, were able to get their hands on the devices in April 2015.
If your OG Fire Stick is still alive and kicking, you should have received an email from Netflix warning of the change, according to PC World.
Affected viewers have two choices: buy a newer Fire TV gadget (or a telly streaming rival like a Roku Stick or Google Streamer) and continue streaming Netflix just like before.
Or, alternatively, viewers can wave goodbye to Netflix and cancel their subscription.
The first-generation Fire TV devices will still have all the other apps, such as BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, Prime Video and Disney+ - for now.
But other platforms may too decide to pull their services from ageing tech later down the line.
Last year, the Netflix app vanished from dozens of Sony and Apple TV models that were also roughly a decade old.
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The streaming giant hasn't said why exactly it's pulling support for older devices.
However, it's likely down to newer video standards, which help deliver better picture quality to Netflix subscribers paying for Premium packages, a report from CordBusters noted.
Amazon has also stopped supporting these first-generation Fire TV devices - meaning they no longer receive software or security updates.
So not only are they a security risk, these older gadgets are struggling to keep up with modern streaming demands.
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