Amazon Fire Stick customers warned over major change to device – they may need to upgrade very soon to access new perks

AMAZON might be about to unveil a new Fire Stick, according to reports.

In which case, existing Fire Stick owners may soon need to – albeit begrudgingly – upgrade their device to access a range of new perks.

AlamyWhile nothing has been officially confirmed by Amazon, an update to its Fire TV Stick range is reportedly long-overdue[/caption]

The American retail giant has a major event scheduled for tomorrow evening at its Virginia HQ.

And rumour has it Amazon will be announcing a sparkly new streaming gadget, as the shift from terrestrial telly to online-only TV rolls on.

Hawk-eyed Janko Roettgers trawled through Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filings, and discovered an Amazon filing detailing a “remote-shaped Bluetooth accessory”.

Roettgers suspects it is a new Fire Stick gadget.

“Sure looks like Amazon just had a new Fire TV dongle pass through the FCC,” he wrote on Mastodon.

“What else would require a large, rectangular accessory made by LG for testing purposes?”

While nothing has been officially confirmed by Amazon, The Mirror reports that an update to its Fire TV Stick range is long-overdue.

The last time Amazon issued an update to this range was in 2021, when devices received improved download speeds and 4K processing.

This time around, fans are keen to see backlit keys hands-free Alexa capabilities and, of course, even faster streaming speeds.

Fans are hoping Amazon will inject the ability to summon Alexa without the remote – which is currently exclusive to the pricey Fire TV Cube – into the popular Fire Stick.

In the meantime, it’s wise not to buy any Amazon products – namely Fire Sticks – until the company has finished unveiling its new products.

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