Netflix is dropping support for these Amazon Fire TV devices in June ‣ Diverse Daily

Summary

Netflix will end support for first-gen Fire TV devices on June 3, 2025.
No official reason was given by Netflix, but it’s possibly due to aging hardware or lack of support for new video codecs, like AV1.
If you have a first-generation Fire TV device, to stream Netflix come June, you’ll need to upgrade your device.

If you have a first-generation

Amazon Fire TV
streaming device, your streaming library is about to shrink.

After a decade of supporting first-generation Fire TV streaming devices,

Netflix
has announced that, as of June 3, 2025, it will no longer support the following devices: Fire TV (2014), Fire TV Stick (2014), and Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote (2016). Netflix made the announcement in an email to affected customers.

“According to our usage data, you have used Netflix on a first-generation Fire TV streaming media player in the past 12 months. Netflix will discontinue support for these streaming media players on June 3, 2025,” Netflix said (via Heise Online).

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Why is Netflix cutting support for older Fire TV devices?

Netflix hasn’t given an official reason as to why it’s ending support for Amazon’s first-generation Fire TV sticks. However, given their age — the first-generation Fire TV devices were released 11 years ago — it’s not entirely surprising. Even Amazon stopped updating them long ago, with the first-generation Fire TV last receiving an update in 2021 (via AFTV News) and the first-generation Fire TV Stick last being updated in 2022.

The reason for discontinuing support could be hardware-related. For reference, the first-generation Fire TV Stick has a dual-core processor and 1GB of memory. Another possibility, which seems more likely, is that Netflix is using newer audio and video codecs that the first-generation Fire TV devices do not support. As PCWorld notes, Netflix is currently using new standards for higher-quality streaming, such as the AV1 codec, and older devices like the first-generation Fire TV devices cannot be updated to support them.

If you have a first-generation Fire TV device and want to keep streaming Netflix in June, you’ll need to upgrade to a newer Fire TV device or another recent streaming device, like

Roku’s latest streaming sticks
. Fortunately, Amazon is currently offering its latest Fire Sticks at a discount, with the newest

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max
on sale for $40 (a $20 savings).

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The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max offers a smooth streaming experience thanks to Wi-Fi 6E support. It comes with 16GB of storage space so you can download all the popular streaming apps. It also supports Xbox Cloud Gaming.