{"id":1397,"date":"2025-05-22T01:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T01:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2025-05-22T01:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T01:07:24","slug":"netflix-wont-work-on-some-amazon-fire-tv-devices-from-june-here-are-the-affected-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2025\/05\/22\/netflix-wont-work-on-some-amazon-fire-tv-devices-from-june-here-are-the-affected-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix won&#8217;t work on some Amazon Fire TV devices from June \u2013 here are the affected models"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Netflix is ending support for first-generation Fire TV devices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/about.netflix.com\/images\/meta\/netflix-symbol-black.png\" alt=\"About Netflix - Homepage\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Netflix support for first-gen Fire TV is ending in June<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Older Fire TV devices can&#8217;t play more modern video codecs<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Try Amazon Trade-In to get money off a newer model<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>After a decade, Netflix is ending support for first-generation Fire TV streaming devices. From June 3, 2025, first generation versions of the following models will no longer be Netflix-compatible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fire TV (2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fire TV Stick (2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote (2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement, which Netflix has emailed its customers about, isn&#8217;t a huge surprise:Amazonhasn&#8217;t updated them for some time now, and the early Fire TV devices don&#8217;t support the most modern video and audio formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even in 2023, some users on the FireTV subreddit were advising against buying them new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/KzR5P5fXMGgivDhWJSee2P.jpg\" alt=\"The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max and its remote on an orange background\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Need a new TV stick? The Fire TV Stick 4K Max would be our choice, but don&#8217;t pay full price(Image credit: Amazon)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Amazon-1741121-RE78VS\">RE78VS Charger for Amazon Echo Wireless Speaker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-is-netflix-stopping-support-for-the-fire-tv-models-3\">Why is Netflix stopping support for the Fire TV models?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Netflix hasn&#8217;t said specifically, but the most likely explanation is that the devices don&#8217;t support the audio and video codecs Netflix is using. AsPC World, whose sister title PC-WELT broke the news, reported: &#8220;It could have something to do with Netflix using newer standards \u2013 such as the AV1 codec \u2013 to stream with better picture quality, particularly for customers who are on the Premium plan.&#8221; The now-discontinued devices can&#8217;t be upgraded to support newer codecs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re the owner of one of the affected models and want to keep streaming Netflix, you&#8217;ll need to buy one of the current range instead. And as ever with Amazon devices, try not to pay full price for it: Amazon discounts its Fire TV devices constantly throughout the year, and I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if the retailer reacts to the Netflix news by discounting them accordingly. At the time of writing, my preferred upgrade is 33% off in the US among theMemorial Day deals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I were upgrading from an old Fire TV device I&#8217;d skip the2023 Fire TV Stick 4Kand go for theFire TV Stick 4K Max. There&#8217;s not a huge price difference \u2013 the non-Max version has an official price of $49.99 \/ \u00a359.99 \/ AU$79 while the Max is $59.99 \/ \u00a369.99 \/ AU$119. For a little more, you get more storage, a faster processor, better Wi-Fi and Amazon&#8217;s Ambient experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Amazon+Kindle-1737328-GP-S10-346392-0100\">GP-S10-346392-0100 Battery for AMAZON KINDLE 3 3G WIFI Kindle Keyboard III -Black<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the US, that model gone down to $39.99 four times this year \u2013 including today, May 21st. For UK customers, the Max has been discounted to \u00a350 or below three times this year so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix is ending support for first-generation Fire TV devices After a decade, Netflix is ending support for first-generation Fire TV streaming devices. From June 3, 2025, first generation versions of the following models will no longer be Netflix-compatible: The announcement, which Netflix has emailed its customers about, isn&#8217;t a huge surprise:Amazonhasn&#8217;t updated them for some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2025\/05\/22\/netflix-wont-work-on-some-amazon-fire-tv-devices-from-june-here-are-the-affected-models\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Netflix won&#8217;t work on some Amazon Fire TV devices from June \u2013 here are the affected models<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[201],"class_list":["post-1397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amazon","tag-amazon-fire-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}