Mozilla Firefox Bids Farewell To Amazon Devices

Mozilla has announced that Firefox will be ending support for Amazon devices like Fire TV or Echo Show by the end of this month.

You’ll still be able to use the app if you’ve installed it prior to April 30, 2021, but you will no longer receive security updates and if you uninstall the app, the only way to re-install it after that date will be to sideload an outdated version.

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Mozilla launched Firefox on Fire TV just two weeks after Google announced it would be pulling YouTube from all Amazon devices. Neither company was particularly subtle about why the internet's favorite open-source browser was suddenly on your TV. Firefox's first default shortcut led directly to YouTube's TV-friendly web app. Simultaneously, Amazon added a pop-up message redirecting users to its browser or Firefox if they tried to stream using the legacy app. It seems likely that Mozilla just doesn't see much of a reason to continue developing for the platform. Anyone who wants to browse social media sites on their Fire TV Sticks would probably choose Amazon's default browser over seeking out an alternative.