can i download a web browser on the fire stick

Welcome to the wild west of CTV app development. What if I told you most Fire TV apps are simple web pages, running in a modified Chromium runtime (you’re familiar with Google Chrome, right?)?Īmazon even gives you the tools to automatically package any web page or static web app to run on Fire TV.Įven better, Fire OS itself is just a simplified version of Android, there’s no fee to publish an app in the Amazon Appstore, and the very same apps you publish for Fire TV can be published to other Fire OS devices, like the Fire Tablet. So, you would be right to consider that these platforms are difficult to break into.Īnd, as someone who’s spent time in the industry, it’s apparent that the tools available for these devices target industry insiders, not everyday developers.īut what if I told you that one of the largest up-and-coming Connected TV ecosystems was accessible to anyone who can hack together a simple webpage, with HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, or other simple web technologies? There typically aren’t a lot of open-source projects for platforms like Apple TV (tvOS), or Android TV.

Not many people are building TV streaming apps. Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplashĭisclaimer: I have no official relationship with Amazon but I am a developer with experience working on streaming TV apps for another major content provider.

Can i download a web browser on the fire stick