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The first thing you need to understand about Amazon Fire anything is that a Fire TV and a Fire TV Stick are not the same thing. Some hacks only work on Fire TVs, others only with Fire TV Sticks, and others with both. You can have a Google TV (or any kind of TV) and hook up a Fire TV Stick to it: So if you don’t have a Fire TV, know that there is a simple $30 solution that can fix that. I’ve been using the Fire OS for many years, and although it’s not my favorite, it has some pretty cool hacks that no other OS has.
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