Amazon
Fire TV Stick 2nd gen 2016: limited support, replace
The 2nd generation Fire TV Stick (2016) runs a version of Fire OS that no longer receives major updates and several major apps have dropped support.
- Risk level
- High risk
- Category
- Streaming and TV
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-23
- Confidence
- medium
Support status
Limited support: Fire OS no longer receives major updates for this model.
Typical symptoms
- Some apps refuse installation
- Fire OS on old version
- Slower interface than recent models
Fixes to try
- Replace with a recent Fire TV Stick model
- Limit apps to still-available versions