V4.10.0 is still not available in the Amazon Appstore

Channels Fire TV
#1

V4.10.0 was released as stable on September 16. However, it is still not available in the Amazon Appstore.

22 days ago I posted in the Beta Community that I was not able to run the latest betas on my Fire TV Cubes (Gen 3) and it would be nice to see v4.10.0 released, and Jagrim responded that Amazon is not quick in approving new releases. However, now I wonder if the reason that Amazon is not approving v4.10.0 is because it will not run on Fire TV Cubes?

v4.9.4 is getting a bit old and there have been some good improvements in the betas. I was able to extract an APK file for v2026.09.14.1459 from a Firestick that I had not updated yet, and that version was released only two days before v4.10.0, so I have a good workaround for now. However, it would be nice to see a new beta that runs on my Cubes, and hopefully that version could be submitted to Amazon and make it to the Appstore. By the way, all the v4.10.0 betas have worked fine on my Firestick 4K Max Gen 2 sticks.

#3

I am a FireTV user, but I don't have a cube. The developers seem to be having a difficult time supporting Amazon devices. I don't know if they are going to be able to get a new release in the Amazon Store. But the new release doesn't seem to have all the guide updates from the beta, and maybe it won't work on cubes at all. I would hate to lose Channels, but I am not giving up my Firestick Maxes.

#4

I'm pretty much in the Apple ecosystem for most things. I have an iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and a Mac mini M4 connected to a 77" LG OLED TV. It seems like I get a TestFlight notification on my watch every day or two telling me that a new beta has been installed, but I realize that there is a lot of work happening now to support the Duo. My favorite features that are only supported on my Apple devices are the ability to download shows to my iPad before a flight, and Multiview.

However, all my streaming devices are Fire TV. I do have a pre-order in for the new Apple TV 4K Gen 4. However, the $299 price tag makes it hard for me to swallow replacing all my Fire TV devices.

I also travel a lot, and the Firestick 4K Maxes work great for that. I wish that Apple would come out with a lower-cost streaming stick. For now, the current betas are working fine on my Maxes, and the betas I am using on my Cubes were released less than two months ago.

I know that with the transition to Vega OS, Channels DVR's days on Fire TV are numbered, but Amazon says that my devices will be supported until at least December of 2030, so I see no reason to switch to something like an ONN stick yet.

#5

I've given up on Fire devices. Just this year Amazon dropped support for "Deep Linking" which made JustWatch rather pointless, and also support for Tailscale, which made the Fire Cube I have for my travel trailer useless. That even Channels is having trouble with them isn't terribly surprising.

At home I moved to the Google Streamer, which despite the specs is just as fast as the 3rd Generation Cube, with faster Ethernet. The only downside is the FC has better upscaling.

#6

One of the things I like about the Cube is it's native NTFS support. It's nice to have when traveling somewhere without great WiFi and I want to watch something from my storage media, and not have the 4GB FAT limitation. I did try an ONN 4K Pro streamer. It was very nice and the specs stated that it supported exFAT, but I could not get it to work. Does exFAT work on your Google streamer?

Yes, the upscaling is nice. I can see the difference on a big 4K TV when I compare the picture from my Gen 3 Cube and my 4K Max Gen 2 firestick.

Personally, I do not care if Channels ever updates their app on the Amazon Appstore as long as I can install a working beta. I expect that sooner or later the Channels team will get the betas working again on my Cube.

#7

I haven't tried connecting an NTFS device because my Google Streamer is at home connected to my home network. The faster Ethernet makes it seem like my DVR server's drive is directly connected to the Streamer, and even the wifi seem faster even though it's Wifi 5 and the Fire Cube Wifi 6. I'm referring specifically to FF/REW outside the buffer--it's instantaneous now no matter how far forward I go in the program.

When I switch out my travel trailer Fire Cube NTFS might become relevant, but I mainly stream if possible or use content downloaded to a tablet.

#8

Based on what I have read, the Google Streamer will not support NTFS without adding an appropriate app, but it should natively support exFAT, which would be good enough for me. However, it appears that the box only has a single USB-C port that is used for power delivery, so a USB hub that supports power delivery is needed.

The faster Ethernet port would be a big plus for me because I prefer hard-wired Ethernet over WiFi if it's practical. I do use a USB-A to Ethernet adapter with the Cube in my living room. Since the USB port is only 2.0, I get about 340 Mbps to the Channels server.

However, WiFi 5 is a disappointment. The Cube is actually WiFi 6E (as is the 4K Max Gen 2), and I have a WiFi 7 router and the 6 GHz band works great for me. I have a Cube in my bedroom and I get about 540 Mbps to the Channels server using the 6 GHz band.

The ONN 4K Pro Gen 2 that I tested also has 100 Mbps Ethernet and USB-A 2.0, but at least it has WiFi 6. It seems like nobody is selling very high-end streaming boxes that have "everything" and have been introduced recently. I guess that the Apple TV 4K Gen 4 comes close, but it still does not have the HDMI pass-though and audio pass-through features that my Cube has.