Netflix Blocked on some Fire TV Sticks Today — Will YOU Be Forced to Upgrade to Something New From Amazon?

Netflix blocked on some Fire TV Sticks today — will YOU be forced to upgrade to something new from Amazon?

Netflix has just dropped support for older Fire TV devices (June 3, 2025).The most popular streaming service — boasting 301.6 million paid subscribers worldwide — has decided to drop support for the first-generation of Fire TV devices sold by Amazon. If you've been watching on the original Fire TV set-top box, launched back in 2014, the first-generation Fire TV Stick launched that same year, or the Fire TV Stick with Alexa voice remote that arri…

Got an ancient Amazon Fire TV Stick? Netflix support is going away today - here's which models are affected

If you’ve got an early first-generation Amazon Fire TV Stick, you’ll apparently be losing Netflix support from today. If you’re affected you should have had an email from Netflix warning you of the change for your streaming stick which apparently comes into effect today. Amazon has said the following in a statement: “Netflix will be discontinuing support for some first-generation Fire TV devices, which were introduced more than 10 years ago. Net…