Amazon has a history of announcing new Fire TV devices in September. In 2025, it announced the Fire TV Stick 4K Select, the new Fire TV 2-Series and 4-Series, and Omni QLED TVs. And back in 2023, it announced the Fire TV Stick 4K (now called the 4K Plus) and the Fire TV Stick 4K Max, arguably two of its most popular Fire TV Sticks ever.
Given that it’s been almost three years since new versions of the 4K Plus and 4K Max were released, speculation is growing that Amazon could finally launch updated versions of both, possibly in September or before the end of the year, especially since it already refreshed the Fire TV Stick HD in April. And based on a recent FCC filing, that could very well be the case.
First spotted by Janko Roettgers of Lowpass, the FCC filing reveals that Amazon has a new Fire TV remote in the works that could be included with an upcoming Fire TV Stick. While the listing is heavily redacted and no manual or photos have been made publicly available just yet, it does reveal a few interesting details. The new remote is roughly the same size as the Alexa Voice Remote Amazon first started including with Fire TV Sticks in 2024, uses AAA batteries, and connects via BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy). It’s also slightly thicker than the existing remote, measuring 18mm compared to 16mm.
The fact that this new remote now exists certainly raises the possibility that Amazon could be preparing to launch a new Fire TV Stick alongside it. And with the 4K Plus and 4K Max now long overdue for a refresh, and September right around the corner, we could find out sooner rather than later.
However, there’s one major problem: any new Fire TV Stick Amazon releases will be missing one of the things that made its streaming sticks so appealing in the first place.
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