Amazon Fire TV is a set of devices created primarily for video streaming by Amazon. The original Fire TV released on April 12, 2014 with subsequent models introducing better hardware to allow for higher resolution streaming.
Despite the focus on video streaming, Fire TV devices can play also games. For local storage, this would be in the form of less intensive Android titles. However, it's also possible to make use of Amazon's game streaming service Luna to play larger console and PC titles like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla or Metro Exodus.
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