When you select the new option, you’ll have to confirm you want to disable the app first by selecting “Disable Prime Photos” and second by selecting “Disable” to confirm. I expect the software update page will be reverted back once someone at Amazon realises the mistake … or reads this post -).Īs for the new option to disable the Prime Photos app, you can find it by going to Settings > Applications > Prime Photos.
I think this is a mistake because the new alleged operating system build number is actually the version number of the new Prime Photos app. While the true latest software version seems to still be 5.2.4.0, the page now indicates the latest software version to be 5.3.2.0 with a build number of 801027110. Strangely, Amazon has updated the Fire TV’s Software Update page to indicate that a new operating system version has been released for 2nd-gen devices. It appears only 2nd-gen devices with the new user interface are currently receiving the updated photos app, but it will likely come to older 1st-gen devices later this year when those devices eventually receive the new interface. You can check if you have the new version by going to Settings > Applications and scrolling down to see if you have version FOS-5 801027110 of the Prime Photos app. There will be no indication that the update arrives, other than the new option to disable the app appearing in the Fire TV’s settings menu. This means only the one app is being updated and not the entire operating system of the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The new Prime Photos app is being released through a system app update. This allows customers who don’t use the Photos app to reclaim the precious internal storage space that the app normally uses. More importantly though, and likely the main reason for adding this new option, disabling the app also prevents it from storing photos and videos from your Amazon Drive onto the Fire TV or Fire TV Sticks internal storage.
As you would expect, disabling the app prevents it from being launched. The Prime Photos app on the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick has been updated with a new option that allows customers to disable the app altogether.
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