for smart TVs and streaming gadgets. The firm’s Fire TV software is licensed to multiple TV producers, making it common to see well-known TV names like Toshiba and Hisense using the Fire TV interface. However, let’s put all third parties aside for a moment: Which company is responsible for creating Amazon’s in-house Fire TVs (the ones labeled as Amazon products), and where are these television sets manufactured? The most likely candidate is TCL, yet finding any current evidence of this collaboration is quite challenging.
Regrettably, Amazon remains very secretive regarding its own production process, particularly concerning contractual agreements for television manufacturing. One certainty is that Amazon does not produce its own streaming gadgets. In February 2021, Amazon partnered with Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary owned by Foxconn, with the understanding that the latter would manufacture the former’s Fire TV Sticks.
Regarding Amazon-branded Fire TVs, in September 2021, Amazon asserted that its televisions were being made in-house. Nonetheless, reports around the time of this claim suggest that TCL and additional brands participated in the manufacturing process.
