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Hey Reader 👋 Here’s a number that caught my attention: 225 million. That’s how many Fire TV devices are out there globally. Until recently, building for them meant learning a whole new stack. Not anymore. Amazon just released Vega OS - their new OS for Fire TV that lets you ship apps with React Native. Same stack we already use every day. So I spent the last few weeks building a full Podcast app on it. Today, the tutorial drops on YouTube. You’ll learn:
→ Watch the tutorial​ The best part about this tutorial, is that you will build a production ready app, not only for Fire TV but also for Apple TV, Android TV, and web using a shared codebase as a monorepo. If you’ve been looking for a new platform to ship to, this one’s worth an hour of your time. Cheers, Vadim |
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