TV apps or a streaming box? Keep the screen. Upgrade the experience.
Published November 4, 2026
Keep the screen you like. Upgrade the part that runs your apps.
A television can produce a beautiful picture while its menus, searches and apps feel slow or limited. A supported streaming box plugs into HDMI and takes over the app work. Your TV still supplies the screen and speakers; the box supplies its own processor, memory, storage and operating system.
For our prepared Live TV experience on your television, you need TiviMate.
TiviMate Premium is our premium app of choice for streaming playlists. It brings your Live TV channels, programme guide, search and channel groups into an interface made for a television and remote control. StreamSolved’s prepared Live TV setup uses TiviMate on a supported device; Stremio handles Shows and Movies and does not replace that Live TV setup.
This is why device compatibility matters before you buy. If your TV cannot install TiviMate, a supported streaming box gives you access to our prepared TiviMate experience without replacing the screen. BigPlay provides a separate Live TV and VOD experience on supported phones and other devices. TiviMate Premium requires its own licence; the app and the provider playlist are separate purchases.
Your TV brand does not tell the whole story. Its operating system does.
Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Roku OS and Google TV are different platforms. An Android app cannot simply be installed on all of them. Even within one brand, model year, country and operating system can change which apps are available.
| TV or device operating system | TiviMate | Stremio |
|---|---|---|
| Android TV / Google TV, built into a TV or on a supported box | Yes, on compatible Android TV devices. | Yes, Android TV version. |
| Samsung Tizen | No official native app. Android APKs do not install on Tizen. | Yes, on supported models. Current download guidance lists Samsung models from 2019 onward; check your local store. |
| LG webOS | No official native app. Android APKs do not install on webOS. | Yes, on supported models from 2020 onward; check your local store. |
| Roku OS | No official native app. | No official native version listed on Stremio’s download page. |
| Hisense VIDAA / Philips Titan OS | No official native app. | Limited versions listed. Do not assume Android-version feature parity. |
| Compatible Amazon Fire OS devices | Android installation route, subject to exact model and installation permissions. | Android installation route, subject to exact model and compatibility. |
| Amazon Vega OS | The Android APK cannot be installed as a Vega app. | The Android APK cannot be installed as a Vega app. Do not buy expecting the Fire OS installation route. |
| Apple TV / tvOS | No official native app. | Apple TV is listed among Stremio’s platforms. Confirm the current installation route and supported features before buying. |
Use the developers’ own pages: TiviMate, its official Google Play listing, and Stremio downloads and platform guidance. Amazon documents Fire OS and Vega OS as separate platforms. A similarly named store app is not proof that it is the official TiviMate.
Compare the hardware, not just the Fire TV name.
Amazon’s own specification sheets let us compare its value TV families with the exact Fire OS devices on our device page. Model year matters: a newer 40-inch television is not the same computing platform as an older 50-inch set.
| Model / generation | Processor | RAM | Total storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40-inch Ember / Fire TV 2-Series (2025) | 4 × Cortex-A55, 1.9GHz | 2GB | 16GB |
| 50-inch Ember / Fire TV 4-Series (2025) | 4 × Cortex-A55, 1.9GHz | 2.5GB | 16GB |
| 50-inch Fire TV 4-Series (2021): older-generation comparison | Cortex-A55, up to 1.5GHz | 2GB DDR3 | 16GB |
| Fire TV Stick 4K Plus (2025) · our value Fire option | 4 × Cortex-A55, up to 1.7GHz | 2GB LPDDR4 | 8GB |
| Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2nd gen, 2023) · our mid-tier option | 4 × Cortex-A55, up to 2.0GHz | 2GB LPDDR4 | 16GB |
| Fire TV Cube (3rd gen, 2022) · our premium Fire option | 4 × Cortex-A73 at 2.2GHz + 4 × Cortex-A53 at 2.0GHz | 2GB LPDDR4/x | 16GB |
Sources: Amazon’s TV specifications, stick specifications and Cube specifications. TV links open Amazon US listings; select the named screen size and release. Storage is total capacity, not space available after the operating system and installed apps. The 2021 set is an older-generation reference, not a claim of current stock. Specifications checked November 4, 2026.
Where is the actual specification upgrade?
Against the older 4-Series, the Plus and Max raise the published Cortex-A55 CPU clock ceiling and use LPDDR4 rather than DDR3. The Max gives the stronger CPU-clock specification of the two sticks; the Cube moves to an eight-core design including four Cortex-A73 cores. These are concrete hardware differences, not a promise that every action becomes a particular percentage faster.
The RAM and storage figures also prevent a misleading conclusion. The newer 2025 TVs have 2–2.5GB RAM and 16GB storage. A Plus does not increase those capacities; the newer 4-Series actually has more RAM than any of these three Fire devices. Equal core counts and similar clock speeds across different chips do not establish equal real-world performance. These specifications do not support saying every value TV is slower than every stick.
What that means when you use the remote
The processor handles searches and interface work; RAM holds active app data; storage holds apps, playlist data and programme guides. Limited resources, background work and software can all affect responsiveness. Extra storage is useful for app and guide space, but does not by itself speed up a button press.
Repeated delays matter. If each action takes one or two seconds, the pauses accumulate as you move through groups, open Search and choose programmes. That is a response time to measure on the actual setup. Amazon’s CPU, RAM and storage specifications cannot establish a one- or two-second delay after every press, and no such timing benchmark is claimed here.
For an older or sluggish TV, our recommendation is a supported streaming device with a clear hardware advantage for the job. Keep the TV as your screen and let the selected device run the apps. For newer sets, compare the exact model before paying for an upgrade; the Fire OS label alone cannot tell you which will be faster. A separate device can also be replaced independently when your app needs change.
See the result before choosing your device.
See TiviMate in action and see Stremio in action. Then compare our device options. StreamSolved Setup includes guidance on suitable equipment and remote configuration when your device and accounts are ready. You purchase hardware, app licences and viewing services separately.