# Video limitations - ETA? **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Players\ **Tags:** fire-tv-vega\ **Created:** [October 19, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-limitations-eta/932631 "2025-10-19T05:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hittsy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hittsy/32/269295_2.png) [@Hittsy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hittsy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-limitations-eta/932631/1 "2025-10-19T05:45:38Z")
Hey, I’ve got one of these fire TV sticks, and I rather like how simple it is. I’d like to put it into service for my family, but the video decoding and bitrate limitations really kneecap things. Can we have some ballpark estimate of when we can see those lifted? In a few days/weeks? Next month? Next year? ---
**Author:** ![kahilzinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kahilzinger](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kahilzinger)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-limitations-eta/932631/2 "2025-10-20T14:54:35Z")
Pretty sure it is a limitation of the device, not Plex. ---
**Author:** ![Hittsy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hittsy/32/269295_2.png) [@Hittsy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hittsy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-limitations-eta/932631/3 "2025-10-20T16:37:16Z")
> **[Device Specifications: Fire TV Streaming Media Player | Amazon Fire Device...](https://developer.amazon.com/docs/device-specs/device-specifications-fire-tv-streaming-media-player.html)** > > Fire TV Streaming Media Player specifications are provided here. This seems to imply that whilst there are device limitations, they’re not nearly as severe as 8mbps AVC/h264. ---
**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-limitations-eta/932631/4 "2025-10-20T16:44:05Z")
It’s not Plex. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ApI-oNPz_kI/maxresdefault.jpg "The Minimally Viable Product: Fire TV Stick 4k Select Review") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApI-oNPz_kI) Apps are streamed from Amazon’s cloud and are not not full-featured. That may change over time, but right now Plex rather has its hands full. Go buy a $20 onn. 4K TV puck from Walmart if you’d like a better experience sooner rather than later. ---
**Author:** ![Hittsy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hittsy/32/269295_2.png) [@Hittsy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hittsy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-limitations-eta/932631/5 "2025-10-20T16:56:12Z")
Sorry if this sounds rude, but I’m almost certain that’s not the case here. I’ve had apps on my Vega stick that say “cloud hosted app" on the download page and have an identical experience to the android app. Plex has a new UI (similar to roku) exclusive to Vega, and doesn’t say that it’s cloud-hosted. ---
**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-limitations-eta/932631/6 "2025-10-20T17:26:55Z")
The product is not fit for purpose yet. They didn’t get out in front of application compatibility issues before releasing it. It will likely mature and native apps will be released. But you jumped the shark on this one. And I wasn’t being snarky in my first reply; a $20 onn. device will be a better player for you right now. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-limitations-eta/932631/7 "2026-01-18T17:27:20Z")
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