A strong new app is about to land on Amazon Fireplace TV Sticks

There’s been plenty of Fireplace TV information popping out of CES 2026. Amazon introduced a complete redesign of the Fireplace TV person interface rolling out in February, a revamped mobile app expertise, and a brand-new Fireplace TV lineup, the Ember Artline, arriving this spring.

Whereas no new Fireplace TV Sticks have been revealed, one announcement involving them nonetheless caught my eye — and it did not come from Amazon. It got here from Nvidia.

Nvidia’s gaming division, GeForce, greatest recognized for its graphics playing cards, introduced at CES 2026 that it is bringing its GeForce Now cloud gaming service to pick out Amazon Fireplace TV Sticks later this yr. Should you’re not accustomed to GeForce Now, it is a cloud gaming app much like the Xbox app or Amazon Luna, that are each already accessible on Fireplace TV. The massive distinction, although, is energy.

GeForce Now helps you to stream PC video games with increased graphics constancy and body charges, due to Nvidia’s RTX-powered cloud gaming infrastructure. In different phrases, Nvidia is bringing high-performance PC gaming to your TV with out requiring you to personal an costly gaming PC — all via its new GeForce Now app on Amazon’s Fireplace TV Sticks.

“A brand new native GeForce Now app for choose Amazon Fireplace TV sticks can deliver RTX-powered PC gaming to a different large display within the house,” Nvidia mentioned in a blog post. “Members can stream their appropriate PC recreation libraries on to Fireplace TV-connected shows to show a compact streaming stick into a robust cloud gaming rig.”

GeForce Now could be coming to those two Fireplace TV Sticks first

The service has a free ad-supported possibility, however increased high quality gaming requires paying for it

GeForce Now will launch completely on two of Amazon’s hottest Fireplace TV Sticks, the second-generation Fireplace TV Stick 4K Plus and the Fireplace TV Stick 4K Max. There is no phrase on when or if it’s going to come to different Fireplace TV Sticks or Fireplace TVs, just like the not too long ago launched Fireplace TV Stick 4K Choose.

Nvidia says the app shall be accessible in nations the place these two fashions are offered and the place GeForce Now could be supported, which incorporates the US.

As for when it’s going to launch, Nvidia did not share an actual date, solely saying will probably be launching “early this yr.”

Should you’re inquisitive about making an attempt out GeForce Now in your Fireplace TV Stick when it launches, Nvidia does supply a free tier. That mentioned, it is restricted to 1080p, 60FPS gameplay, one-hour periods, and contains advertisements. To step as much as 1440p at 60FPS with no advertisements and play video games you already personal, you may want the Efficiency tier, which prices $10 a month. There’s additionally an Final tier for $20 a month, which unlocks 4K gaming and as much as 240FPS if you would like essentially the most highly effective expertise doable.

Moreover, Nvidia introduced that a few of 2026’s largest video games shall be accessible to stream on GeForce Now after they launch, together with 007 First Gentle, Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert, and Energetic Matter.

The Fireplace TV Stick 4K Max is my go-to streaming machine for my 4K LG TV, however I even have my gaming PC hooked as much as the identical TV with an RTX 4080, so I am actually inquisitive about making an attempt GeForce Now on Fireplace TV to see how the expertise and graphics constancy stack up.

In different Fireplace TV information, Amazon says an entire redesign of the Fireplace TV person interface (UI) will begin rolling out in February. So if the GeForce Now app would not seize your consideration, the corporate’s large UI overhaul simply may. You may learn extra about all of these adjustments in my different Pocket-lint story here.