Fire TV Bluetooth is documented by model as a version, and only as a version. Amazon's developer specifications carry the line for every streaming player from the 2014 box's Bluetooth 3.0 to the 2026 sticks' Bluetooth 5.3, and its help page adds profiles, but not codec names, on the oldest models. Across both official pages, no Bluetooth audio codec, SBC, AAC, aptX or LDAC, is named for any Fire TV device. The version rows below quote both pages with access dates.
Figures and quoted lines on this page were checked October 2026. Both source pages are quoted verbatim per model, with their access dates.
Fire TV Bluetooth versions by model
| Model | Documented Bluetooth | Source / as of |
|---|---|---|
| Fire TV Stick 4K, 3rd Gen (2026) | "Bluetooth 5.3 and Bluetooth Low Energy" | Amazon developer specifications, 2026-10-01 |
| Fire TV Stick HD (2026) | "Bluetooth 5.3 and Bluetooth Low Energy" | Amazon developer specifications, 2026-10-01 |
| Fire TV Stick 4K Plus (2025) | "Bluetooth 5.2 + BLE" | Amazon developer specifications, 2026-10-01 |
| Fire TV Stick 4K Max, 2nd Gen (2023) | "Bluetooth 5.2 + BLE" | Amazon developer specifications, 2026-10-01 |
| Fire TV Stick 4K, 2nd Gen (2023) | "Bluetooth 5.2 + BLE" | Amazon developer specifications, 2026-10-01 |
| Fire TV Stick 4K Select (2025) | "Bluetooth 5.0 (BLE supported)" | Amazon developer specifications, 2026-10-01 |
| Fire TV Cube, 3rd Gen | "Bluetooth 5.0 + BLE" | Amazon help page, 2026-10-01 |
| Fire TV Cube, 1st Gen | "Bluetooth 4.2 + BLE" | Amazon help page, 2026-10-01 |
| Amazon Fire TV, 2nd Gen | "Bluetooth 4.1 + BLE" | Amazon help page, 2026-10-01 |
| Amazon Fire TV, 1st Gen (2014) | "Bluetooth 3.0" | Amazon help page, 2026-10-01 |
| Fire TV Stick, 1st Gen | "Bluetooth 3.0, with support for HID, HFP, and HPP" | Amazon help page, 2026-10-01 |
The two pages agree wherever they overlap, with one exception: the help page prints "Bluetooth 35.0" for the Fire TV Stick 3rd Gen, which no Bluetooth version matches and the developer page resolves as Bluetooth 5.0. The typo is quoted here as it appears, because that is what the source says.
What Amazon documents, and what it does not
The specification pages describe Bluetooth on Fire TV as a version line and a pairing capability: speakers, headphones and controllers pair over it. What neither page contains, for any of the roughly twenty models it covers, is the name of an audio codec. The AAC and MP3 strings that do appear are media file formats for local playback, not Bluetooth audio codecs; the distinction matters and the pages keep them separate.
For the reader adding Bluetooth headphones to a Fire TV stick, the practical read is: pairing is a documented, supported use, and the codec question has no published answer. The chain will negotiate something, and what the common codecs can carry is documented where the numbers are public, in our codec profiles; platform neighbors handle the same question with fuller records, from Chromecast and Google TV to Android TV and Apple TV.
FAQ
Pairing accessories and audio devices. Amazon's specification pages describe pairing speakers, headphones and controllers over Bluetooth; the help page's oldest models list HID, HFP and HPP profile support alongside the version. What the pages do not do is name the audio codec a paired speaker or headphone receives.
Check the table above against the model. Current 2026 sticks carry Bluetooth 5.3, 2023 to 2025 models sit at 5.0 to 5.2, and the lineage runs back to Bluetooth 3.0 on the 2014 players. One divergence worth noting: the help page prints "Bluetooth 35.0" for the Fire TV Stick 3rd Gen, an apparent typo; the developer specification page lists Bluetooth 5.0 for the same device.
Not in any document Amazon publishes. Both official pages checked for this record, the developer device specifications and the help page that identifies each model, name Bluetooth versions and, on old models, profiles, and neither names aptX, LDAC or any other audio codec anywhere. That is a statement about Amazon's documentation, not a claim about the hardware's negotiation.
Yes, pairing speakers and headphones is the documented Bluetooth use on the specification pages. Which codec the link runs is not published; for what the common codecs carry once a link is up, the [SBC](/codecs/sbc) and [AAC](/codecs/aac) profiles hold the published numbers.
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- Amazon developer specifications, "Fire TV Device Specifications: Fire TV Streaming Media Player": per-model Bluetooth rows including "Bluetooth 5.3 and Bluetooth Low Energy" (Fire TV Stick 4K 3rd Gen, 2026; Fire TV Stick HD, 2026), "Bluetooth 5.2 + BLE" (4K Plus 2025; 4K Max 2nd Gen 2023; 4K 2nd Gen 2023), "Bluetooth 5.0 (BLE supported)" (4K Select 2025); no Bluetooth audio codec named for any model; audio codecs on the page (AAC, MP3, FLAC) are media file formats. developer.amazon.com/docs/device-specs/device-specifications-fire-tv-streaming-media-player.html, accessed 2026-10-01
- Amazon help, "Which Fire TV Device Do I Have?": per-model Bluetooth rows including "Bluetooth 3.0, with support for HID, HFP, and HPP" (1st Gen Sticks), "Bluetooth 4.1 + BLE" (2nd Gen box), "Bluetooth 5.0 + BLE" (Cube 3rd Gen), "Bluetooth 5.3" (Stick 4K 3rd Gen) and "Bluetooth 35.0" for the Stick 3rd Gen, an apparent typo on the page itself; no audio codec mentioned anywhere. amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201640900, accessed 2026-10-01