Amazon Fire TV 2-Series (2025)
Built-in far-field microphone
No TV micThis model has no built-in far-field microphone — voice control goes through the remote.
Amazon's own official device specification page lists "Mic: Not Supported" for this exact model — an explicit statement that this budget tier has no microphone hardware in the TV chassis at all. Voice control works only through the remote's press-to-talk mic button.
Automatic content recognition (ACR), including over HDMI
Runs ACRThis model runs Amazon's ACR feature (branded "Automatic Content Recognition"), which analyzes on-screen content — including over HDMI — to identify what's playing.
What ACR is and how to turn it off →
Amazon's own official Automatic Content Recognition help page describes the feature directly: when enabled, it fingerprints content "through connected devices, such as a cable set-top-box" (not just Amazon's own apps) by sampling audio or pixels and matching against a database, and can be managed at Settings → Preferences → Privacy Settings → Automatic Content Recognition. Amazon's page doesn't state whether it's on by default. Enabling it on one Fire TV device doesn't enable it on others.
Scans your local network for other devices
UnverifiedLocal network scanning hasn't been confirmed for this model from a citable source yet.
How to put a TV on its own network →
No model-specific primary source confirming or ruling out local-network device scanning was found for this model.
Security vulnerabilities in Fire TV
UnverifiedFirmware support status hasn't been confirmed for this model from a citable source yet.
What that actually means for your TV →
Amazon's own developer documentation for this model doesn't state a minimum number of years of software updates the way Samsung's public seven-year Tizen commitment does. Stays unverified rather than assumed either way.
Settings paths for Fire TV
Not yet verified for this Fire TV version. Menu wording and structure vary enough across releases that we don't want to guess — check how to report a correction if you can help verify this one.
This page covers what this model has and collects, and where to change it, with a source for each answer. See About & sourcing for how each row above is checked, and how to report an error.