This has been coming out the last week or two, first noticed by blogger Mike Zatz. At this point it seems substantial enough to post. Basically Amazon has a habit of using shell companies to file their FCC documentation and they are often easy to spot if you know what to look for. While it's not 100% guaranteed it's Amazon the timing (Amazon has announced their fall devices in September the past few years), the patterns linking them and the types of devices provide reasonable evidence that it is.
To start a new FireTV:
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=XAhXaBWdtUB7BWcOWI9XkA==&fcc_id=2ADU5-4902
Gleaned from this is that it supports 802.11ac, has a MicroSD slot and 4K support. It's probably a full-size FireTV due to the inclusion of an ethernet port.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=fq16zguDqy/KfVldVrQjgw==&fcc_id=2ADU7-5487
Next is a new Remote for FireTV. The interesting thing here aside from it being new is that it's using 802.11g versus bluetooth from last year. This probably means they switched to Wifi Direct much like the Xbox One controller. Benefits are greater range or significantly greater throughput while being a bit less battery efficent. The only immediate use that comes to mind would streaming high quality audio to a headphone jack, though that is purely speculation, other features are not mentioned. AFTVNews notes that the FireOS 5 beta strangely creates a persistent wifi hotspot with FireTV and this could explain it.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=OzHckRUq2AZt9ANTqZbFSQ==&fcc_id=2ADU7-5487
Along with the controller is an updated FireTV game controller. Same deal as above, it's using wifi instead of bluetooth.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=oMN2TnidNzmOSPwAmpVA6Q==&fcc_id=2AETF-1013
Here we have tablet that supports only the 802.11n. This is probably the cheap tablet the Wall Street Journal eluded to. Interestingly it has a MicroSD slot.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=Yip6qEoYJBLLag6G2pI0Ig==&fcc_id=2ACBF-6708
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=HyywUDGraRC9qlUtQi2RLQ==&fcc_id=2ADU6-8274
The next 2 are both tablets, they support 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.1 so they are likely the 8" and 10" models from the Wall Street Journal article. They also have MicroSD support.
This may not be everything, and it's possible that the configurations were specific to FCC testing (ie it's possible though unlikely SD cards were specific to debug units). There were also leaked benchmarks for what appeared to be a FireTV stick a while back but they have not shown up in the FCC database, nor have new Kindle models so far but this gives an idea of what's coming. I'd honestly expect an announcement in the next couple weeks.
To start a new FireTV:
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=XAhXaBWdtUB7BWcOWI9XkA==&fcc_id=2ADU5-4902
Gleaned from this is that it supports 802.11ac, has a MicroSD slot and 4K support. It's probably a full-size FireTV due to the inclusion of an ethernet port.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=fq16zguDqy/KfVldVrQjgw==&fcc_id=2ADU7-5487
Next is a new Remote for FireTV. The interesting thing here aside from it being new is that it's using 802.11g versus bluetooth from last year. This probably means they switched to Wifi Direct much like the Xbox One controller. Benefits are greater range or significantly greater throughput while being a bit less battery efficent. The only immediate use that comes to mind would streaming high quality audio to a headphone jack, though that is purely speculation, other features are not mentioned. AFTVNews notes that the FireOS 5 beta strangely creates a persistent wifi hotspot with FireTV and this could explain it.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=OzHckRUq2AZt9ANTqZbFSQ==&fcc_id=2ADU7-5487
Along with the controller is an updated FireTV game controller. Same deal as above, it's using wifi instead of bluetooth.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=oMN2TnidNzmOSPwAmpVA6Q==&fcc_id=2AETF-1013
Here we have tablet that supports only the 802.11n. This is probably the cheap tablet the Wall Street Journal eluded to. Interestingly it has a MicroSD slot.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=Yip6qEoYJBLLag6G2pI0Ig==&fcc_id=2ACBF-6708
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...id=HyywUDGraRC9qlUtQi2RLQ==&fcc_id=2ADU6-8274
The next 2 are both tablets, they support 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.1 so they are likely the 8" and 10" models from the Wall Street Journal article. They also have MicroSD support.
This may not be everything, and it's possible that the configurations were specific to FCC testing (ie it's possible though unlikely SD cards were specific to debug units). There were also leaked benchmarks for what appeared to be a FireTV stick a while back but they have not shown up in the FCC database, nor have new Kindle models so far but this gives an idea of what's coming. I'd honestly expect an announcement in the next couple weeks.