Amazon to make Fire TV stick, other devices in India
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Tue, Feb 16 2021 15:27 IST |
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New Delhi, Feb 16 : E-commerce and technology major Amazon will soon start manufacturing of its electronics products including the Fire TV stick in India.
After a virtual conversation with Amit Agarwal, Global Senior Vice President of Amazon and Country Head for India and Chetan Krishnaswamy, Vice President, Public Policy of Amazon India on Wednesday, the Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad took to Twitter and the homegrown social media platform Koo, to make the announcement.
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Amazon will start manufacturing its devices in India, starting with the Fire TV Stick. The e-commerce giant will set up its first manufacturing line in India later this year in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The company said in a blog post that the manufacturing program will be able to produce hundreds of thousands of Fire TV Stick devices every year. Also Read - Holi Special Sale on Amazon, Flipkart, Paytm: Up to 40 percent discount on Samsung, iPhone, Vivo, Poco phones
The announcement was made after a meeting between Amit Agarwal, SVP and Country Head, Amazon India and Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Government of India. Also Read - Samsung Galaxy M12 sale starts today for Amazon Prime members: Worth buying at Rs 10,999?
Amazon will start manufacturing Fire TV Stick devices in India Amazon streaming devices will be manufactured at Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn in Chennai later this year.
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Amazon will soon start manufacturing Fire TV Stick in India.
The Fire TV Sticks manufactured at Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn in Chennai later this year.
Amazon Fire TV stick is one of the best-selling devices.
Amazon will soon start manufacturing Fire TV Stick in India. As per the report, the Amazon streaming devices will be manufactured at Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn in Chennai later this year. Amazon had launched an updated version of the Fire TV stick along with the Fire TV stick lite. The Fire Stick comes with a lot of enhanced features including full- HD streaming, HDR support and Dolby Atmos, and more. The device starts at Rs 2999 in India.
Amazon is partnering with a Foxconn-owned manufacturing subsidiary based in the Indian city of Chennai to produce Fire TV devices locally. It will be Amazon’s first manufacturing line in the country.