At least two companies that make VPN software are preparing versions of their apps to work on Amazon's new Fire TV operating system, Vega OS. Their arrival, enabled by a Vega software update this month, comes just as the big retailer is cracking down on pirate streaming apps across its Fire TV devices.

According to reports, IPVanish and NordVPN both have VPN apps that are compatible with Vega OS, Amazon's new Linux-based operating system, which is currently only available on the Fire TV Stick 4K Select . The apps won't be available on Vega OS until Amazon releases a software update sometime in November.

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