A strong new app is about to land on Amazon Hearth TV Sticks

There’s been plenty of Hearth TV information popping out of CES 2026. Amazon introduced a complete redesign of the Hearth TV person interface rolling out in February, a revamped mobile app expertise, and a brand-new Hearth TV lineup, the Ember Artline, arriving this spring.

Whereas no new Hearth TV Sticks have been revealed, one announcement involving them nonetheless caught my eye — and it did not come from Amazon. It got here from Nvidia.

Nvidia’s gaming division, GeForce, finest identified for its graphics playing cards, introduced at CES 2026 that it is bringing its GeForce Now cloud gaming service to pick Amazon Hearth TV Sticks later this yr. Should you’re not accustomed to GeForce Now, it is a cloud gaming app just like the Xbox app or Amazon Luna, that are each already accessible on Hearth TV. The massive distinction, although, is energy.

GeForce Now allows you to stream PC video games with larger graphics constancy and body charges, because of Nvidia’s RTX-powered cloud gaming infrastructure. In different phrases, Nvidia is bringing high-performance PC gaming to your TV with out requiring you to personal an costly gaming PC — all by its new GeForce Now app on Amazon’s Hearth TV Sticks.

“A brand new native GeForce Now app for choose Amazon Hearth TV sticks can carry RTX-powered PC gaming to a different large display within the house,” Nvidia stated in a blog post. “Members can stream their suitable PC sport libraries on to Hearth TV-connected shows to show a compact streaming stick into a strong cloud gaming rig.”

GeForce Now could be coming to those two Hearth TV Sticks first

The service has a free ad-supported choice, however larger high quality gaming requires paying for it

GeForce Now will launch completely on two of Amazon’s hottest Hearth TV Sticks, the second-generation Hearth TV Stick 4K Plus and the Hearth TV Stick 4K Max. There is not any phrase on when or if it’s going to come to different Hearth TV Sticks or Hearth TVs, just like the not too long ago launched Hearth TV Stick 4K Choose.

Nvidia says the app will probably be accessible in international locations the place these two fashions are bought and the place GeForce Now could be supported, which incorporates the US.

As for when it’s going to launch, Nvidia did not share an actual date, solely saying it will likely be launching “early this yr.”

Should you’re concerned with making an attempt out GeForce Now in your Hearth TV Stick when it launches, Nvidia does provide a free tier. That stated, it is restricted to 1080p, 60FPS gameplay, one-hour periods, and contains advertisements. To step as much as 1440p at 60FPS with no advertisements and play video games you already personal, you will want the Efficiency tier, which prices $10 a month. There’s additionally an Final tier for $20 a month, which unlocks 4K gaming and as much as 240FPS if you would like essentially the most highly effective expertise attainable.

Moreover, Nvidia introduced that a few of 2026’s largest video games will probably be accessible to stream on GeForce Now after they launch, together with 007 First Gentle, Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert, and Energetic Matter.

The Hearth TV Stick 4K Max is my go-to streaming machine for my 4K LG TV, however I even have my gaming PC hooked as much as the identical TV with an RTX 4080, so I am actually concerned with making an attempt GeForce Now on Hearth TV to see how the expertise and graphics constancy stack up.

In different Hearth TV information, Amazon says an entire redesign of the Hearth TV person interface (UI) will begin rolling out in February. So if the GeForce Now app does not seize your consideration, the corporate’s large UI overhaul simply may. You may learn extra about all of these adjustments in my different Pocket-lint story here.