# Amazon Developer Newsletter: July 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Amazon Dev News\ **Created:** [July 23, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://community.amazondeveloper.com/t/amazon-developer-newsletter-july-2026/29074 "2026-07-23T05:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moses](https://dhm3gbtzu79o6.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.amazondeveloper.com/moses/32/524_2.png) [@Moses](https://community.amazondeveloper.com/u/Moses)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://community.amazondeveloper.com/t/amazon-developer-newsletter-july-2026/29074/1 "2026-07-23T05:00:00Z")
Subscribe to the Amazon Developer Newsletter [here](https://developer.amazon.com/apps-and-games/subscribe-newsletter). [![Amazon Developer](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/5/5cb8962d26a488d665aa2ca702ee8ad7e3b2ff0f.png)](https://developer.amazon.com/apps-and-games?sc_category=ORG&sc_channel=EM&sc_campaign=APP_NWS&sc_detail=emlnv&sc_publisher=EML&sc_country=WW) ## Expand your reach on Fire TV | [![](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/d/dec66c3172c28c7ea4cf552f2318a589d5ef91bc.png)](https://developer.amazon.com/apps-and-games/blogs/2026/07/guide-to-building-for-fire-tv-on-vega-os) | **Launch your first Vega OS app** This step-by-step guide walks you through setting up your development environment, installing the Vega SDK, connecting to a Fire TV device, and publishing your first Hello World app. [Read the blog ›](https://developer.amazon.com/apps-and-games/blogs/2026/07/guide-to-building-for-fire-tv-on-vega-os) | | [![](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f27be5c3c7472a193c25772058bd74b1f643cf96.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hHzo9c2vs) | **Build faster with AI-powered developer tools** Amazon Devices Builder Tools for AI brings Fire TV domain knowledge directly into your AI coding agent. Set it up with a single terminal command in Claude Code, Cursor, Kiro, or any MCP-compatible agent. [Watch the video ›](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hHzo9c2vs) [Install the tool ›](https://developer.amazon.com/docs/vega/0.23/mcp-server) | ## Automate your testing | **[Vitals API is now in open beta](https://developer.amazon.com/docs/reports-promo/vitals-api-overview.html)** The Vitals API gives you programmatic access to real-time app health data for Fire TV and Fire tablet apps, so you can detect and resolve stability issues faster. Wire it into your CI/CD pipeline to gate releases on stability thresholds, or build automated Slack alerts when regressions appear. Existing Reporting API credentials work out of the box. [Explore the docs ›](https://developer.amazon.com/docs/reports-promo/vitals-api-overview.html) | ## Developer highlights | [![](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/a/a278fefa36e36470857651aa95ea513d1388ccd4.png)](https://chainreactconf.com/) | **Meet us at Chain React** We’ll be at Chain React in Portland on July 29-31. Join our [workshop](https://chainreactconf.com/workshops) “Past the Vibes: Build an Agent Harness for your React Native App” where you’ll learn how to build agents that plan, implement, and verify each other’s work — backed by reusable tools, project memory, and checkpoints. [Get tickets ›](https://chainreactconf.com/) | | **Virgin Atlantic’s AI experiment** In this fireside chat, Neil Letchford, VP of Digital Engineering at Virgin Atlantic, shares how they built a multi-agent concierge that lets customers search for flights, plan trips, and book travel. Learn how they shipped a compliant AI system in a regulated industry and what surprised them about how customers are using it. [Watch the video ›](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-GQsr6sros) | [![](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f0ea36ac10bf2cc9080d70247f199c8c371a4846.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-GQsr6sros) | | [![](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/0225866045a5abbdaf85e541ef68a89f5ba69c27.png)](https://developer.amazon.com/blogs) [Check out our blog](https://developer.amazon.com/blogs) | [![](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/381826a291c9fac8fee8ad72b401a272902d06cf.png)](https://developer.amazon.com/docs/apps-and-games/documentation.html) [Explore tech docs](https://developer.amazon.com/docs/apps-and-games/documentation.html) | [![](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/6/663f4dd229c5177595ccb0043466f539c05f5009.png)](https://community.amazondeveloper.com/) [Developer community](https://community.amazondeveloper.com/) | Visit the [Amazon Developer Portal](https://developer.amazon.com/apps-and-games?sc_category=ORG&sc_channel=EM&sc_campaign=APP_NWS_fot&sc_publisher=EML&sc_country=WW) for all the updates, documentation, and resources. Follow Us:   [![](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/7/7217d4507c459e8d1f9319569a698b3f1d9b21d0.png)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT9ApARFgQJOeqD-ygmxnJQ)   [![](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/8/8140e5d5df3949e323e7e5ff9bd35c6d430b76b1.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/amazon-appstore-developers)   [![](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/3b330bfa46763e1e7ac4dc371ed9cf1195be08be.png)](https://x.com/amazonappdev)   [![](https://d3mq594dkmpl37.cloudfront.net/original/2X/c/c6c3e0360c7ca0d4e1903ad9ca9a3786157ab878.png)](https://github.com/AmazonAppDev)