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Amazon fire stick - has GPS?
thefatmoop:
FireStick 4k - Just purchased for the bedroom and popped it open because it's surprisingly heavy. I was greeted by what i'd say is a GPS antenna. Must be amazon's answer to VPNs region lock bypass / account sharing.
Normally wouldn't think much of it, but dang that's dystopian.
coppice:
Why would they put GPS in a device generally installed deep inside a building where GPS seldom works?
thefatmoop:
I'm struggling to find a datasheet for the antenna. I'm 20% of an antenna expert - i'd say that's not a wifi antenna. That's a GPS/GNSS antenna
mendip_discovery:
--- Quote from: thefatmoop on July 14, 2023, 09:44:11 pm ---I'm struggling to find a datasheet for the antenna. I'm 20% of an antenna expert - i'd say that's not a wifi antenna. That's a GPS/GNSS antenna
--- End quote ---
So where is the wifi antenna? Why assume a gps one when there isnt a wifi one there.
Looking up the first few digits and antenna showed me images of the unit.
ataradov:
The older versions used two separate antennas in the same form factor. And that was clearly for Wi-Fi.
While GPS antennas generally look like this, it is possible that Wi-Fi/ BT antennas are implemented in the same form factor.
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