By utilising its screen, the Fire offers much more than the £45 Amazon Echo Dot 2. Here, you'll see all your recent searches and Google-style cards with rich information, such as weather information in your area.Īt £50, the Fire 7 is one of the cheapest Alexa devices you can currently own. You can access the voice assistant by holding down the home button (if you prefer, this can be toggled off by navigating to Settings | Device Options) or by navigating to the dedicated Alexa app.
The 2017 tablet also brings Amazon Alexa. That being said, there are still some glaring omissions in terms of app support, most notably Gmail, YouTube and Google Drive, and Amazon’s Appstore still has a long way to go to match the selection available from Google Play. If you have a Prime subscription, it’s a great way to access instant video content or Prime music, and Kindle owners will have instant access to their books through the Cloud library. Each Amazon service still has its own dedicated homescreen, just a swipe or two to the left or right. The old carousel-style homescreen has gone, replaced with a much more familiar app grid layout that makes finding third-party apps much easier. Amazon is still sitting at Android Lollipop (running FireOS 5.4.0.0), although this still offers a sensible middle ground between the familiar Android UI and its own layout, which makes the whole tablet much more user-friendly. READ NEXT: Best Bluetooth speakers Amazon Fire tablet review: FireOS with Amazon AlexaĪmazon’s custom version of Android has always divided users anyone heavily invested in the Amazon ecosystem can appreciate having quick access to their ebooks, music, video and cloud storage, but the lack of Google Play and apps that other Android users take for granted are deal-breakers for many others (although you can install Google's suite of apps, if you can find the APK files).
The Fire tablet also allows you to connect to other devices via Bluetooth. The microSD card slot is on the right, and the dual downward-firing speaker grilles are on the left. At the top of the device, you'll find a power/lock button, which sits next to a micro-USB port, a 3.5mm headphone jack and volume rocker.
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