Amazon is retiring the Fire tablet brand and replacing it with something much closer to a conventional Android tablet. The new Amazon Alexa Tablet lineup runs Android, includes full Google Play Store ...

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It may be the right time for Amazon to have another go at making an Android phone. I can’t quite believe I’m saying that, because history suggests it’s a terrible idea, but based on its latest tablets ...

We may earn a commission if you make a purchase from the links on this page. While nowhere near as extreme or as extensive as Google and Samsung's latest smartphone price hikes, the new Legion Tab Gen ...

Amazon is replacing its Fire tablets with three Alexa Tablets that run Android with full access to the Google Play Store, the company announced. The Alexa Tablet 8, Alexa Tablet 11, and Alexa Tablet ...

After no less than 15 years (!!!) of inexplicable stubbornness, Amazon dropped perhaps the most surprising product announcement of 2026 out of nowhere last week, loading up the full Android experience ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In September, Samsung updated its Galaxy Tab lineup with the new Galaxy Tab S12 Series. These tablets focus on high-end performance, huge ...

Amazon first released its tablets under the Kindle Fire name in November 2011. Amazon dropped the “Kindle” part of the name in September 2014 with the release of its fourth-generation tablets, ...

Amazon Kids Tablets now run Android and Google Play, and they cost exactly as much as Amazon's adult Alexa Tablets. Memeburn compared them with the Fire Kids models they follow to show what the extra ...

This week, Amazon unveiled a new lineup of Alexa Tablets. They no longer run a proprietary OS with a custom App Store, and instead embrace Android with a stock feel – while offering the Play Store. It ...

With Google's move from Chromebooks to Googlebooks and now Amazon's shift from Fire to Alexa tablets, new, multipurpose devices seem high on Silicon Valley's to-do list. Amazon announced Thursday that ...