Amazon Replaces Fire Tablets With $230 Alexa Line Running Android and Google Play
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Updated · WIRED · Oct 8
Amazon Replaces Fire Tablets With $230 Alexa Line Running Android and Google Play
3 articles · Updated · WIRED · Oct 8
Summary
$230 to $500 Alexa Tablets will replace Amazon’s entire Fire lineup, ending the budget brand and opening preorders ahead of Oct. 14 shipments.
Official Android and full Google Play access mark Amazon’s biggest tablet software shift, addressing the limited app support that long held back Fire devices.
Three models lead the range: an 8-inch for $230, an 11-inch for $330, and a 12 Pro for $500, with a $550 Nanomatte option, plus kids’ editions of the 8 and 11.
Fire tablets will stop shipping within one to two months, but Amazon said it will support them for four years from the last ship date and give the new tablets at least four years of software updates.
Alexa+ sits at the center of the new devices with on-screen AI, live voice sessions and tight Amazon content integration, showing Amazon is moving upscale without loosening its ecosystem grip.