Put Out the Fire: New Amazon Alexa Tablets Are Made to Replace Your iPad
Fire tablets have never competed with the best iPads or Android tablets. Amazon instead has focused on more affordable, less powerful devices, but that's set to change.Three new Amazon Alexa Tablets announced today include premium specs, aluminum unibody designs, and more powerful processors, making them much more capable. They’re also more AI-focused, hence the Alexa name, letting you ask the chatbot assistant questions, control your smart home, or provide help with what you're doing on the screen.
- ▪Fire tablets have never competed with the best iPads or Android tablets.
- ▪Amazon instead has focused on more affordable, less powerful devices, but that's set to change.Three new Amazon Alexa Tablets announced today include premium specs, aluminum unibody designs, and more powerful processors, making them much mo
- ▪They’re also more AI-focused, hence the Alexa name, letting you ask the chatbot assistant questions, control your smart home, or provide help with what you're doing on the screen.
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Fire tablets have never competed with the best iPads or Android tablets. Amazon instead has focused on more affordable, less powerful devices, but that's set to change.Three new Amazon Alexa Tablets announced today include premium specs, aluminum unibody designs, and more powerful processors, making them much more capable. They’re also more AI-focused, hence the Alexa name, letting you ask the chatbot assistant questions, control your smart home, or provide help with what you're doing on the screen. Unlike the Fire tablets, you can use the Google Play Store on the Alexa Tablets. That means you can download many more apps, plus each one runs the relatively recent Android 16 software, although Amazon has yet to detail how many updates you'll get.
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