All-new Fire HD 8, now with up to 12 hours of battery life, 2X
the storage and 50% more RAM for faster performance – made for
all day entertainment.
Engineered by Amazon
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Fast and responsive
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Enjoy your entertainment with a fast 1.3 GHz quad-core
processor. Fire HD 8 now delivers faster performance thanks to a
50% increase in RAM over the previous model.
Beautiful HD display
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Fire HD 8 features a widescreen 1280 x 800 high-definition
display with over a million pixels (189 ppi) and a bright, vivid
picture.
No more worrying about storage space
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Now with 2X more internal storage, Fire HD 8 comes standard with
16 GB. Expand your ’s storage by up to 200 GB using a
microSD card, and keep photos, movies, and compatible games and
apps with you.
Power when you need it
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Now with up to 12 hours of mixed-use battery life, Fire HD 8
gives you the flexibility to go where the day takes you.
Capture life's moments
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Fire HD 8 features a 2 MP rear-facing camera for taking photos
or shooting 720p video. The front-facing VGA camera is perfect
for Skype calls with friends and family.
Stands up to everyday life
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Amazon engineers Fire s to hold up against everyday life.
As measured in tumble tests, Fire HD 8 is 2X more durable than
iPad Mini 4 (and costs a lot less too).
Designed for Entertainment
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Designed for Entertainment
Read
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Choose from millions of Kindle e-book and magazine titles.
Connect with the largest online community of book lovers on
Goodreads. Discover over a million titles with a Kindle Unlimited
subscription. Also, listen to your favorite books with Audible.
Watch
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Enjoy all your favorite movies and TV shows on Amazon Video,
Netflix, HBO NOW, and more. Discover hundreds of thousands of TV
episodes and movies, plus fling Amazon Video content to your TV
using Second Screen.
Play
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Over 300,000 apps including favorites like Facebook, Twitter,
and Spotify. Plus Amazon Underground, a one-of-a-kind
experience where over 2,000 apps, games, and even in-app items
are 100% free. Play great titles like Frozen Free Fall, Angry
Birds Sling Stella, and Sonic Dash from developers like
Disney, Gameloft, Rovio Entertainment, and more.
Meet Alexa
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Introducing Fire OS 5
Alexa comes to Fire s
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Alexa provides quick access to the entertainment you want,
including music, games, audiobooks, and more. You can also ask
Alexa questions, check your , get news, find sports
scores, and even control your smart home. All you have to do is
press and ask. Alexa will be available via a free over-the-air
software update in the coming months.
One Press. Millions of Possibilities.
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When connected to Wi-Fi simply press the home button for 2
seconds then ask. Alexa will respond to you and will even show
visual responses to certain questions.
Everyday tasks made easier
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Alexa on Fire s helps make the everyday easier. Just press
and ask to set alarms and timers, check traffic, your ,
to-do or shopping lists, and more.
Be Entertained
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Whether you’re looking for your favorite playlist on Spotify or
need a quick joke, you can ask Alexa. Just press and ask for a
song, artist or genre, and stream directly over Wi-Fi. Alexa
also provides voice control for Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn,
IHeartRadio, and more.
Stay Informed
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Now you can ask Alexa a question and get an immediate voice
response. When you press and ask, Alexa can pull up your flash
briefing, Wikipedia articles, news, sports scores, and more.
Control your smart home
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Alexa works with devices such as lights, switches, thermostats,
and more from WeMo, Philips Hue, SmartThings, Insteon, Nest,
ecobee, and Wink. Switch on the lamp before getting out of bed,
turn on the fan or change the temperature on your thermostat
while reading in your favorite chair, or dim the lights from the
couch to watch a movie—all voice controlled from your .
Fire OS
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Introducing Fire OS 5
Fire OS 5.4 - coming soon
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In addition to Alexa, our next Fire OS update will also allow
you to quickly access great game play directly from the Games tab
with Twitch, the world’s leading social video platform and
community for gamers. Fire owners will also have easy
access to over 65,000 recommendations from ComiXology, which
provides an unrivaled library of comic books, graphic novels,
manga and more.
Find the things you love easier
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Fire OS is the best entertainment experience on a with
quick access to the things you do most. The home screen includes
dedicated content pages for books, games, and apps, video, music,
audiobooks, and Newsstand, making it quick to pick up right where
you left off. Powered by Amazon’s recommendations engine, you can
quickly browse books, movies, TV shows, music, apps, and games
suggested just for you.
Apps that are actually free with Amazon Underground
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Fire owners have access to a one-of-a-kind
experience where over 2,000 apps, games, and even in-app items
are 100% free. Experience titles from top developers including
Disney, Rovio Entertainment, Gameloft, Zeptolab, and Sega of
America without ever having to pay for the app or in-app
purchases.
Share content with Family Library
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Family Library links your Amazon account to that of your spouse
or partner so you can easily share apps, games, audiobooks, and
books, and it now allows Prime members to share their Prime Video
content. Access your family's content across devices—both Amazon
devices and free Amazon apps for other platforms, including iOS
and Android.
No more waiting
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With ASAP (Advanced Streaming and Prediction), Amazon movies and
TV episodes are ready for you to watch instantly. ASAP
dynamically adapts to your viewing habits.
On Deck automatically downloads Prime Video (for Prime members)
and the first episodes of Amazon Original Series while your
device isn’t in use, ensuring that there is always something new
to enjoy instantly, even when offline.
Integrated on-device tech support
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Screen Sharing brings Mayday-powered customer service to Fire
s. Simply call customer service and Amazon experts can
connect to your Fire to co-pilot through features by
drawing on your screen, walking you through how to do something
yourself, or doing it for you—whatever works best.
- Fire HD 8, now with up to 12 hours of battery life, 2X the storage, and 50% more RAM for faster performance.
- Stunning 8" HD display, a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, and Dolby Audio. Available in four colors..
- Now with the Alexa cloud-based voice service - just press and ask.
- Enjoy millions of movies, TV shows, songs, Kindle e-books, apps and games.
- Prime members get unlimited access to a huge selection of songs, books, videos and more.
- 16 or 32 GB of internal storage and a microSD slot for up to 200 GB of expandable storage.