The $119.99 Fire HD 8 Plus is a portal to Amazon’s services.
Poor camera qualityThe tablet comes in two flavors: the standard Fire HD 8 and the Fire HD 8 Plus, as well as versions with and without ads. While the Fire HD 8 Plus with ads starts at $119.99, you’ll have to pay about $25 extra to remove lock screen ads — and I’d recommend that — putting its price at $134.99. Meanwhile, the standard Fire HD 8 model starts at $99.99 with ads .
As the “8” in its name implies, the Fire HD 8 Plus tablet features an eight-inch 1280 x 800 LCD display surrounded by a fairly solid plastic chassis in black, blue, or pink. The display itself isn’t the most impressive, as colors can appear dull when streaming, and the device’s maximum brightness just isn’t quite bright enough. Take the device outside on a sunny day, for example, and it’s difficult to make out anything on the screen.
Upon unlocking the tablet, you’re served with an ad that takes up your entire lock screen. The lock screen also has two other options in the bottom right and left corners that let you go directly to a menu to manage your connected devices or to a carousel of ads that Amazon calls “selected offers.” In my opinion, having ads directly on the lock screen just makes the tablet feel....
The tablet uses Fire OS 8, Amazon’s forked version of the two-year-old Android 11. Not only does the OS lookfeel a bit outdated but also Google’s apps are notably absent from the Amazon Appstore. This means you can’t even download YouTube, which seems contradictory for a tablet focused on entertainment.
Accessing smart home controls is pretty simple, too. As I mentioned earlier, you can simply swipe the left tab on the lock screen to gain access to your connected devices, open the Amazon Alexa app, or use a voice command. Like Amazon’s other Fire tablets, you can also convert it into a smart display by swiping down on the screen and toggling on Show Mode. With this enabled, you can
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