If you swipe right from the home screen, you see a page full of recently used apps. Gone is the giant app carousel and gloomy black and grey motif of previous Fire OS versions, and in is a spruced-up, colorful, content-focused UI. Fire OS 5 Belliniįire OS 5 Bellini is refreshingly different from previous iterations. Otherwise, you can spend a little more on the 16GB version, which costs $170 (£150 or AU$235 if converted).

Consider picking up a memory card an essential part of buying this tablet. Thankfully, it has a microSD card slot that makes it expandable up to 128GB. The entry-level model only comes with a pathetically low 8GB of storage. What is a big deal is how little internal storage the $150 model of the Fire HD 8 has. It's a downside to the Amazon OS, but if you don't care for downloading many apps, it's not a big deal. Instead, you have the Amazon App store, which is highly curated and limited in its selection. Though it runs a modified version of the Google OS, you don't get the full breadth of Android apps available in the Google Play store. The updated user interface has a fresh design that's easy to navigate and new features to enhance watching video, gaming, and reading. The new Fire HD tablets debut Amazon's latest Android-based operating system, Fire OS 5 Bellini. If you're already a member - or don't mind signing up - the Amazon Fire HD 8 is a small device for taking advantage of your Prime membership in a big (and very shareable) way.Īll of the buttons are located on the top edge. Other tablets in the same price range don't have the same perks, family-friendly features or operating system tailor-made for easily accessing it all. They're all priced to sell and run the same content-rich operating system. And, if you're really low on funds, you can even go for the soon-to-be-released $50 7-inch Fire tablet.

There's also the option of last year's smaller Fire HD 6 and this year's brand new 10-inch Fire HD 10. Yet, what it lacks in aesthetic finesse, fast specs and apps variety, it makes up for in tons of content for you and the whole family.įor the price, the Fire HD 8 will soon have you forgetting that you originally signed up for Amazon Prime for the two-day shipping. The chunky plastic design feels a bit toy-like, performance is slow during downloads or when running bigger games and Amazon's app store is light years behind Google and Apple's when it comes to selection.

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