Amazon May Abandon Its Fire Tablet Software

Amazon could yet beryllium ditching its proprietary package connected Fire tablets, according to a study by Reuters. The institution is reportedly prepping a higher-end tablet that'll tally connected Android. This instrumentality could travel adjacent twelvemonth and will reportedly costs astir $400.

Amazon's Fire tablet package is itself a heavy modified type of Android, but nan upcoming tablet will reportedly usage nan existent OS. This is awesome news for those who want easy integration pinch different Android devices.

It's besides awesome news for app developers. The superior downside of Fire OS is that it mandates nan usage of its ain app store. The civilization quality of nan OS requires developers to make abstracted versions of apps for Amazon tablets. This has severely constricted nan store's variety, particularly erstwhile compared to nan Google Play Store aliases nan Apple App Store.

The downside to each of this is apt nan aforementioned $400 value tag. Fire tablets are known for being inexpensive. The Fire Tablet 7 costs $60 and income tin bring that down moreover further. The company's astir costly tablet is presently nan Fire Max 11, which costs $230.

Amazon has declined to remark connected nan matter and we don't person immoderate accusation regarding specs of nan upcoming tablet. Hopefully nan value summation translates to overmuch amended internals.

This isn't nan first clip nan institution has fixed up connected a merchandise that utilized a proprietary operating system. The Fire Phone was released backmost successful 2014 but grounded to triumph complete consumers. Amazon stopped trading nan instrumentality successful 2015.