Вопрос: Как отключить чтение вслух на Kindle Fire HD?

I like my HD8 2020 because I wanted a smaller tablet. I already have the HD10 (the last version), which is good for watching videos, etc. But it very unwieldy when trying to read a book. The HD8 is much better for reading a book. When I bought mine, I got a 20% discount, bring the price to $71.00. Then I traded a 2017 Fire Tablet, and got another $35 credit. So the price was quite worth it as a device to consume content.

I can’t figure out how to load a file (drag and drop from PC) to be globally recognised by all profiles. The files are on the device, but only viewed by the profile logged in at the time of loading files on. It’s the same with downloading apps.

I have a feeling the fire 7 is practically the same as the fire 8.

Tips for increasing the performance of those tablets.
1. Use a micro sd and offload as many apps and photos etc onto it as possible. The more of that 16gb that is freed up, the more faster it will run.

2. Increase the battery life by getting a cheap $10 portable battery charger. Will increase your battery by hours

3. Fix the glare by getting an anti glare screen protector made for your tablet

4. Don’t be stuck into the amazon ecosystem. You can download the google operating system onto your tablet, or you can download pretty much any google play store app by downloading the aptoid tv app which is an alternative google play store

Also don’t let the plastic casing fool you. The fire tablets are very durable

Also be aware that despite what you may see on videos on YouTube, these tablets are not good for gaming on cod or fortnite. Maybe the 8 plus might be a little better, but I know the 7 is not because I own one

Great Unboxing! There is a serious conversation that needs to be had about «ad» devices that refuses to natively include google play, to restrict alternative media content….It’s 2020 and yet company like amazon justifies «contract culture» with with low price points. Heck even Sprint these days doesn’t lock you into ridiculous agreements…and yet amazon lockdowns devices natively and offer no service contracts or «unlock policies». For devices you buy outright…����‍♂️

I absolutely do NOT recommend getting any Amazon Fire tablet. I could go on a rant as to why, but lets just say I bought one and regretted it. Save yourself a from a massive disappointment and headache and buy a regular Android tablet that isnt shoving ads and Amazon services down your throat.

I don’t want an iPad because I don’t like the floor by three aspect ratio which to me makes watching videos a terrible experience. I don’t need a productivity tablet so iPad is out the window as well. I just want a tablet that I can use to browse the Internet and watch Netflix and other video and movie streaming services and browse Facebook and Twitter and Instagram. I also wanna be able to do all that without having to use my phone while I’m at home. It’s because I prefer my phone to have all day battery life. On top of that, if I do get a notification from Instagram or Twitter or Facebook it comes through my Apple Watch and I can just open up the app on the Amazon fire tablet instead of pulling out my phone. When I’m at home I would much rather use a tablet instead of my phone. I also don’t care about resolution as long as it’s HD or full HD because again it’s not a productivity tablet. I’m not editing videos or photos so I don’t need that high-quality screen. I have that higher resolution on my laptop and on my desktop for video and photo work. I have watched movies and TV shows and Internet videos on 8 inch Amazon tablet before and I enjoy them just as much as watching them on my 60 inch TV in my living room or my 42 inch TV in my bedroom. Sometimes I just don’t wanna watch the TV in my bedroom and I just want to lay down in bed and watch on a smaller screen but also not as small as my iPhone 7 Plus.

I’m using the old version of fire hd10, paid 100 bucks and I’m using it for one year now. I couldn’t get a better tablet for that price. I’m mostly using it for school things, such as using MS Office programs, presentations and even using Excel on it.

I think Prime’s subscription is mainly for a single or a couple of services like the 2 day shipping and Prime Video (or whatever you prefer). The rest is useless. Actually, even if you have Echo devices you can’t benefit from your Prime membership at all! You’ll have to subscribe for Music Unlimited, Audible, and other subscriptions to really enjoy Echo devices. I believe same thing goes for the Fire HD tablet.

All his complaints is that is doesn’t do what it was not designed to do.
It is an AMAZON tablet, designed for AMAZON PRIME.
They also allow you to stream other content, for what it was designed for, it is perfect

I have a 7th Generation Fire HD 8 which after 2 years of solid usage stopped being able to charge anymore. From what I understand this is a fairly common problem due to the crappy Micro USB charging port that either dislodges internally or otherwise fails. Do you know if the new USB-C port with the 10th Generation HD8 or wireless charging capability with the HD 8 Plus prevent this common hardware failure issue?

I bought Amazon Fire 10HD for 85€ from Amazon used. Was in perfect Condition and since i installed Google Play Store wich finally let me use almost all AndroidApps i have no regrets,totally happy about it.

I’ve had 4 Amazon tablets before. Mostly the 10 and 8 inch. But the closed Amazon system pushing all amazon services on you all tj time and excluding Google play store apps were too much at the end.

And yes, I installed play store and normal apps, but then the tablet becomes so slow it is not usable anymore.

So last week, instead of buying the latest 8 inch generation, I found a much better alternative: the Lenovo tab M8 FHD. 1920×1080 Full high resolution, 3GB RAM, and a 2.3GHZ CPU. All for 120 USD. Cheaper than the 3GB amazon fire version. At least now I can use all apps I want, I am not locked in with Amazon pushing their stuff through my throat.

I actually want to buy this because it’s slow. It fits into a mindful life. It does what I need, can fit perfectly on my kitchen table, maybe I’ll use it to read some articles or watch a video, + Alexa

I appreciate you not saying «Alexa» so our devices don’t get set off from your audio. But some of us changed our wake word to «Echo» to avoid this in the first place and you say THAT about a dozen times. lol

How many people really wanna have a personal device which is sponsored by ads though? It just seems better to save a bit more and buy the iPad which they have the standard model which has the same chip as the iPhone 7 inside it.

A least a year or so ago it wasn’t that hard to get the Play Store on a Fire Tablet I had an HD 10. There are several You Tube videos on side loading. I replaced my Fire with an iPad Mini in 2019 and although the iPad was more than double the HD 10 for me it was a better investment. I quickly grew tired of the Fire not because it was bad, the hardware was fine, but there was no way to escape the fact that it was a giant Amazon ad.

Don’t buy one! I bought this very tablet and gave it to my Vietnamese wife. She tried to sign into it without an amazon account. It is now completely locked behind a PIN number that Amazon can not remove. I have to find a way to return it to them from Vietnam after purchasing in the USA. Ipad would have made more sense in my situation.

Not a fan of Amazon products…they always seems to break or have something go wrong after approx a year of use. My 2018 HD 8 tablets is acting wonky and WiFi antenna barely picks up wifi at home. Also, been through 4 FireTV sticks in like 2 years(remote issues, etc). Although, I do recommend the Kindles. Had one from 2013 that still works, although recently upgraded to PaperWhite. Good thing their products are cheap

I’ve got the previous version and I found the battery life pretty poor compared to more expensive tablets. Is the new version a larger battery especially considering the higher performance?
USB Type C is a nice improvement and mini/micro USB should be illegal on devices in 2019+ 😉 other than that I think they should do a 4GB model instead of extra storage 2GB is simply not enough anymore IMO. It’s so close to being an Ipad killer for most people for general use with some minor upgrades… it make no sense to me business wise.

I am contemplating purchasing this, and I am only going to use it for reading books online-from my public library. Can this device make the font large? Is there an adjustment for viewing in bright sunlight, varying the brightness? Thank you.

XDA has developed an easy to install patch that fixes most of the shortcomings of the tablet. Removes ads, loads Google Play Store and more. Simple to install and has been around long enough that the bugs have been worked out. https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/development/official-amazon-fire-toolbox-v1-0-t3889604

Thanks for your excellent videos on the HD 8 Plus. I have had an HD 10 for the last several years and found the size to be too awkward, especially when trying to hold it and read in bed at night. I was considering a Samsung or Lenovo tablet but found that I could really do everything I wanted with a Fire tablet with the Google Store sideloaded. Your reviews and demonstrations sank the deal for me and I ordered the HD8 Plus, the charging dock, and a cover tonight. Thanks again.

UPDATE: I have had the HD 8 Plus for over two weeks now and love it so much more than the HD 10. It is much easier to handle, and even though the screen is smaller, the display is still very easy to view and read text, images, and videos. I haven’t listened to the speakers that much since I connect via Bluetooth earbuds for better sound, but the speakers seem adequate for a tablet of this size. After owning the HD 10 for so many years, I would strongly recommend that anyone considering a Fire tablet give a lot of thought to the 8-inch models.

I can’t believe it’s 2020 and fire os is still a thing. I used to have one of these things back in 2014 and it was horrible. From what I remember you couldn’t even change the wallpaper. Want YouTube? I hope you like using the browser! I mean it works fine from my experience but just to point that out.

I have been using the 2017 model but ordered the 2019 a few days ago. They actually are good devices. I use it for YouTube, YouTube TV, kindle, podcasts and pretty much just media. For my purposes it is great.

Tiny core and simple system monitor from play to show what’s going on.

3gb is good for webpage tabs staying in ram when you go back to them, a example being shopping and banking or PayPal all open, going back to a tab makes it reload and that’s not good for banking, more ram keeps it.

More ram has nothing to do with loading but for reloading.

On the old 1.5gb one it fills the ram and pushes apps out when a game is loaded

Try the apps on the play store and see

Oh and from start a fire 8 has about 68 things running plus your own
Killing them frees up CPU even though they say they don’t use CPU

I’ve just got a 3gb one but I’d say 2gb is OK, 3gb being better for a phone so you keep the phone in ram while googling or gaming

I’d like to see how long the Alexa app takes to get to the play part
On the 1.5gb it takes 60 secs+

While I’ve used Android phones for the past 8 years, I couldn’t get into my Fire 8 two years back at all — it was just so irredeemably painful to use. Got myself an used iPad Pro for 350 and haven’t looked back since — that thing is a joy to use:3

Amazon has crippled the Android OS so that it will only work with their products and ones they’ve approved. I buy a tablet to do what I want, not what Amazon wants. Don’t be seduced by the low price. You will not have the flexibility or control of your own tablet.

Two odd positives: (1) it supports Widevine Level 1.0, which is apparently essentially for watching Netflix in 720p (believe it or not the Galaxy Tab A 8 only goes to 600p despite having a 720p screen because its DRM is only Level 3); and (2) I believe that Amazon pushes out more security updates than any other Android maker. Lack of YouTube official app and lack of GMail app are a huge negative. If it had 100% sRGB gamut I’d buy it in an instant. As it is, I’m stuck with a much larger iPad and the iPad mini is just too expensive.

The background music is very distracting to me. I had to give up after two minutes.I suppose it must benefit some people so I wonder what the balance is. I’m not actually complaining — I guess I have some undiagnosed mental illness that causes me to react differently than the sane majority, so I bow to their status before departing. 
I’m happy with the Verge’s print content, so maybe I’m not missing too much.

Where did you get your stand for your 10 I got one from Amazon very disappointed I also have an 8 inch gloves that stand the only other thing both keep shutting off five minutes into any YouTube video I don’t know what’s wrong with them your help would be appreciated

I have the fire 7. I love it. I have had an iPad before and I honestly don’t understand why mom gamers pay for flagship tablets. Unless you are a gamer, there is no real reason to pay more than $200 for a tablet to surf the web and stream. I love my Fire 7.