Similar to the 8.9-inch panel, the 10.1-inch display isn’t the brightest or most colorful you’ll see, but it’s perfectly adequate for $75. Again, it’s 1920 x 1200 resolution is a significant improvement over the Fire 7 or Fire HD 8’s lower resolution, and just having more space makes it more aesthetically pleasing for video streaming and brief Zoom chats. The tablet charges via USB-C and has a battery life of around 12 hours per charge. Although the model being offered here at a discount only has 32GB of internal storage, you can add more with a microSD card.
Any Amazon tablet comes with the usual software warning. With no access to the Google Play Store and thus no native Google apps like Gmail or YouTube, Amazon’s Fire OS is still a forked version of Android that frequently directs users to its own online store, apps, and services. There is still lock screen advertising, and removing them still costs $15. The Play Store and its larger software collection may still be sideloaded with relative ease, although it is obviously not the most user- or security-friendly option. Instead, sticking to Amazon apps like Kindle and Prime Video, well-known apps like Netflix, or simple web browsing will get the most out of a Fire tablet.
Despite this, the OS is still quite capable of handling numerous user profiles and parental settings, and it still has a useful “Show Mode” feature that can effectively transform the tablet into an Echo Show-like smart display when it’s not in your hand.
