# Amazon kills Fire tablets, launches Alexa Tablets with Android

> Amazon is retiring its Fire tablet line and replacing it with new Alexa Tablets that run official Android and access Google Play Store, starting at $230.
- Title: Amazon kills Fire tablets, launches Alexa Tablets with Android
- Summary: Amazon is retiring its Fire tablet line and replacing it with new Alexa Tablets that run official Android and access Google Play Store, starting at $230…
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- Source: WIRED — https://wired.com/story/amazon-alexa-tablets-2026
- Author: Julian Chokkattu
- Published: 2026-10-08T13:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 3 min
- Topics: amazon, alexa tablets, fire tablets, android, google play store, tablet hardware, amazon devices
## Fire tablets are finished
Amazon is ending its Fire tablet line, which offered cheap slate computers ranging from sixty to two hundred eighty dollars. All Fire tablets will be replaced by the new Alexa Tablet series.
## The big change: real Android
The new Alexa Tablets run official Android and have full access to the Google Play Store. Fire tablets ran a custom version of Android with a much more limited app library, which was always a sticking point.
## Three models, three price points
Amazon offers the Alexa Tablet twelve Pro at five hundred dollars, the Alexa Tablet eleven at three hundred thirty dollars, and the Alexa Tablet eight at two hundred thirty dollars. The numbers correspond to display size.
## Kids' editions included
Amazon offers kids' editions of the Alexa Tablet eleven and Alexa Tablet eight at the same prices. They include bumper cases, a one-year worry-free guarantee, and a year of Amazon Kids+ service.
## Fire tablets ship out soon
Amazon will stop shipping Fire tablets in the next month or two and support them for four years from the last ship date. The new Alexa Tablets launch October fourteen with preorders open now.
## Android updates guaranteed
Amazon commits to at least four years of software updates for the new Alexa Tablets. They launch with Android sixteen and will receive Android seventeen early in twenty twenty-seven.
## Premium aluminum design
All three tablets feature aluminum builds designed to mimic the new aluminum Kindles. The two smaller tablets use the MediaTek Dimensity eighty one eighty nine chip, while the twelve-inch device gets the MediaTek Dimensity eighty four hundred.
## Nanomatte display option
The Alexa Tablet twelve Pro offers two display variants: a standard twelve-inch LCD or a twelve-inch Nanomatte display with anti-glare and anti-reflective properties. The Nanomatte upgrade starts at five hundred fifty dollars.
## Stylus and keyboard support
The Alexa Tablet twelve Pro works with Amazon's new Alexa Tablet Pro Pen at ninety dollars, which has four thousand ninety-six levels of pressure sensitivity and tilt detection. A Pro Keyboard costs one hundred fifty dollars.
## Kindle mode transforms the tablet
Opening the Kindle app triggers Kindle mode, which disables notifications, turns on the blue light filter, and extends battery life to twenty hours. You can choose three display treatments: subtle warmth, softened paper tone, or monochrome.
## Alexa gets smarter with On-Screen Intelligence
Alexa+ is front and center on these tablets. A new feature called On-Screen Intelligence lets Alexa see what you are looking at and answer contextual questions, such as which restaurant is closest to your hotel.
## Alexa+ adds live conversations
Alexa+ supports live sessions, letting you have real-time back-and-forth conversations with the assistant without speaking the wake word at every turn, much like Google's Gemini Live or ChatGPT's Voice Mode.
## Amazon's retail empire stays central
The hardware may look like other premium Android tablets, but these slates are still built to keep you hooked on Amazon's retail empire. Amazon's For You experience replaces Google's Discover feed on the home screen.
## Key takeaway

Amazon is discontinuing Fire tablets and launching three new Alexa Tablets running official Android with Google Play Store access, priced from two hundred thirty to five hundred dollars.