Overview
- Amazon announced the Alexa Tablet family on October 8 and opened preorders the same day with U.S., Canada, and Mexico shipments starting October 14 and European shipments beginning October 19.
- The lineup includes three aluminum models — Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, 11, and 8 — with MediaTek chips, up to 16GB of RAM on the 12 Pro, high‑refresh displays and Dolby Atmos speakers.
- Alexa+ is integrated systemwide with On‑Screen Intelligence that can read what’s on the display for contextual help and live sessions for continuous conversation, and the screen‑reading features are opt‑in with a visible indicator.
- Amazon will stop shipping existing Fire tablets within weeks while promising at least four years of support from the last Fire ship date, and it is selling optional Pro Pen and Pro Keyboard accessories plus Kids bundles with a year of Amazon Kids+.
- By switching to official Android with full Google Play access, Amazon gives up a closed app store model to compete more directly with iPad and other premium tablets while keeping Kindle, Prime and Alexa services front and center.