Overview
- Amazon announced on Thursday that it is rebranding its tablets as the Alexa Tablet family and will ship them with stock Android and direct access to the Google Play Store.
- The 12-inch Alexa Tablet Pro is the new flagship with a MediaTek Dimensity 8400 chip, up to 16 GB of RAM, a 2800×1840 120 Hz display and optional matte Corning-textured glass.
- Alexa is built into the user interface with an Alexa widget, a Dynamic Tab and a paid Alexa+ service that can capture and analyze on-screen content to act for users such as finding products in videos.
- Amazon set higher prices than past Fire models — the 12 Pro starts around €500–€560 depending on finish — offers 11‑inch and 8‑inch variants plus keyboard and stylus accessories, and sells Wi‑Fi‑only models.
- The tablets ship with Android 16 with an Android 17 update planned next year and Amazon promises multi-year support, saying it will provide at least four years of updates after end of sales and will continue initial support for older Fire tablets.