Amazon Kindle Fire Details
The Fire 7 from Amazon is packed with features and includes Amazon’s Alexa Hands-Free functionality. Fire is great for apps and games as well as reading books and streaming videos.
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Meet Alexa for Hands-Free functionality
Hands-Free mode
When this is switched on and the tablet is connected to Wi-Fi you only have say “Alexa” followed by your request to get what you want. No need to press the home button to wake Alexa up.
How it works
Alexa provides quick access to the entertainment you want, including music, games, audiobooks, and more. You can also ask Alexa questions, check your calendar, get news, find sports scores, and even control your smart home.
Everyday tasks
Alexa on Fire tablets helps make the everyday easier. Just ask to set alarms and timers, check your calendar, to-do or shopping lists, and more. You can also order millions of items with your voice, such as household and personal care products.
Be entertained
Whether you’re looking for your favourite playlist or need a quick joke, you can ask Alexa. Just ask for a song, artist or genre, and stream directly over Wi-Fi. Alexa also provides voice control for Amazon Music, TuneIn, and more.
Stay informed
Now you can ask Alexa a question and get an immediate voice response. Alexa can pull up your Flash Briefing, Wikipedia articles, news, sports scores and more.
Voice control your smart home
Alexa works with devices such as lights, switches, thermostats and more from Netatmo, Hive and Philips Hue. Switch on the lamp before getting out of bed or change the temperature on your thermostat while reading in your favourite chair - just ask.
Fast and responsive
Fire uses a powerful quad-core processor with four 1.3GHz cores that run simultaneously to give ensure fast app loading, smoother gaming and great overall performance.
Expandable storage
Fire comes with 16GB of storage space for your apps and games. A microSD card slot means you can increase this space by up to 512GB, making it possible to keep all of your music, photos and movies with you too.
Plus all of your Amazon content is automatically stored in the cloud for you to download whenever you need it.
Go wherever the day takes you
With a battery life of up to 7 hours and a durable design, Amazon Fire is ready to travel with you all day and survive everyday bangs or scrapes. (Battery performance from new, actual performance may be less)
Dual cameras
Make online calls, take photos and record video using the 2MP front and rear-facing cameras with 720p HD video recording.
