Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet Upgraded With A Faster Chip And Longer Battery Life

Earlier in 2019, Amazon’s entry-level Fire 7 tablet had some small improvements. This time, the Fire HD 10 has some similar upgrades. The Fire HD 10 is known as the best tablet version of Amazon, with a price of Rs 10,697 for its 32GB version. The update is about adding a 2-megapixel camera on the front as well as a faster chip. Besides, it has another unique improvement: USB-C charging, which we have not seen in any other Amazon tablet. You can pre-order the newly updated tablet now. It has 4 different colors, including all-new white, plum, twilight blue, and black; shipping starts on 30^th October.

Thanks to an additional antenna, Wi-Fi performance is one of the iterative improvements. According to Amazon, one antenna will be used when the tablet is in landscape mode whereas the other antenna will be activated when users hold it in portrait mode. Besides, 801.00ac support is another enhancement for Wi-Fi.

With a 2GB RAM, the latest octa-core MediaTek 8183 chip is likely to boost your speed by 30% as well as support multitasking. These two upgrades are the biggest changes. In comparison to the previous model, the latest tablet has a full HD 1080p display with more than 2 million pixels. While the built-in storage is either 32GB or 64GB, it also gets a similar MicroSD extension space for another up-to-512GB storage. The HD 10 tablet has a weight of 504g, 4g heavier than the previous one.

In comparison to the Fire 7, the battery capacity of this updated version is still the same. However, Amazon has put effort into boosting the battery life of the tablet via software updates. The battery life will be 20% longer with up to 12 hours of mixed-use. The new tablet runs on Fire OS, Amazon’s latest Android P-based operating system released last autumn.

The new picture-in-picture feature is a part of the upgrade, introduced by Amazon. The mode lets users keep a little window at the bottom of the screen’s corner for streaming video and use other applications or surfing the Internet at the same time. A similar feature has appeared before on iPads of Apple.

The Fire tablets allow you to access the ecosystem of Amazon easily, including several free contents only for Prime subscriptions. Some new features have been added in recent years. The most notable ones are the always-on and hands-free support for the voice assistant Alexa, which turns the tablets into Echo devices for controlling smart household Alexa-enabled devices. It also lets you launch apps, control music playback, and video, display the weather, get news, and so on. However, there is no multiple-microphone array equipped in the Fire tablets like the Echo speaker. Still, the voice recognition of the tablet works well when users are nearby.

Kids Edition of the new tablet will be available as usual, including replacement guarantee in 2-year time (if there is any issue, Amazon will get you a new one) as well as Amazon FreeTime unlimited service for a year which is worth Rs 4,994. The FreeTime will be used to create profiles for your children to manage content, set educational targets, and limit screen time. The 32GB version of this edition is priced at Rs 14,196, consisting of a built-in stand and a padded case.

Besides the key specs listed before, let’s look at some other improvements, as stated by Amazon, available in the new Fire HD 10 tablet. For every Amazon content as well as photo taken by Fire tablets, users have unlimited cloud storage for free. Besides, with the support of USB-C, it only takes 4 hours to charge fully, which is 20% faster in comparison to the predecessor. Its stereo speakers are tuned by Dolby.

The picture-in-picture mode lets users watch several videos from STARS, Netflix, Twitch, Prime Video, as well as visit Facebook, review the calendar, check email, and browse the web. Now, both front and rear cameras are 2 MP 720P. Also, there is Screen Sharing to let an expert from Amazon will remotely guide you through every feature appearing on the screen. The feature is totally free and unlimited. And besides the 32GB version, the tablet also available in 64GB version with a price of Rs 13,554.

In addition, Amazon published its Kindle Kids Edition separately for the first time. The kid-centric Freetime is also available on Fire TV devices.