Amazon Fire HD 8 launched

Amazon launched the new Fire HD 8, the next-generation Fire HD tablet “designed from the ground up for all-day entertainment”.

The Fire HD 8 offers an 8-inch widescreen HD display (1280 x 800), a quad-core processor, and 12 hours of battery life.

It has 50% more RAM than its predecessor, twice the on-device storage, and support for up to 200 GB of additional storage via a microSD card.

Fire HD 8 also introduces Alexa, the cloud-based voice service, for the first time on Fire tablets.

“Just press and ask—Alexa can play music, launch games, read audiobooks, and more,” Amazon explained.

The Amazon Fire HD 8 is available immediately for $89.99.

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