If you want to do anything more than that (like replacing Fire OS altogether with a custom ROM), you have to jump through some more hoops - and not every model supports custom ROMs yet.Īnyway, whether you’re looking to pick up an Amazon Fire tablet for as little as $30 during the holiday season… or if you’ve received one as a present, here are some of the latest up-to-date resources for hacking Fire tablets.įirst up, the simplest (and probably safest) thing to do is install the Google Play Store and Google services on top of Fire OS. But it’s surprisingly easy to add the Google Play Store to all of Amazon’s current-gen tablets. That means they have an Amazon-designed user interface and ship with Amazon’s Appstore rather than Google Play.
And as usual, some folks would like Amazon’s tablets better if they worked a bit more like other Android tablets.Īmazon Fire tablets run a fork of Android called Fire OS. How long will my Fire Tablet get security updates?Īs usual, Amazon is offering deep discounts on Fire tablets for the holiday shopping season.