At a time when tablets were the success of the mobile market, many manufacturers were seen to launch their own devices, such was the case of Amazon with quite irregular sales results. So it was that it took almost two years for a new generation of equipment designed for home entertainment to be released: Amazon Fire HD 8 (2018) .

Amazon Fire HD 8 (2018) is the new entry-level tablet that stands out for offering minimal performance but ideal for enjoying multimedia content with maximum comfort and without spending a large sum of money. This time there are few changes, but its improvements on battery life and external speakers are appreciated.

Amazon Fire HD 8 (2018) features: The new Amazon Fire HD 8 (2018) was introduced

Amazon Fire HD 8 (2018) design

The equipment does not adapt to current trends in the mobile world, as can be seen in a manufacture from plastic materials or quite large bezels that surround its screen . What is promised is that its overall dimensions are ideal for comfortable one-handed operation, even for the smallest of the household.

In hardware, its 8-inch IPS panel continues to respond to a native resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels , while inside a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8163 processor, ARM Mali-T720 GPU, 1.5 GB of RAM memory and 16 or 32 GB of internal storage expandable via microSD are really old-generation components.

The novelties compared to the previous models is in its battery that promises approximately 10 hours of continuous use (according to Amazon) , while its speakers promise a Dolby Atmos Dual stereo sound so that it is not necessary to have headphones at all times. There is also a double camera with minimal features, 2 megapixels.

It is worth remembering that these devices have been developed based on the Android operating system but with Amazon’s own fork that prevents access to the brand’s services such as the Google Play Store. In contrast, there is its own Apps store and factory access to Prime Video, Prime Music, Kindle, and so on.

Amazon Fire 8 HD eighth generation is now available in Amazon Spain at a price of 99.99 euros for the 16 GB model, which goes up to 119.99 euros if we double its storage capacity. It is only marketed in black and there are logical one-day shipments at no extra cost for Prime customers.