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Hartley Charlton<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The flagship Alexa Tablet 12 Pro starts at $499.99 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, aiming to rival the iPad Pro at a significantly lower price point. It features a MediaTek Dimensity 8400 chip, a 12-inch display with an adaptive refresh rate of up to 120Hz and a 3:2 aspect ratio, a 6.5mm-thick aluminum body, Wi-Fi 6E, and quad Dolby Atmos speakers. Amazon claims that the device has up to 16 hours of video playback.<\/p>\n

A $549.99 version adds a “Nanomatte” display, using precision-etched glass developed with Corning to reduce glare. Higher configurations offer up to 16GB of RAM. Unlike Apple’s nano-texture display option, which requires a 1TB or 2TB iPad Pro, Amazon’s matte finish is available with 128GB of storage.<\/p>\n

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The Alexa Tablet 11 starts at $329.99 with 8GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, offering an 11-inch 2.5K display with a 90Hz refresh rate. A 128GB version costs $379.99. The smaller Alexa Tablet 8 starts at $229.99 with an 8.7-inch display, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Ryan Whitwam<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Amazon has dropped the Fire branding in favor of Alexa, and the new Alexa Tablets are now Google-certified Android devices.<\/p>\n

Throughout the history of Fire Tablets, Amazon downplayed its use of Android. They ran Android apps from the company’s Appstore platform, but there was no Google integration with “Fire OS.” However, Amazon shut down its app store last year<\/a>. The new Alexa Tablets run full-fledged Google-y versions of Android with the Play Store and all the apps you’d expect. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

M.G. Siegler<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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So the question is if these new Amazon Alexa<\/em> Tablets can do what the previous Android tablets never could<\/a> in tailoring software for the form-factor. I remain skeptical of that but perhaps stock Android plus some good Amazon + Alexa+ (as well as Prime Video) integration will be good enough?<\/p>\n

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The screen – namely the fact that it's a matte texture – sounds interesting<\/a>[…]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n