Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet with Alexa, 8" HD Display, Quad-Core 1.3GHz, 1.5GB RAM, 16GB Internal Storage, Black

Fast and responsive
Enjoy your entertainment with a fast 1.3 GHz quad-core processor. Fire HD 8 offers 50% more RAM than Fire 7 for faster performance.

• The next generation of our best-reviewed Fire tablet, with up to 12 hours of battery life, a vibrant 8" HD display, a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM and Dolby Audio. More durable than the latest iPad
• 16GB of internal storage and a microSD slot for up to 256GB of expandable storage
• Now with Alexa, for quick access to the information and entertainment you want. Ask questions, play music, check your calendar, get the news, weather and more - just press the home button and ask
• Enjoy millions of movies, TV shows, songs, Kindle eBooks, apps and games - including Netflix, Facebook, HBO, Spotify and more
• Enhance your entertainment experience with features you only get from Amazon, including ASAP, X-Ray, On Deck, Blue Shade and FreeTime Parental Controls

No more worrying about storage space
With 2x more internal storage than Fire 7, Fire HD 8 comes standard with 16GB. Expand your tablet's storage by up to 256GB using a microSD card and keep photos, movies and compatible games and apps with you. Plus enjoy free unlimited cloud storage for all your Amazon content and photos taken with your Fire tablet.

Capture life's moments
Fire HD 8 features a 2 MP rear-facing camera for taking photos or shooting 720p video. The front-facing VGA camera is perfect for Skype calls with friends and family.

Vibrant HD display
Fire HD 8 features a 1280 x 800 high-definition display with over a million pixels (189 ppi) and a bright, vivid picture. Enjoy movies and games in a crisp, clear HD resolution, with less glare and more brightness thanks to a stunning IPS (in-plane-switching) LCD display.

Power when you need it
Now with up to 12 hours of mixed-use battery life, Fire HD 8 gives you the flexibility to go where the day takes you.

Stands up to everyday life
Amazon engineers Fire tablets to hold up against everyday life. As measured in tumble tests, Fire HD 8 is more durable than the latest iPad and 2x more durable than iPad mini 4 (and costs a lot less too).

Designed for Entertainment

Read
Choose from millions of Kindle eBook and magazine titles that you won't be able to find anywhere else. Connect with the largest online community of book lovers on Goodreads. Read comfortably at night with Blue Shade, an exclusive Fire OS feature that automatically adjusts and optimizes the backlight for a more comfortable nighttime reading experience.

Listen
With millions of songs from thousands of artists, the Amazon Digital Music Store brings all your favorite music to your fingertips. Music you buy on your Fire tablet is saved to Your Music Library for free and you can play or download it anytime. Audible offers more than 180,000 titles in audiobooks, including best sellers, romances, thrillers and much more.

Watch
Enjoy all your favorite movies and TV shows on Amazon Video, Netflix, HBO NOW, Sling TV and more. Discover hundreds of thousands of TV episodes and movies, plus fling Amazon Video content to your TV using Second Screen. Enhance your video experience with features you only get from Amazon, including On Deck for watching videos anywhere, ASAP for fast video streaming and X-Ray to go behind the scenes of your favorite movies and TV shows while you watch. Watch downloaded videos anywhere with a Prime membership, Netflix plan or Showtime subscription-on a plane, on vacation, in the car or wherever you don't have a wireless connection.

Play
Fire tablets feature instant access to over 600,000 of the most popular free and best-selling games, social media, premium TV and movie provider apps and so much more.

Meet Alexa

Alexa on Fire tablets
Alexa provides quick access to the entertainment you want, including music, games, audiobooks and more. You can also ask Alexa questions, check your calendar, get news, find sports scores and even control your smart home. All you have to do is press and ask.

Be entertained
Whether you're looking for your favorite playlist or need a quick joke, you can ask Alexa. Just press and ask for a song, artist or genre and stream directly over Wi-Fi. Alexa also provides voice control for Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn and more.

One press. Millions of possibilities
When connected to Wi-Fi simply press the home button for one second then ask. Alexa will respond to you and will even show visual responses to certain questions.

Voice control your smart home
Alexa works with devices such as lights, switches, thermostats and more from SmartThings, Insteon, Nest, ecobee and Wink. Switch on the lamp before getting out of bed, turn on the fan or change the temperature on your thermostat while reading in your favorite chair or dim the lights from the couch to watch a movie-just press and ask.

Everyday made easier
Alexa on Fire tablets helps make every day easier. Just press and ask to set alarms and timers, check traffic, your calendar, to-do or shopping lists and more. You can order millions of items with your voice, such as household and personal care products.

Stay informed
Now you can ask Alexa a question and get an immediate voice response. When you press and ask, Alexa can pull up your Flash Briefing, Wikipedia articles, news, sports scores and more.

Exclusive features on Fire tablets

Find the things you love easier
Fire OS is the best entertainment experience on a tablet with quick access to the things you do most. The home screen includes dedicated content pages for books, games and apps, video, music, audiobooks and Newsstand. Powered by Amazon's recommendations engine, you can quickly browse new books, movies, TV shows, music, apps and games.

Share content with Family Library
Family Library links your Amazon account to that of your spouse or partner so you can easily share apps, games, audiobooks and books and it now allows Prime members to share their Prime Video content. Access your family's content across devices-both Amazon devices and free Amazon apps for other platforms, including iOS and Android.

Enhance your viewing experience
With ASAP (Advanced Streaming and Prediction), Amazon movies and TV episodes are ready for you to watch instantly. ASAP dynamically adapts to your viewing habits. On Deck automatically downloads Prime Video (for Prime members) and the first episodes of Amazon Original Series while your device isn't in use, ensuring that there is always something new to enjoy instantly, even when offline.

Integrated on-device tech support
Screen Sharing brings Mayday-powered customer service to Fire tablets. Simply call customer service and Amazon experts can connect to your Fire tablet to co-pilot through features by drawing on your screen, walking you through how to do something yourself or doing it for you-whatever works best.

Access your entertainment across all devices
Whispersync remembers how much you've watched, read or listened to so you can pick up right where you left off, no matter which device you are using. Plus, with every Fire tablet, you get free, unlimited cloud storage for all your Amazon content including unlimited storage on photos you've taken with your Fire tablet.

Share with Your Kids

Designed with kids in mind
When kids use Amazon FreeTime, it's like they have their very own personalized tablet. The background color and fonts change to a kid-friendly design and they only see the titles that you give them access to.

Over 15,000 kid-friendly titles with FreeTime Unlimited
Amazon FreeTime Unlimited is the first-ever all-in-one subscription that brings together books, games, educational apps, movies and TV shows-all the types of content that kids and parents love.

Perfect for parents
Amazon FreeTime is built from the ground up to help give parents peace of mind when it comes to tablet use. Parents can create a profile for each of their children and choose which books, apps, games and videos they want to give their kids access to. Amazon FreeTime is free on every Fire tablet.

Limit screen time, so they don't just play
With Amazon FreeTime, parents can set daily limits for tablet use or restrict certain categories-like games and video-while leaving unlimited time for reading.