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Amazon's new Alexa Tablets drop the Fire branding but are more Android than ever
Source: Ars Technica
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Earlier reports and follow-ups on the same developing story.
- Amazon’s Alexa Tablets are coming for the iPad
- Amazon unveils new Alexa tablets with Alexa+ and Google Play Store access
- Amazon overhauls aging devices lineup with higher-priced Alexa tablet, dumping the budget Fire
- Amazon is phasing out Fire Tablets because they weren’t ‘giving customers what they were asking for’
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