Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Review
Amazon's Fire tablet lineup has long been a favorite of ours as good, simple value for the money. Each uses a variant of the Android OS which is tilted heavily toward accessing Amazon services, but also good for streaming video and reading. The particularly important feature here is Show Mode, which makes the tablet act like a hands-free Echo Show smart display, displaying the time and responding to Alexa queries. The new Fire HD 8 Plus ($109.99 and up) is a gray Fire HD 8 tablet with more RAM, wireless charging, and a slightly higher-powered charger. That wireless charging, along with the optional charging dock, really make a difference here, turning the Fire HD 8 Plus into an Echo Show you can take with you. The audio isn't nearly as good as a real Echo Show—you won't use it to bop around to rich music in your living room—but that's a fair trade-off for portability. The Fire HD 8 Plus's size, shape, design, screen, cameras, and Wi-Fi capabilities are all the same as the Fire HD ...
Amazon's Fire HD 8 Plus adds wireless charging to the low-cost tablet, likely changing its usage patterns.
Inexpensive; Long battery life; Wireless charging; Excellent Alexa support
Limited app compatibility