Amazon’s updated Fire HD 8 tablet is already on sale for Prime Day

Amazon updated its Fire HD 8 lineup on Wednesday. The 2024 version of the budget tablet has more RAM, a better rear camera and built-in AI. The device, which normally starts at $100 (with lock screen ads), is already on sale for October Prime Day.

As its name suggests, the new Fire HD 8 has an 8-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 (189 ppi). Another big upgrade for the 2024 model is 3GB of RAM in the base storage category (32B). Meanwhile, the 64GB variant slides up to 4GB of RAM. Of course, this is a budget tablet, so those aren’t close to groundbreaking numbers. But that’s still 50 to 100 percent higher than the 2GB of RAM in the 2022 model.

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Save big on Amazon’s newly announced Fire HD 8 tablet for 2024.

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Amazon rates the Fire HD 8 at up to 13 hours of battery life. The rear camera of the tablet is 5MP. (That’s the same as the “Plus” version of its 2022 predecessor, but higher than the 2MP in the regular old version.)

The tablets will include some AI productivity capabilities. As Apple’s first take on AI in its 2024 updates, this includes an Assistant Writing feature that can write messages based on notifications. It can also summarize web pages, make grammar suggestions and change brevity.

There will also be two versions of the tablet for children: Fire HD 8 Kids and Fire HD 8 Kids Pro. As you’d expect from Amazon’s kid-focused range, these versions will include a “kid-proof” case for Disney-branded designs (including Pixar Cars, Disney Princesses or Marvel Avengers). They also come with a subscription to Amazon Kids+, the company’s content delivery service (including mobile games!) for kids.

The Fire HD 8 is available now at Amazon, starting at $55 for Prime Day (regularly $100). The Fire HD 8 Kids tablet will normally start at $140 but is on sale for $70 on Big Day.

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