Amazon retires Fire Tablet brand, will launch Alexa Tablets with full Android

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Amazon's head of consumer electronics, Panos Panay, announced the company will phase out its Fire Tablet brand. The new devices will be called Alexa Tablets and run a standard version of Android. This change provides full access to the Google Play Store, which was unavailable on the previous Fire OS. The move addresses customer demand for direct access to popular Google apps and services.

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