How to manually update your Kindle Fire or check which operating system you're using

To update your Kindle Fire tablet, simply navigate to the Device Options section of your Settings app.
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How to install the Play Store on any Amazon Fire tablet

Amazon Fire tablets lack the Play Store, but they do support sideloading apps. Using Fire Toolbox you can easily install the Play Store for more app options. Even with the Play Store addition, Fire OS ...
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How Amazon Plans to Tackle a Lack of Tablet-Optimized Android Apps

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets have a lot to offer that vanilla Android tablets don’t–lower prices and a larger media selection, for example–but a huge selection of tablet-optimized apps isn’t one of ...
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Amazon patches the exploit that supercharged Fire TV and Fire Tablet hacking

According to recent posts in the xda-developers forum, Amazon is confirmed to be rolling out a Fire OS 8.1.5.3 update for Fire TV devices for that patches the vulnerability. It’s likely that a patch ...