Amazon is planning to launch a brand new Fireplace Pill that may absolutely function on the Google-owned Android working system, not Amazon’s inside Fireplace OS.
Reuters experiences that Amazon is revamping its whole Fireplace Pill lineup because it sunsets Fireplace OS. Fireplace OS was often known as a “forked” model of Android, utilizing Android elements custom-made for Amazon. Fireplace OS doesn’t have entry to the Google Play Retailer.
In line with Reuters, Amazon is already engaged on an inside undertaking known as Kittyhawk, and it may end in a higher-priced pill launched subsequent 12 months. New fashions could begin at $400, a soar from right now’s $60 beginning value.
Reuters additionally reported that the Kittyhawk undertaking may very well be “delayed or cancelled” by Amazon.
The Fireplace Tablets had been first launched in 2011 and had been used as a gateway to Amazon’s digital content material together with e-books, music, and movies. On account of its comparatively low value, the Fireplace OS had operational limitations, placing the Fireplace Pill at a drawback in comparison with its rivals, together with the iPad and Amazon rivals just like the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Amazon is the world’s fourth-largest pill vendor behind the aforementioned merchandise from Apple and Samsung, in addition to Lenovo, in response to information from analysis agency IDC cited by Reuters.
Because it sunsets its working system, Amazon shut down its app retailer for Android customers on Aug. 20. Amazon mentioned that the Appstore “will proceed to be obtainable elsewhere, together with on Fireplace TV and Fireplace Pill gadgets.
