How To Download Google Play Store On Amazon Fire Tablet 5th Generation

For the money, most Android tablets aren't very smart buys. At the high end, hardware is marred by less than stellar software offerings. (If you're going to spend $500 on a tablet, get an iPad.) At the low end, Amazon's Android-powered Fire tablets are hamstrung by the very limited Amazon Appstore, which doesn't include Google apps, among others.

I just got back to my old kindle fire, the HD 8, 7th gen, and I wanted to install the google play store. I watched a lot of videos on how to and they involve downloading APK files from a site run by the Android Police. I've never downloaded APK files before so I was wondering if there are any concerns I should be aware of before I install the files.

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Either way, is there a workaround, like say uninstalled the app from the Google Store and loading it via the Amazon app store? I'm about to take a long trip and was hoping to be able to purchase things using the app on my tablet. I also have a laptop and of course phone, but they're old and slow and I prefer the tablet. Not the end of the world, but kind of annoying.

I'm able to open the google play store, I can enter my gmail account and password, and can read and accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, but as soon as I press "Accept", the "Checking Info" screen appears for a few seconds before forcing me back to the home menu. After I reopen the app, the Checking Info screen appears again for a few seconds before asking me to log in again. No matter how many times I try to log in, the app just keeps sending me through this loop.

Turns out you have to download four APK files that are required for your specific Fire tablet generation and size. They have a table with links to the correct APKs but it is a bit confusing. Otherwise if you follow the instructions and obtain the correct APKs, everything works beautifully.

There is, though, a way of enabling and installing the Play Store app on Fire tablets, so that it can be used on these devices with no worries. The only drawback is that this method only works with Fire tablets released from 2014, so, pertaining to the fourth generation.

I have just placed a purchase with Amazon for afire tablet solely for Patternkeeper and I realized that Patternkeeper was an Android app. then I found your video on u tube and will be using it to install Patternkeeper when it arrives.My question is,how does this work for you,are there any problems?Loved your site. Thanks,Loretta

Hi Loretta, I hope your Fire Tablet is working out well for you.

I am still enjoying using mine. I've even downloaded a few games from the Google store to play on the Fire tablet and they work, too.

The one thing I have noticed was with my first smaller tablet - I didn't have as much memory and it ran a little slow.

So if I upgrade my Fire tablet in the future, I'll be sure to have a good amount of memory especially since I have a lot of projects going on at the same time.

Hello. I am having trouble downloading pattern keeper for kindle fallowing your directions. on instructions 2.3 and 2.4 Google Play Services and Google Play Store links do not have the red download button. i downloaded the top one under the download that were there. But in the end when i boot up the play store after i logged into google it will not boot up. so im not sure if i download the wrong thing or if something else is blocking it?

Should I be downloading APK Mirror first and locate the files there? Or should I just search Silk for each of the files individually (Framework, Play Services, Account Manager and Play Store)? My tablet is a Fire HD8, 12th generation.

In our tests, we use each tablet over the course of about a week for general tasks such as browsing the web, checking email, watching movies, and listening to music. We also play games, take photos, and edit documents stored in Google Drive.

I have the new 10" Fire HD, which with a quick search of the internet enabled me to download a few files and now I have Google in my Fire. Have Google maps, Gmail and Google Play Store. Quick download of the SWA app from Play Store and I'm ready to go. Read carefully the instructions for getting Google in your Fire, but this is my 4th Fire tablet in our family and all have Google without any problems. Yes, the early Fire versions, even with Google Play Store would not support the SWA app, but this latest Fire generation does. Good luck!

Amazon Fire tablets are extremely popular. They're the most popular Android-based tablet available, but they don't include the Google Play Store. Instead, Amazon provides its own app store. This is basically a storefront to games and apps, videos, music, audiobooks, and Kindle ebooks.

In my limited time with the tablet, the performance didn't quite match up with the iPad (10th Generation), but it certainly feels zippier than previous Fire tablets, including the Fire HD 10, which is an exceedingly good value, particularly when it goes on sale for around $100. Amazon lists the screen spec for the HD 10 as 1,920x1,200 with over 2 million pixels (224 ppi) so the Fire Max's larger 11-inch display with 213 ppi isn't quite as sharp.

By comparison, Google's new Pixel Tablet has a 10.9-inch screen with 2,560x1,600 resolution and 276 ppi. But that tablet starts at $500 with an included dock. The Pixel Tablet runs Google's Pixel-flavored version of Android 13 while the Fire Max 11 runs Amazon Fire OS 8 on top of Android 11. Like other Fire tablets, you don't get the Google Play Store (and are limited to Amazon's app store), though many people sideload the Play Store on their Fire devices.

Ultimately, the value proposition here is that for around the price of the entry-level iPad, you're getting not only a competent and sturdy tablet (the Fire Max 11 is "three times as durable" as the iPad 10.9-inch, Amazon says), but you also get a keyboard case and stylus. Apple's Magic Keyboard Folio costs $249 and an Apple Pen (2nd generation) lists for $129.

But before you can install Google Play Services on a Fire tablet, you first have to enable external app installation. By default, Fire OS doesn't let you download and install apps from any outlet other than the official Amazon app store. To allow third-party app downloads, you need to enable a developers setting by following this path:

If you have a file manager app installed on your tablet, you should grant it permission to allow local app installs as well. Now, your Fire tablet is ready to install Android apps from any website, as well as APK packages locally stored on the tablet.

You will also need to provide continuous power to your display. Fortunately, Extra-long USB cables for most tablets can be purchased inexpensively on Amazon, along with cable clips and more 3m adhesive tape (optional).

The Fire tablets have always been about consuming Amazon content. They started out as the "Kindle Fire," intended for reading color books and streaming video. The mission has expanded, but only slightly; you can certainly play games and join Zoom calls on these tablets, but Amazon will drive you, again and again, to the videos and books it wants you to buy.

In the lower left corner of the interface, there's a little house icon. Press it and you get a device dashboard with all of your Alexa-enabled smart home gadgets and Alexa routines. Hands-free Alexa usage is supported, and a toggle will put the tablet into Show mode, which turns it into an Alexa smart display that shows timers, song lyrics, and recipes. (Of course, if a smart display is all you need, you can save a little money by getting an Echo Show 8.)

Right now, Amazon's limited app store is most of what holds its tablets back. Amazon tablets don't have Google Play or any other Google apps, because Amazon is trying to position itself as a Google competitor. That means Android developers have to separately submit their applications to Amazon's store, and many haven't done that.

It is certainly possible to get other Android apps onto this tablet. You can download the APK files from APKMirror.com or transfer them over from another Android phone. There are dozens of web pages about how to hack the Google Play store onto Amazon tablets; they don't work right now because of a new version of the Fire OS, but I'm sure they'll be updated soon. But all of these solutions are kludgey and bad, and you shouldn't have to live with them. The Google Play ones, especially, are unsupported and can break with OS upgrades.

A 10-inch tablet isn't an ideal ebook reader. If you're reading standard, black-on-white text books, you'll be much better served with the restful screen and lighter weight of an E Ink reader such as the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. However, the Fire 10 HD excels at displaying picture books and comics. As I said in the Fire HD 8 review, an 8-inch tablet is just a little too small for a two-page spread in a comic book. On a 10-inch, 1080p tablet, that spread is nice and readable. Magazine pages are also readable at this size.

Amazon's Fire tablets put Audible's audiobooks front and center. They also support a feature called immersion reading: As you listen to the audiobook, the text of the book is displayed and highlighted in sync with the audio so you can follow along. Think of it as subtitles for an audiobook. This is particularly useful for beginning readers, language students, and people with auditory disabilities.

But this is still an Amazon tablet, not a general-purpose Android or Apple slate. The user interface is great for easily getting to Amazon content, and the multiple user profiles and parental controls are terrific. You just have to contend with Amazon quirks like the limited Appstore.

The secure firewall allowed me to control what apps could use the internet. I blocked internet access to some bloatware apps that come preinstalled on Fire devices and noticed a slight performance improvement on my tablet, which was pretty cool.

While each offers different strengths, they all excel at allowing you to enjoy your Amazon content on the go. All Fire tablets run on Amazon's Fire OS, a custom version of Android, and it does a great job of serving up your Kindle ebooks, Prime Video offerings, and Amazon Music playlists in an easy-to-navigate format. ff782bc1db