{"id":10207,"date":"2021-03-21T17:44:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T17:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickmyreader.com\/?p=10207"},"modified":"2021-03-21T17:45:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T17:45:02","slug":"what-mobile-operating-system-does-fire-os-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickmyreader.com\/what-mobile-operating-system-does-fire-os-use\/","title":{"rendered":"What Mobile Operating System Does Fire OS Use?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon\u2019s enduringly popular Fire tablets run on Fire OS operating system, but what is this and why should you care?<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s what we\u2019ll be walking you through today with this brief guide to the stripped-down OS that keeps these devices ticking over.<\/span><\/p>\n

While this operating system is based on Android, you won\u2019t benefit from any apps or services from Google. It\u2019s more accurate to say that Fire tablets run lots of Android code and make use of Android apps rather than claiming that they run on Android. They don\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What Is Fire OS?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Fire OS, then, is a mobile operating system created by Amazon and based on Android.<\/span><\/p>\n

This OS is intended for the Fire tablets, phone, and TV, as well as some Echo devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

The operating system is forked from Android\u2019s open source operating system. It\u2019s packed with proprietary software, and the user interface is customized so it focuses primarily on content consumption. There are heavy links to content found in Amazon\u2019s own storefronts or services. This is not surprisingly, as most tech firms like to lock you into their ecosystem. Amazon is no different, it just does things bigger and better.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since its inception, Kindle Fire has always utilized tweaked Android distributions, but the operating system was only labeled Fire OS starting with the third iteration of Fire tablets. The earlier models ran on an operating system \u201c<\/span>based on Android<\/span><\/i>\u201d, while Fire OS 3.0 is termed \u201c<\/span>compatible with Android<\/span><\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, before we explore some of the core differences between Fire OS and Android upon which it\u2019s based, a glimpse at the Fire and other devices running this OS\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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What Devices Run on Fire OS?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The following devices all run on Fire OS:<\/span><\/p>\n