Electronics

[ritasNo1Fan]

I too love that fire 8 hd  tablet.  Have not needed to expand memory, yet...

[Pecky]

Does anyone know if there is GPS on this tablet and can you down load google apps?  I am new to the tablet and have only used my laptop and cellphone.

[Nuttmeg]

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@Pecky wrote:

Does anyone know if there is GPS on this tablet and can you down load google apps?  I am new to the tablet and have only used my laptop and cellphone.

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@Pecky

The Fire tablets have a custom Android 9 without GPS. 

You can add the Google Play store to this Fire tablet. 

You need to unlock the tablet to accept some files to run the Google Play store. 

I have modified a Fire 10 device last year.

I found a YouTube video with a Google search' 

"How to add the GPS to a Fire tablet"? 

The video is by the "Android Police". It will explain the steps how to download the files and install install them. 

This is something easy and will not harm your device. 

[Pecky]

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@Nuttmeg wrote:

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@Pecky wrote:

Does anyone know if there is GPS on this tablet and can you down load google apps?  I am new to the tablet and have only used my laptop and cellphone.

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@Pecky

The Fire tablets have a custom Android 9 without GPS. 

You can add the Google Play store to this Fire tablet. 

You need to unlock the tablet to accept some files to run the Google Play store. 

I have modified a Fire 10 device last year.

I found a YouTube video with a Google search' 

"How to add the GPS to a Fire tablet"? 

The video is by the "Android Police". It will explain the steps how to download the files and install install them. 

This is something easy and will not harm your device. 

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@Nuttmeg Thanks!  I just checked out the video.  I may just get use to the tablet before I add the google play.  I am suppose to get it today.  Do you have the option of using both google apps and Amazon app?  

[Nuttmeg]

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@Pecky wrote:

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@Nuttmeg wrote:

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@Pecky wrote:

Does anyone know if there is GPS on this tablet and can you down load google apps?  I am new to the tablet and have only used my laptop and cellphone.

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@Pecky

The Fire tablets have a custom Android 9 without GPS. 

You can add the Google Play store to this Fire tablet. 

You need to unlock the tablet to accept some files to run the Google Play store. 

I have modified a Fire 10 device last year.

I found a YouTube video with a Google search' 

"How to add the GPS to a Fire tablet"? 

The video is by the "Android Police". It will explain the steps how to download the files and install install them. 

This is something easy and will not harm your device. 

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@Nuttmeg Thanks!  I just checked out the video.  I may just get use to the tablet before I add the google play.  I am suppose to get it today.  Do you have the option of using both google apps and Amazon app?  

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@Pecky  

You can use both app stores. LOL , GPS is much larger. 

[diva1964]

I see no difference in the plus tablet then I see with the one without it, I wanted the larger screen size [10] and the product was promised with a more vivid screen. I found the screen was dim and the colors  bleeding into each other. Very laggy device. I went for another tablet the Vankyo 10 .1 inch got it home the other day and I am enjoying it very much. I recommend this tablet if you want a good reliable tablet for a cheap price. It got more 5 star reviews then Samsung and lenovo on amazon.