You're not stuck with the Amazon App Store.

I stripped Amazon's apps from my Fire tablet using a simple tool, and it's as responsive now as the day I got it.

Amazon’s Alexa Tablets run Android with Google Play from $229.99. They ship 14 October, and on 19 October in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

Amazon’s new Alexa Tablets run full Android with Google Play, but their deeper Alexa+ integration may be the more important idea Apple and other tablet makers are missing.

They have more premium designs, cost more, have Alexa deeply integrated, and—most importantly—finally run all apps from the Google Play store.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. An Amazon Fire tablet is a versatile device that can be a cheaper alternative to an iPad. Of course, a key difference is that it runs on Fire ...

This tablet is a great value, even if Android apps still aren't great on a big screen.