If we are looking for cheap tablets those of Amazon They are always an option to consider, but if in terms of hardware they deliver perfectly considering their price, there are many whose software does throw them back a lot. There are some tricks, however, with which we can make the experience of using a Fire tablet be more like a conventional Android tablet.
Install Google Play
The first two recommendations that we are going to make, take a little more work (not too much) but it is well worth taking the trouble, because they will give us a lot of play and are key to improving the user experience. The first one is to install the app store Google, to be able to access all those that are available there and not be limited to those offered to us Amazon. All we really have to do is install some APKs. You have the links and a more detailed description of the procedure in our guide to install Google Play on a Fire tablet.
Install Nova or another launcher
Once we have Google Play, one of the things that we will be able to do is download a launcher, a key element to make the user experience more similar to that of a normal Android tablet, since they will allow us to customize our desktop to the max. We also have a guide to install Nova and other launchers on a Fire tablet, in which we explain the procedure step by step, although again, it is basically about installing another APK. We recommend you Nova, because it is one of our favorites, the one that will give us more configuration options and because, in addition, it is proven that it works perfectly with this system, but you can try with anyone you like.
Control notifications
Introduce some control into the notifications that we receive is always important on any device, but even more so on Fire tablets, due to the amount of recommendations and suggestions that Amazon makes us. This part does not have much difficulty because it is something that practically does not change anything with Fire OS: we can go to the section "sounds and notifications" and "setting”And go choosing app by app or directly when we skip one that bothers us, hold down, touch the“ I ”icon and directly choose to block all of that app in the future.
Disable Amazon features that don't interest you
Notifications are especially annoying, but if we want to decongest our Fire tablet a bit, we may also be interested in disabling a few of the features added by Amazon, for which we have to return to the "settings" menu, now go to "applications and games”And enter the section dedicated to the settings of Amazon apps. If you choose not to install a new launcher, you are especially interested in reviewing the options on the home screen, and probably disabling recommendations, showing all purchases, etc.