Amazon Fire Tablets run a modified Android without Google Play. A new project, "Kittyhawk," could bring higher-end Amazon ...

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That's what Amazon is doing with Fire OS. Amazon takes the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and modifies it into its own operating system for tablets, streaming devices, and more.

Click "New" and click the "Android Version" menu to choose an Android OS for your virtual device. Click the "Memory" field and enter an amount of virtual SD memory, such as 200MB.

Android 15 will be available on supported Pixel devices, like the Pixel 8 and Pixel 9. It will also be available to download on select devices from Samsung, Lenovo, Motorola, Nothing, OnePlus and ...

Still, this is a pretty significant update for Amazon’s older tablets. Previously they had been running Fire OS 7, which was based on Android 7.1, an operating system that was released in 2016.

For app developers, Fire OS has created an added burden, requiring them to create separate, and often less-profitable, ...