![]() ![]() ![]() A Fire OS 3.1 update is planned for mid-November, and will add Cloud Collections, Goodreads and some enterprise-level enhancements. Screen Magnifier allows you to zoom in quickly.Īmazon isn't stopping with these enhancements. Explore by Touch describes items when you tap the screen. Screen Reader features Ivona's natural language text-to-speech voice. Screen Reader, Explore by Touch and Screen Magnifier are new accessibility features for the visually impaired. For dedicated readers, there's a Quiet Time switch that allows you to prevent notifications from interrupting your reading time. Under settings, you can open another window to tweak everything from sounds and security to parental controls. It's an obvious and clear system of navigation that we found helpful.Ĭlick to EnlargePulling down from the top reveals some quick access settings, such as brightness, auto-rotate, wireless and settings. Naturally, you can access the Amazon store from this bar. Below that is a row that separates your content by type - games, apps, books, music, videos, newsstand, audiobooks, Web, photos and docs. The top bar of the screen shows some basic info, such as wireless setting and battery status. The carousel view still seems a bit My First Tablet to us. But this year, Amazon has added the Quick Switch feature from within apps with a side swipe, you can reveal a tray of open apps without going back to the home screen. The Nexus 7, by comparison, offered up just 73 decibels.Ĭlick to EnlargeWhile Android powers the Kindle Fire HDX, Amazon has fully skinned the tablet with its own overlay, called Fire 3.0 "Mojito." The outward appearance looks very similar to last year's Kindle Fire HD, but Amazon has gone hog wild with features.įamiliar to previous Fire owners is the carousel view of recently opened content or apps that sits at the top of the screen, just above a more traditional grid view. That's lower than the 83-db category average, but we had no problem filling a small room with quality sound. On our LAPTOP Audio Test, the Fire HDX speakers pumped out audio at a loud 77 decibels. Plus, Loki's voice in the trailer for "Thor" gave us goose bumps. We picked up some bass from Daft Punk's "Get Lucky," and the cowbells in One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" rang out crisp and clear, even at full volume. Due to the speakers' placement along the top slanted edge, the audio was actually amplified when we put the tablet on a table. But the 480 lux on the Fire HDX is still significantly brighter than the category average of 368 lux, as well as the Memo Pad HD 7 (358) and Sero 7 Pro (369).ĭual speakers, combined with Dolby Digital Plus technology, made for some impressive audio on the HDX. The Nexus 7 offers the brightest screen among its competition, with a lux rating of 531. In side-by-side viewing, Amazon's tablet beat Google's and Hisense's in clarity, color and contrast. Colors popped, as the hammer-wielding god's cape flapped and Loki's wicked smile shined with pure malice. When we watched a trailer for "Thor," viewing angles on the Fire HDX were excellent. That matches the Nexus 7's screen, but blows away the Memo Pad HD 7's and Sero 8 Pro's 1280 x 800p panels. Click to EnlargeAmazon packs the Kindle Fire HDX with a 1920 x 1200-pixel, 7-inch display with a density of 323 pixels per inch. ![]()
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