Customer Ratings & Reviews

The best 2023 Amazon fire tablet it’s fast the best resolution for watching movies and videos and tv on

Perfect for School work and everyday book reading.

The product is very good and I would tell my friends

Bought it for my wife for Christmas she loves it I would recommend it.

Best fire tablet on the market! Very happy with this device!

Very fast speed. Great volume and an amazing picture.

Very nice item. Nice service easy to order and fast shipping.

Let's start this review as it needs to: If you are looking for cutting edge processors, displays or performance, please move along! Find you a pricey fruity or S-company tablet and wear that wallet out. On the opposite, if you are looking for a good, sturdy, good looking and functional tablet that you aren't going to have to skip groceries for a month! The build quality (aluminum) is up from the standard Fire HD line. The display, while not industry leading, is more than acceptable and looks really good in either dark or bright rooms. Plenty of RAM to get the most jobs done, and 128Gb of storage seems low, but it has a micro SD card slot that allows the storage to be increased up to 1Tb. A good battery that for me lasted pretty much 7 plus hours with movies and internet surfing makes it an all day device. The cameras are "Meh" but will work in a pinch but who uses a tablet for pictures (except for the front for Zoom meetings or others). That camera is not great but is functional. The elephant in the room is the walled garden that is Amazon, with no Google Play but Amazon's App Store, which is REALLY limited. There are ways around that, but that's a different story. Amazon's App Store has lots of the basics but not much past that. To me, that is the only thing that holds this back from being THE perfect budget tablet. If you need a good, functional tablet that won't break the bank, this is worth the look. Don't forget the available accessories for the tablet that can up its productivity capability!

I boyght this for my dad he love it. Would by another without question.

My husband likes it but, it doesn't have a jack for headphones. Thats is the only draw back for me

I love this tablet brought it for Christmas. I love the size of it.

This product is straightforward and easily utilizable. The screen display is excellent.

Love it, perfect size. Good quality. Works perfect.

I love this thing! Great graphics! The fingerprints is a nice addition to the security

The product seems OK but I can't be sure because I don't know anything about it. I asked if it came with instructions (I am 79 and computers, etc, used to come with them). They said yes however that isn't so. Everything has gone downhill from that time on. I realize I am backwards "techwise" now that I have retired so it must be my fault. However, it still sits unused on the table.

This is an awesome tablet. I love all of the features about it.

Add Google Play store and you have a very inexpensive Android tablet that rocks!

I have had a few Amazon Fire tablets over the years, back to their very first HDX model. Today, most tablets, while they vary in power and resources, are capable of many of the same functions as a laptop, with the added addition of a touch screen and a bit more portable and lightweight, and you can use them while holding them in your hand. Amazon’s tablets are designed to be more affordable, but also more limited. They are sometimes underpowered and are limited in software, but are easy to use and kid-friendly. The point to remember when considering an Amazon Fire Tablet is that it is made by Amazon and designed to consume Amazon resources. If you live in Amazon’s service universe, meaning Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, Amazon Alexa, Kindle, Audible, and Amazon’s own app for shopping, the Fire Tablet line is made for you. Everything you need is available on the device from the start, you are automatically signed into it just by signing into the device. In addition to these services, Amazon does have an app store, and it does have apps that may be exactly what you are looking for, or similar. The store has grown over the years, and while it is not on par with the selection of the Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store, there are usable apps to meet your needs if you are willing to be flexible. You won’t find YouTube, Google Docs, or Microsoft Office apps here. You WILL find Netflix, TikTok, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Paramount Plus, and even Philo. You will also find alternatives, MobiSystems Office Suite, a competitor to the Microsoft Office suite, which has both a paid and free version. In other words, if you are flexible about the exact version of an app, Amazon’s Appstore has some useful apps to make your device more usable to you. --HARDWARE EXPERIENCE-- I have had all sizes of Amazon’s Fire tablets over the years. They are generally lightweight, but a bit bulkier than Apple’s iPads and even a lot of Samsung tablets. They also had a lower quality feel with plastic backs and thick bezels. The Fire Max 11 is the thinnest Fire model I can remember. The metal back adds a little weight, but barely, and it feels sturdy and of much higher quality. The bezels are thicker than the competition, but a lot better than older Fire tablet models. This tablet also includes a fingerprint reader on the power button which worked well for me, a nice addition for an Amazon tablet. Having a micro SD card slot means I don’t have to worry about the amount of storage this tablet has since I can easily expand it. The speakers on this tablet are not that great. In listening to music, they lack bass and have a limited range. They are sufficient for watching some videos, but your music experience will be much better with a Bluetooth earpiece (because there is no headphone jack either). The Fire Max 11 also has a keyboard and stylus designed to make it a more productive device. These really help to set it apart from its usual “media consumption device” reputation of Fire tablets. Because of its larger size, combining it with these tools makes it feel a little more like using a laptop, but without the weight and bulk. --SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE-- It is a widely known fact that Amazon tablets can have the Google Play Store and Google Services added to them. Amazon’s Fire OS is based on Android, so if you are accustomed to Android, you will have no problem getting used to a Fire tablet. Adding Google Play and Google Services will allow you to add the “real” YouTube app, along with full access to the Google Play Store. You will also be able to download the more familiar Microsoft Office apps from the Play Store, along with design apps, including those from Adobe and Affinity. The ability to do this is easily found by searching the internet. Regardless, for the purposes of this review, and because Amazon does not advertise or promote this ability, I will not be basing my review on this usage. I am focusing on the usability of this tablet as Amazon designed it, and for those not comfortable with technical changes necessary to add these services. Upon turning the Fire 11 Max tablet on, setup was quick and easy. I already have an account with Amazon and it offered to setup my tablet according to the most recent one on my account. I opted not to do this to experience the tablet in the stock form. After a device update, I was able to immediately go to Prime Video, Amazon Music, and my Kindle account – nothing more to do. At some point, the tablet did offer to set up Microsoft 365. I set this up and signed in. However, this is more of an online/browser-like experience of the Office apps, with limited toolbars. It was sufficient to type up a Word document or a quick basic spreadsheet, but limited in many ways. I had previously purchased MobiSystems Office Suite from the Amazon App Store, a competing product to Office but with a more familiar interface, and I found this to be a much better experience and an app I would recommend. The lack of Affinity or Adobe software products means a limit on some creative work. There are numerous apps for photos editing in the App Store, but most have few features and just don’t have the quality that a professional designer is looking for. There are some familiar games in the App Store, everything from Minecraft, old guilty pleasures like Candy Crush, and many others. However, the Amazon App Store is still very limited, so you will find similar games to some of those you may be looking for, but they may not be exactly what you want. If ever there was an argument to put Google Services onto an Amazon device, the web browser would be the number one reason. The Silk Browser is not terrible in performance, but it is extremely limited. For one, it does not support browser extensions. This is a major turnoff for me, as an avid user of a password manager and certain security extensions like Ublock Origin. If you need to do a quick search on the internet, the Silk Browser will do, but if you like to customize your web browser even a little bit, this one will disappoint. There are currently no other web browser options in the App Store. The overall experience I had with the tablet was excellent. No major slowdowns or lag. Like most devices, I’m sure this will develop over time, but for now, the performance of the hardware met everything I tried to do on it with no trouble at all. --OVERALL OPINION-- The Amazon Fire 11 Max is a step up for Fire Tablets, especially combined with the keyboard and stylus. This is a lightweight, portable device that can get work done, in addition to the normal activities of these tablets - watching a movie, reading a book, or playing a game. Its display is large enough to be combined with the matching keyboard and used comfortably at your desk or the coffee shop, but small enough to fit on an airplane tray table. Unfortunately, Amazon’s App Store is very limited, so you must be flexible with the apps you’re willing to use, unless you want to go sideways with it and install the Google Play Store. If you use Amazon services, however, this is a clean and easy device to use that will meet your entertainment and productivity needs.

Much better sound and graphics than earlier versions.

Great product for reading books as well as using apps.