Amazon Fire Kids Pro tablet: Price, specs, and availability

Amazon Fire Kids Pro tablet: Cost, specs, and availability

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In addition to the Fire HD 10 tablet refresh unveiled today (April 27), Amazon also announced a new Burn down tablet series aimed at preteens who are as well one-time for the company'due south current kids tablets, but besides young for total-fledged devices.

The Amazon Burn Kids Pro tablets for kids aged six to twelve years onetime will offer more flexibility and freedom, while however allowing parents to monitor and limit what their children tin run across. Here's what we know so far almost the Burn down Kids Pro, which starts at $99.

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Amazon Fire Kids Pro tablet: Price and availability

The Fire Kids Pro tablet will be offered in iii sizes: The 7-inch model costs $99, an 8-inch version is $139, and a 10-inch version is $199.

Regardless of the size, the Fire Kids Pro volition come with a case in one of three colors: Sky Blueish, Black, Putter, and Intergalactic. The instance, which is a flake thinner than the one that comes with Amazon's other kids' tablets, has an adjustable stand up.

All Fire Kids Pro tablets include a one twelvemonth subscription to Amazon Kids+ ($ii.99/month for Prime members) and a two-twelvemonth replacement guarantee if the tablet gets broken.

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Amazon Fire Kids Pro: Content

The Burn down Kids Pro tablet is substantially a slightly grown-up version of the Fire Hd Kids tablet. While the hardware is largely the aforementioned, the content available on the tablet is tailored for children from 6 to 12 years quondam.

This includes Amazon Kids+ content such as Teen Titans Go and Cobblestone viii, books like Keeper of the Lost Cities and Chronicles of Narnia, PG and PG-13 videos, and educational content from National Geographic, Rabbids Coding and LEGO.

In addition, a digital store lets children request apps — they can only be downloaded with a parent's approval — and a new spider web browser setting that provides more than open up access to the Internet. This is so that kids can utilize the tablet to better comport research for school projects. Parents can nevertheless block specific sites.

An updated home screen gives the tablet a more mature feel, and a new "For You lot" tab is customized based on recommended content.

Amazon Burn down Kids Pro vs. Amazon HD 10 Kids tablets

The Fire Kids Pro tablets are aimed at children from six to twelve, whereas the Burn down Hd Kids tablets — the Burn 7 Kids, the Fire HD eight Kids, and the Fire Hard disk x Kids — are meant for children from three to 7 years of historic period.

As such, the Kids Pro tablets have access to more mature content, voice and video calling and a web browser that lets your child run into more than of the Cyberspace. At the same time, it also allows parents control over every aspect of the experience, such as how long their kid can use specific apps.

In addition, the Kids Pro tablets allow children to brand and receive voice and video calls over Wi-Fi with parent-approved contacts who accept a Fire Kids tablet, Echo device or the Alexa app. Your child can also utilise Alexa's intercom feature to brand announcements to all the Alexa-enabled devices in your home — which may or may not be a good thing.

Amazon Fire Kids Pro tablet: Outlook

The introduction of the Fire Kids Pro tablet feels like Amazon is splitting some hairs. If this is all software-based, then why not simply let the current lineup of Burn Kids tablets change every bit your kid grows?

Still, when information technology comes to kid-focused tablets, Amazon'south devices are pretty expert — non for the hardware, necessarily, but for the content offered through Amazon Kids+. That's where the real value comes in.

Michael A. Prospero is the deputy editor at Tom's Guide overseeing the dwelling, smart home, drones, and fitness/wearables categories, likewise as all buying guides and other evergreen content. When he's not testing out the latest running lookout, skiing or preparation for a marathon, he's probably using the latest sous vide machine or some other cooking gadget.