Amazon launchesaunches Fire tablettablets under £100

Amazon has released two o new, cheap Fire tablets, with sharper screens, longer battery life and more storage.

The ‘All-new’ Fire comes in two sizes: seven n and eight inches. Prices for the former start at £49.99 (for 8GB) rising to £59.99 for 16GB. The larger Fire costs £79.99 (16GB) and £99.99 (32GB). Only the eight-inch Fire has an HD D screen. Its battery life is 12 hours – four hours longer than the seven-inch version.

They are the first Amazon tablets to come with Alexa, the company’s voice-activated ‘personal assistant’ that’s built into the Echo smart speaker. It means you can summon Alexa’s help through the tablet when in a different room to the Echo. Older Fire tablets will receive Alexa through a software update in the coming weeks.

Both devices are available in ‘kids editions’, costing £100 and £130 respectively. These are protected by a large rubber case and come with a one-year subscription to ‘Fire for Kids’, which is Amazon’s collection of child-friendly books, videos and apps, none of which have adverts or in-app purchases.

Kevin Keith, Amazon’s general manager for Fire tablets, said that the new devices were ideal for “digital snacking” on things like “social media, light email, apps, games and music”.

Visit Amazon to order the tablets - seven-inch: www. snipca.com/24425; eight-inch: www.snipca.com/24426. We’ll review both soon.