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I like this because it means the tablet doesn't stay in a drawer when it isn't being used you can prop it up and use it as a desk clock or a voice-activated speaker in the kitchen. The HD 10 does have a brand-new and very useful feature: Show Mode, which turns an HD 10 into an Echo Show. Unlike standard Android tablets, though, it doesn't have access to the Google Play store, only Amazon's more limited app store, although there are unsupported hacks and kludges (which I don't recommend) to make Google Play work. I like the HD 10 as a basic entertainment tablet, especially for media streaming. Kick the tablet out of FreeTime, and it's an ordinary HD 10, capable of showing Amazon content for adults, or running apps downloaded from Amazon's app store or side-loaded from an SD card. You can load those onto a microSD card and play them through third-party video apps, but once again, now you have your video in all of these little silos rather than in the main FreeTime interface. Similarly, you lose some elegance if you want to play your own stored, non-Amazon videos. While you can certainly run those apps on an Amazon tablet, there's no way to integrate Amazon and non-Amazon content on the same menu screen. My opinion of the value of Amazon's tablets has been cooling recently, as more shows have been coming exclusively to Netflix and Hulu. Parental controls let you lock the tablet during bedtime or school hours, or restrict the amount of time specific types of content can be used. There's also a very restricted Web browser, which can only see white-listed sites. Drilling down, you see apps, books, and videos related to those characters, all together. You can stream content over Wi-Fi, or download it into the 32GB of built-in storage to watch in the back seat of your car.Īlong with the usual books, videos, and app categories, there's an interesting option to browse by "characters," such as those from Frozen or Peppa Pig. The Kids Edition boots up into the FreeTime UI, which only shows parent-approved and age-appropriate subscription content from Amazon. The heart of the operation-and what makes the Fire different from an Apple iPad or a standard Android tablet, and potentially better for your small child-is the extremely restricted FreeTime software.

But it doesn't have a kickstand, which feels like a missed opportunity considering that kids like to watch a lot of video. The case is big, bubbly, and bouncy, with cutouts for the tablet's buttons and keyboard.

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