Subj : Amazon is bringing AI-powered features to its tablets, and older
To   : All
From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Oct 03 2024 11:15:05

Amazon is bringing AI-powered features to its tablets, and older models won't 
miss out

Date:
Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:12:39 +0000

Description:
The new Amazon Fire 8 has AI features and the company is bringing AI to older 
tablets too.

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Amazon has just announced the new Fire HD 8 tablet and it has generative AI 
features built in. Even more exciting, however, is the news that older 
tablets dating back to as far as 2018 will get some AI tools, too. 

Amazons AI tools are nothing groundbreaking, just your general writing tools 
and the ability to summarize webpages when using the Silk browser, but whats 
really cool is the companys approach to making AI accessible, unlike some of 
its competitors. 

Amazons Writing Assist (proofreading, rewriting, etc) and Wallpaper Creator, 
which generates a wallpaper from a prompt, are coming to the Fire Max 11 
(2023), Fire HD 10 (2023), and Fire HD (2022, 2024) later this month. 

Webpage Summaries will be available on the Fire Max 11 (2023), Fire HD 10 
(2019, 2021, 2023), and Fire HD 8 (2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024). That means if 
youve got an older Fire HD tablet from 2018, you can still take advantage of 
AI, a stark contrast to Apples Apple Intelligence approach, which only allows 
AI features like summaries on newer devices. AI tools for everyone 

In Amazons launch video for the new Fire HD 8 (see above), the company 
showcased the AI features and they work exactly as youd expect from 
generative AI on a 2024 tablet. Writing Assist lets you pick a tone of voice, 
rewrite, and proofread in apps such as Notes and Messages. Wallpaper Creator 
looks similar to the best AI image generators with the ability to create a 
wallpaper for your tablet from just a text prompt. It's pretty cool although 
youll probably only use it once. Last but not least, Webpage Summaries 
enables you to quickly break down an online article into the most important 
information, which makes it a handy tool for quickly browsing the web. 

The 2024 tablet has 3GB RAM for the 32GB model and 4GB RAM for the 64GB 
model, 50% more than the 2022 model in order to process these AI features 
with ease. 

If you want to access these new Amazon AI tools but dont own an older Fire HD 
8, you can pick up the 2024 model right now for 49.99/$54.99 in an early 
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days offer. Amazon Prime Big Deal Days takes place on 
October 8 and 9, following the event the Fire HD 8 (2024) will return to its 
99.99/$99.99 RRP. You might also like... Where's Alexa AI? Fire HD 8 (2022) 
review Apple Intelligence launch is a mess



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/amazon-is-bringing
-ai-powered-features-to-its-tablets-and-older-models-wont-miss-out


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