Firstly, you’ll need to download third-party APK files.
Note that you can’t download the Google Play Store directly to your Fire Tablet. Nobody will back down, so you, the user, will have to choose between the two…or will you? Bringing Google to AmazonĮven though the Fire Tablet is designed to be used as an Amazon device, with Amazon’s ecosystem, there is a workaround that can allow you to use apps like YouTube, Gmail, and even the Google Play Store right on your Amazon Fire Tablet. The competition between Amazon and Google is pretty heated, and both sides are heavily invested. Put simply, Amazon wants you to use their products and stay on their side of the court. Amazon’s system has its own app store, apps, interface, Silk browser, Alexa voice assistant, etc. When it comes to apps and games, Fire OS completely supports the Amazon ecosystem, not the Google ecosystem. Even though it has Android as a base, Fire OS is much different from Android. We use the term “borrow” because Amazon developed its Fire OS fair and square, using an open-source code from Google. Even though Amazon was smart to borrow their competitor’s code, they can’t simply appropriate everything. It doesn’t support the Google Play Store, nor any Google-owned apps. The Fire Tablet isn’t a typical Android device.
