Some games crashed during testing.įor casual browsing and entertainment needs, the Fire HD 8 serves up adequate performance. It’s solidly responsive for basic tasks, with mostly tolerable spurts of lag.Amazon Fire HD 8 (2022) review: Performance
We measured 88% of the sRGB color gamut on the Fire HD 8, compared to about 67% on the Fire 7, along with 62.3% of the DCI-P3 color space on the Fire HD 8 versus 47.4% on the Fire 7. It doesn’t look as dull or lifeless as the Fire 7 by comparison, either. This is also a nicely bright display, as we measured 474 nits of brightness in lab testing. It’s only about 10% sharper than the cheaper Amazon Fire 7, in terms of pixel density (as measured in pixels per inch, or PPI), but it’s enough of a difference to notice. Amazon made a couple tweaks the last time around to implement a USB-C port (over microSD) and shift the front camera, but this edition doesn’t change much. It’s still slim and lightweight, with a plastic shell.Īt a glance, Amazon hasn’t done much to shake up the design of the Fire HD 8 from the previous model, nor would most people notice that it’s about half an ounce lighter, weighing in at just under 12 ounces.The Fire HD 8 (2022) is nearly identical to the previous model.Again, it’s a small price to pay for potentially useful upgrades, but cost-conscious buyers can probably do just fine with the core Fire HD 8 model. Note that Amazon also offers a Fire HD 8 Plus edition that starts at $120 and packs in extra RAM for smoother performance, wireless charging, faster wired charging, and a higher-res back camera. It’s a reasonable deal, in my view, but $15 is also a fair price to pay to unplug from the marketing barrage. In other words, they help fuel Amazon’s business model, which offers up dirt-cheap devices in the hopes that you’ll spend cash on content. They point to mobile games that you can download on Amazon’s Appstore, as well as shows on Amazon Prime Video, Kindle ebooks, and more. For the most part, the ads are unobtrusive.
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