Here's the State of Google Play Store on Amazon Fire Tablets in 2024
Amazon Fire Tablets are loved for their extremely low prices, but bargains don't come without sacrifices. That's why people have been manually installing the Play Store on Fire Tablets almost since the beginning. It's 2024 now, and some things have changed. Is this still a reliable hack?
It Still Works (Most of the Time)
People have been sideloading the Google Play Store on Amazon Fire Tablets since at least 2015. Fire OS looks a bit different these days (though not much), and the Play Store looks a lot different. But all these years later, the core is the same—Fire Tablets run Android, and the Play Store works on Android.
However, every once in a while, an update will temporarily throw a wrench into the situation. That's what happened in 2022 when Amazon released the 12th Gen Fire 7 with Fire OS 8. This brought Fire OS up to Android 10, and with that came changes to how permissions work. The good news is a simple workaround was quickly found, and the Play Store can still be installed.
So, if you're looking to install the Play Store on your Fire Tablet, be sure to follow the instructions in our full guide closely. The files you download and the order of operations really matter.
The Play Store Still Has Better Apps
Now, you might ask, why are people still going through the hassle of installing the Play Store on Fire Tablets? After all, the Amazon Appstore has been around for over a decade. Surely it has all the same top apps as the Play Store by now. Sadly, that's not true.
The Amazon Appstore is estimated to have around 500,000 apps, whereas the Play Store is getting close to 4 million. Quantity is not quality, but when there are that many more apps and games to choose from, you're much more likely to find what you're looking for. It also means developers are gravitating much more toward the Play Store.
The good news is Amazon does have many of the most popular apps. WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook Messenger, OneDrive, Netflix, Spotify, and
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