Hi Carol,
The stereo speakers are definitely better sounding than the single back facing
speaker on the 7 inch. As far as I'm concerned, that would be reason enough to
spend the extra money. I don't know about any separate button for Alexa
however. My husband has an HD eight, which is how I know about the stereo
sound. But he was not aware until I just mentioned it, that you could use
Alexa. So he doesn't know how to activate it. There is certainly no physical
home button on the HD eight as you might find on Apple devices or Samsung
devices prior to this year's galaxy S8. Whether you can press a button on the
HD eight and activate Alexa, I do not know. I would be surprised. The eight may
have a better processor. It certainly has a better screen, although if you're
totally blind, you don't care.
Mary
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On Jul 11, 2017, at 1:48 PM, Carol Smith (Redacted sender "carollablady" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
Amazon has Fire tablets on sale today. Would it be better to purchase a new
Fire 8 or a new Fire 7. What are the benefits? I think the stereo speakers
might be one. Someone told me the 8 has a button to push for Alexa instead
of swiping to the home screen. Is this true?
Thanks.
Carol
Oh, if a similar message came through, ignore one of these as I may possibly
used the wrong email address to send from, grin.
