I just had a look at the Help for Alexa on the fire tablet. In order to
activate Alexa on either a seven or an eight, you do the same thing, which is
to double tap and hold on the home button which will activate Alexa. This is
not a physical home button. Just the icon that says home.
Mary
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On Jul 11, 2017, at 2:29 PM, Carol Smith (Redacted sender "carollablady" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for the info.
It may be an 8.
On 7/11/2017 5:15 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
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
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