

You can also choose a default action so that you’ll never have to see the default launcher again if you don’t want to. Once it’s installed you can tap the home button on your Kindle Fire and choose between the Amazon launcher and the GO Launcher. You don’t even need to venture outside the Amazon Appstore.Īll you need to do is download a free app called GO Launcher EX. When you toggle this switch, you’ll get a warning pop-up. You need to toggle this switch so that it’s on or active. Under the Advanced tab, you’ll see a toggle switch next to the text, Apps from Unknown Sources. You do this by going to your Settings and then to Security. If you’d rather have a different launcher that looks more like the Android interface seen on most phones and tablets, you can do that. Start up your Amazon Fire and install Google Play. That Amazon book case that greets you every time you turn on the tablet? It’s just an app called a Launcher. OK, now you have all the information you need to install third party apps that aren’t available in the App Store - but here’s something you may not have realized.

I just did this and now my Fire looks almost the same as my Droid Bionic. In it they tell you how to change the Amazon launcher and use a more “standard” Android one – Go Laucher EX, for example. Luckily, you can sideload an alternative that performs better. Silk presents the web in full screen for an immersive experience thats comfortable from your sofa. The stock browser on the Kindle Fire has some issues with speed and page rendering. Easily control videos and music with Alexa or your Fire TV remote. Go to your favourite websites to watch videos, view live events, socialise and shop.

The best article on modifiyintg your Kindle Fire that I’ve seen is the one just published in Liliputing. Amazon’s web browser is on the big screen.
