The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2024) measures 201 mm wide and 137 mm tall, with a thickness of 9.6 mm and a volume of 264.3552 cm³, making it a reasonably slim slate for its category. It weighs 337 g, which keeps it manageable for extended handheld use. The tablet does not include a stylus, a detachable keyboard, or a backlit keyboard, and it carries no water resistance rating.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2024) features an 8″ LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 1280 x 800 px and a pixel density of 189 ppi. The panel does not use e-paper technology, nor does it include branded damage-resistant glass, sapphire glass, or an anti-reflection coating.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2024) is powered by the MediaTek MT8169A chipset, built on a 12 nm process, with a six-core CPU running at 2 GHz across all six threads and 4GB of RAM clocked at 1500 MHz. Graphics are handled by the integrated Mali-G57 GPU, which runs at 950 MHz with a turbo threshold of 800 MHz. The SoC supports 64-bit processing and includes ARM TrustZone security, as well as integrated LTE on the chip itself, though big.LITTLE heterogeneous core arrangement is not used. Internal storage sits at 64GB and can be expanded via the external memory slot up to a maximum of 1024GB.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2024) includes a 5 MP rear camera with a CMOS sensor and a 2 MP front camera, though neither is accompanied by a flash or front-facing LED flash. The rear camera offers no optical zoom and lacks autofocus in any form, including touch autofocus and continuous autofocus during video recording. Manual controls such as ISO, white balance, exposure, focus, and shutter speed are absent, and the camera does not support HDR, slow-motion video, timelapse, burst mode, panorama, 360° panorama, optical image stabilization, or 3D capture. The sensor is not back-illuminated, and there is no video light available.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2024) covers the audio basics with stereo speakers and a 3.5 mm headphone jack, making it straightforward to use with wired headphones or earphones. It includes a single built-in microphone and does not feature a radio tuner.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2024) houses a rechargeable, non-removable battery rated for 13 hours of use, and it supports fast charging, though a full charge still takes approximately 5 hours. Wireless charging is not available. The tablet includes a battery level indicator, so keeping track of remaining charge is straightforward.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2024) connects wirelessly via Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Bluetooth 5.2, while wired connectivity is handled through a USB Type-C port running USB 2.0; there is no cellular module, NFC, HDMI output, or Ethernet support. On the software side, the tablet supports split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, dark mode, widgets, customizable notifications, sharing intents, voice commands, on-device machine learning, and device position tracking, and it operates as a multi-user system with a dedicated child lock. An accelerometer is built in, but there is no gyroscope, compass, barometer, or infrared sensor. The device does not include GPS, a fingerprint scanner, an iris scanner, or 3D facial recognition. Privacy-focused features such as Mail Privacy Protection, clipboard warnings, location privacy options, camera and microphone access controls, app tracking blocking, and cross-site tracking prevention are all absent, and the tablet does not support Wi-Fi password sharing, full-page screenshots, focus modes, dynamic theming, theme customization, a media picker, an extra dim mode, app offloading, battery health checks, offline voice recognition, Quick Start, Live Text, or the ability to play games while downloading. Direct OS updates from the vendor are not provided, though the software is free and open source. ANT+ and DLNA certification are also not supported.
