The Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids (2024) measures 180 mm in height, 222 mm in width, and 27 mm in thickness, giving it a relatively chunky profile with a total volume of 1078.92 cm³. It weighs 512 g, which places it on the heavier side for an 8″ tablet. The device does not include a stylus or a detachable keyboard, and it offers no water resistance rating.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids (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 Kids (2024) is powered by the MediaTek MT8169A chipset, built on a 12 nm process node, with a six-core CPU running at 2 GHz across all 6 threads and a Mali-G57 GPU with a turbo clock of 800 MHz. The SoC includes integrated graphics, integrated LTE, and ARM TrustZone support, while 64-bit processing is also supported; it does not use big.LITTLE technology. The tablet comes with 32GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM running at 1500 MHz, and it accepts external memory cards up to 1024GB via its built-in memory slot.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids (2024) includes a 5 MP rear camera with a CMOS sensor and a 2 MP front-facing camera, neither of which is accompanied by a flash or LED light. Optical zoom is not available, and the rear sensor does not feature back-side illumination. The camera setup lacks autofocus in any form — including touch autofocus and continuous autofocus during video — and offers no manual controls for focus, exposure, ISO, white balance, or shutter speed. Shooting modes such as HDR, panorama, 360° panorama, burst, timelapse, slow-motion video, optical image stabilization, and 3D capture are also absent.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids (2024) features stereo speakers and a 3.5 mm headphone jack for wired audio output. It includes a single built-in microphone and does not have a radio receiver.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids (2024) is equipped with a 4850 mAh rechargeable battery rated for up to 13 hours of use on a single charge. It supports fast charging, though a full charge takes approximately 5 hours, and wireless charging is not available. The battery is non-removable and includes a battery level indicator.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids (2024) connects wirelessly via Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Bluetooth 5.2, while cellular connectivity, NFC, GPS, Ethernet, and HDMI output are not available. The USB Type-C port operates at USB 2.0 speeds. On the software side, the device supports split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, dark mode, widgets, voice commands, sharing intents, customizable notifications, on-device machine learning, and device position tracking, and it functions as a multi-user system with a child lock. The software is free and open source, though it does not receive direct OS vendor updates. An accelerometer is built in, while a gyroscope, compass, barometer, infrared sensor, and ANT+ are all absent. Privacy-oriented 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 not included, nor are Live Text, focus modes, theme or dynamic theming customization, full-page screenshots, Quick Start, Wi-Fi password sharing, battery health check, media picker, extra dim mode, app offloading, offline voice recognition, 3D facial recognition, an iris scanner, a fingerprint scanner, a built-in projector, or the ability to play games while downloading.
