Timex's Journal: Good news/Bad news: Kindle Fire 8HD

I was given a Kindle Fire 8HD for my birthday. It's a beautiful device. I love it.

That's the Good news.

The "bad news" is that it's supposed to come with Alexa, which I cannot get to work. At all.

The device is a Kindle Fire 8HD (7th Gen) running FireOS 5.4.0.0.

I've tried several things to get it to work, but it's just not going there.

I long-press the Home button and nothing happens. I've tried to go to Settings > Device Options, but there's no "Alexa" option to enable.

Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? It isn't exactly a show-stopper if Alexa never works, but if it's not going to work, I'm going to start looking for ways to remove Alexa-related software.

If it matters, I do not have a Spot or anything like it. This Kindle is it.

Suggestions would be appreciated.

Needs wifi connection.

[BarbaraHudson]

If it's not connected to the Internet, Alexa won't work and probably won't even show. If you can connect to the net with it, you can download the alexa app if it isn't already installed.

HTH

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[Timex]

It is connected to the WiFi, evidenced by the fact that I was able to attempt to download and install the Alexa App. (It simply made like it was going to download it then realized that it was already there and presented me with an "Open" button.)

The Alexa App appears to be installed, so I'm really not sure what's going on here.

Forgot

[BarbaraHudson]

:-) Birthday 2 U

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[Timex]

Thanks! :)

Also, regarding "Transparent": I'm inclined to agree. There are a ton of other false implications that we could prolly list here, too.

Update

[Timex]

Well, I was surprised with another gift: an Amazon Echo Dot.

I was able to get it configured and working in only a few minutes. Ironically, I was able to tie it in to the Kindle with no problem at all.