How to use the Amazon Fire tablet as an Echo Show - XDA Developers

Amazon’s Fire tablets are coagulated entry-level devices for doing things similar watching movies, speechmaking books, and playing games. But did you cognize they tin besides treble arsenic an Echo Show?

If you ain an 8-inch oregon 10-inch Fire tablet, there’s a diagnostic called Show Mode that tin crook your tablet into an Alexa-controlled astute location display, eliminating the request to spell retired and bargain a abstracted Echo Show.

But here’s a question: however you bash alteration it? In this guide, we’re going to amusement you however to crook it on, which devices are supported, and what you tin bash with it erstwhile enabled.

What is Show Mode?

Show Mode, primitively released successful 2018 arsenic a escaped bundle update, lets you usage your Fire tablet similar you would an Echo Show. Using Alexa, you tin inquire it questions, play content, oregon power astute location devices with your dependable conscionable similar you would connected an Echo Show without having to spell retired and bargain one. Amazon launched the diagnostic with a peculiar Show Mode Charging Dock that gives you a spot to support your Fire tablet portion utilizing Show Mode, but it’s not a request to usage the feature.

Which Fire tablets enactment Show Mode?

Before jumping down the rabbit spread of trying to find Show Mode connected your Fire tablet, you’ll privation to cheque to marque definite that your tablet is supported. Amazon presently lists 7 antithetic Fire tablets arsenic supported by Show Mode.

The database includes:

• Fire HD 8 (7th Generation) with bundle mentation 5.6.1.0 oregon aboriginal
• Fire HD 10 (7th Generation) with bundle mentation 5.5.0.0 oregon aboriginal
• Fire HD 8 (8th Generation) with bundle mentation 6.3.0.1 oregon aboriginal
• Fire HD 10 (9th Generation) with bundle mentation 7.3.1.1 oregon aboriginal
• Fire HD 8 (10th Generation) with bundle mentation 7.3.1.4 oregon aboriginal
• Fire HD 10 (11th Generation) with bundle mentation 7.3.1.8 oregon aboriginal
• Fire HD 8 (12th Generation)

If your tablet isn’t connected the list, you’re retired of luck. But if it is listed, let’s determination on.

How to alteration Show Mode connected Fire tablets

There are 3 ways to alteration Show Mode connected your Fire tablet

Method 1: Use Alexa

1. On your Fire tablet, accidental Alexa, power to Show Mode. The interface volition past power implicit and you’ll beryllium greeted by Show Mode.
2. To exit Show Mode, accidental Alexa, exit Show Mode.

Method 2: Use the shortcut successful speedy settings

1. On your Fire tablet, swipe down from the apical of the show doubly to uncover the speedy settings panel.
2. In the database of settings, there’s a toggle called Show Mode. Tap it, and Show Mode volition outpouring to life.
3. To exit Show Mode, bash the aforesaid double-swipe motion and pat the Show Mode toggle again.

Method 3: Use the Show Mode Charging Dock

If you ain Amazon’s optional Show Mode Charging Dock for your Fire tablet, you tin alteration a diagnostic that volition automatically power to Show Mode each clip you dock your tablet.

1. Go to the Settings app connected your Fire tablet.
2. Find the Show Mode section, past pat connected it.
3. Find Automatic mode switching and toggle it on.

Once that’s done, each you’ll person to bash is dock your Fire tablet erstwhile you privation to usage Show Mode and it’ll power automatically, nary further steps required.

What tin you bash with Show Mode connected Fire tablets?

After you alteration Show Mode connected your Fire tablet, you’ll announcement that it feels precise acquainted to different astute location displays. That’s due to the fact that it’s conscionable that - Amazon fundamentally took the interface of its Echo Show and built it into a abstracted acquisition for Fire tablet users.

That means you tin bash everything you tin with Alexa connected a accepted Echo Show similar inquire astir the weather, athletics scores, usage Skills, play music, ticker thing connected YouTube oregon Prime Video, and more. Each effect is greeted by affluent visuals to amusement you much information, and you tin customize what’s shown and what’s not successful the settings app.

Show Mode besides lets you spot calls with Alexa, power your astute location devices with your voice, and travel on with cooking tutorials.

Of course, the acquisition isn’t a 1:1 examination with an Echo Show. Fire tablets don’t person the aforesaid dynamic microphones arsenic Amazon’s Echo instrumentality enactment does, nor bash they nutrient the aforesaid dependable quality. Show Mode tin besides consciousness a spot sluggish compared to regular Echo Shows depending connected your net transportation and the benignant of Fire tablet you have. Still, it’s a useful diagnostic to person if you don’t privation to ammunition retired other wealth for a astute location display.

For much connected Amazon's Fire tablet, cheque retired our comparison of the latest models.