Alexa Tablet 12 Pro review: Amazon's premium tablet gets almost everything right

This tablet is a great value, even if Android apps still aren’t great on a big screen. Alexa Tablet 12 Pro review: Amazon’s premium tablet gets almost everything right. Reviews Tablets Alexa Tablet 12 Pro review: Amazon’s premium tablet gets almost everything right This tablet is a great value, even if Android apps still aren’t great on a big screen.

Fire tablets are known to be cheap, durable devices good for watching video and doing casual tasks like browsing, playing basic games and checking out Facebook. They’re more limited than the average Android tablet, without access to the Google Play Store and its wealth of apps. Amazon’s own app store has received plenty of support from developers over the years, but it’s still missing plenty of crucial options like Whatsapp and YouTube, just to name a few.

This year, however, Amazon is changing up its strategy. Its new series of Alexa tablets may highlight the company’s services and assistant first and foremost, but they’re also full-fledged Android tablets with plenty of Google’s own apps and access to the Play Store. The Alexa Tablet Pro 12 is easily the most intriguing of the new lineup (which also includes non-pro 8- and 11-inch options).

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While Fire tablets have always focused on media consumption, the Tablet Pro 12 is clearly squaring off with the iPad Air and Pro.