Amazon Wants You To Turn Your Fire Tablet Into a Portable Echo (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday June 28, 2018 @04:44AM from the how-about-that dept.

Amazon on Thursday introduced software and accessories that will turn its Fire HD tablets into a portable Echo. From a report: The company on Thursday unveiled a new case and stand for the Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 tablet so those devices will act almost just like the Amazon Echo Show, a larger gadget that has a touch display. You can call up recipes in the kitchen, see song lyrics for music that you're playing, place video calls to friends, start movies and more, all without touching the tablet and with a visual interface that was previously available only on the Echo Show and Echo Spot.

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Re:Can it be turned off? by Rick+Schumann · 2018-06-28 05:46 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I do not have any of these devices and do not want them either, so I am ignorant as to their operational details; can a 'Fire Tablet' be turned completely off? Or can it only be put in 'sleep mode' and wake itself up if ordered to remotely? If the latter is true then the only way you can ensure your privacy around such devices is to either put it in an enclosure of some sort that is soundproof and lightproof, or as far away from you as possible so it's out of earshot.