FireOS: Does Amazon's software compete with Android?

2.kindle fire are good cheap options for tablets but don't expect them to even compete with samsung tablets or ipad

3.FireOS is the worst feature of kindle fire products. their launcher is meh at best, the store is empty and some of the apps that are there not update as frequently. The first thing you should do when getting a fireOS product is to install the google play store + services

So to answer the article's question: Nope.

I’ve only considered Amazon Fire tablets as a cheap tablet you might give to a child, relative to spending several hundred dollars on an iPad or higher end Android tablet. I never quite understood who is the target audience for these devices though. I was recently in an Amazon Books store and tried the higher end model. It felt very unresponsive and clunky. But I’ll assume Amazon continues to produce these because they help get people into the Prime ecosystem with the tight Amazon Video and Kindle integration?

The worst part on the device I tested was how it has the Kindle app built in. And the main screen was just ads labeled as “recommendations”.

Also, the content of the article is not great, or, it added nothing for me (but I pay some attention to FireOS already)