USB-C ports are becoming ubiquitous. Almost every Android phone uses one for charging; they’re on most laptops, including MacBooks, and they continue to expand into a whole host of devices from headphones to monitors. Amazon has notably avoided using USB-C in its products to save costs — all the latest Kindles use Micro USB, for example — but that’s finally changing with the all-new Fire HD 10 tablet.
The charging port isn’t the only new addition — after all, it has been three years since the last Fire HD 10. Here’s everything you need to know about the latest model.
Fire tablets are known for their low prices, but they deliver tremendous value in a market dominated by pricier iPads. But because Amazon wants to keep the costs low, it doesn’t often change much every time it refreshes its Fire HD slates. The Fire HD 10, for example, has the same screen as its predecessor from 2017: A 10.1-inch LCD panel with a 1920 x 1200 resolution (224 pixels per inch).
It also looks almost exactly the same. You’ll notice the bezels have slightly slimmed down on the sides of the screen, but they’re still extremely large for a 2019 slate. The back remains minimalist with the Amazon logo and a rear camera. Otherwise, the only new addition is a new color, white. It joins existing Fire HD colors including charcoal black, plum, twilight blue, and sage.
There are stereo speakers here with Dolby Atmos for improved sound quality, and a headphone jack is available at the top next to the power button, volume rocker, and USB-C charging port. The latter is new, and it replaces Micro USB. USB-C is a reversible port, so you can plug in the cable in either direction, and it offers faster charging here with the USB 2.0 standard (though it will still take a few hours to charge it back to 100%).
Don’t worry about durability, as Amazon claims the tablet is four times as durable as the latest iPad Pro — likely as it’s not wrapped in glass and uses polycarbonate for the back of the device, instead.
Amazon claims the new Fire HD 10 is 30 percent faster thanks to an improved octa-core 2.0GHz processor paired with 2GB of RAM. The base storage is 32GB now, with options for a 64GB model as well (there’s a MicroSD card slot you can use to expand storage up to 512GB if needed as well). Amazon also does offer free unlimited cloud storage for all Amazon content and photos.
The tablet can also run for up to 12 hours of “mixed use,” according to Amazon, offering 20% better battery life than before.
There’s a 2-megapixel camera on the rear, and a 720p camera on the front that supports Amazon’s Drop-In feature from Echo devices, which lets you connect with other Alexa-enabled devices like an intercom. Unsurprisingly, you can access Alexa on the tablet with your voice.
The software on the Fire HD 10 is called Fire OS, and it’s now based on Android 9 Pie, with picture-in-picture mode being the latest feature to debut on the tablet. It’s not the latest version of Android, as Google recently released Android 10. But Fire OS is simply a fork of Android — it doesn’t come with Google Play or the usual suite of Android apps available on Android smartphones. Instead, the Amazon Appstore is here and while you’ll find a smaller selection of apps, most popular ones are available.
Want to buy the Fire HD 10 for your kid? As usual, there’s a Fire HD 10 Kids Edition available. It’s exactly the same as the new Fire HD 10, but it comes with a thick case that keeps the tablet protected. The case now has an improved kickstand that affords a variety of adjustable angles, and it comes in pink, blue, and purple.
You still get Amazon’s two-year, worry-free guarantee, which ensures that if anything happens to the tablet, Amazon will replace it for free. This version also comes with one year of Amazon’s FreeTime Unlimited service, which offers up kid-friendly books, videos, and games, along with parental controls that allow parents to set screen time by activity, and more. FreeTime Unlimited is $3 a month if you’re a Prime subscriber and $5 per month if you’re not.
There are no ads, in-app purchases, freemium services, or links to social media on this version of the Fire HD 10.
The Fire HD 10 and Fire HD 10 Kids Edition aren’t the only products Amazon announced — there’s also the all-new Kindle Kids Edition, offering up kid-friendly books and some other perks.
The Amazon Fire HD 10 is $149 and the Fire HD 10 Kids Edition will set you back $199. You can pre-order them both today from Amazon and they will ship on October 30. There are cases available for the regular Fire HD 10 too; they cost $39 and come in the same colors as the tablet.
Affinity’s new all-in-one creative app is finally coming to the iPad, nearly a year after Canva launched the redesigned desktop version for Mac and Windows. Creatives have been asking for the iPad release ever since, especially because files created in the new Affinity app cannot be opened in the older V2 iPad apps.
Affinity already has Photo, Designer, and Publisher apps on iPad, but the new release combines those tools into the same unified app that Canva launched on desktop last year.
Touchscreen laptops have been around for years. You can get them in all sizes and shapes. Just not from Apple. For years, the Cupertino giant has treated the idea of a touchscreen MacBook the way I treat a meeting that could have been an email: with open contempt. However, Wednesday looks like the day the company could finally change its mind.
The latest Apple invite puts the “Pro and Tell” showcase in Los Angeles at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) on October 28, 2026. Instead of a regular live-streamed keynote, it is an invitation-only, hands-on event for a handful of press and creators (similar to what the company did for the MacBook Neo earlier this year).
Apple has just launched its latest iPad mini with a notable set of upgrades, including an OLED screen, improved speakers, and a more resilient build. It also gets a new chip, and the whole package costs $200 more than its predecessor. But if you look closely at Apple’s online store, you’ll realize that $699 isn’t enough to get you the most powerful version of the A20 Pro chip inside this tablet. In fact, even if you pay $800 for the 256GB model, you still won’t get the beefiest variant. Only when you jump to the 512GB trim, which costs an absurd $999, do you get the most powerful flavor of the A20 Pro.
The $999 model gets more than extra storage