If you’re like me, you have an embarrassing number of Amazon Fire tablets lying around from years past. Aggressive Prime Day sales made them irresistible, and while I don’t expect such enticingly low prices on the new Amazon Alexa tablets, that doesn’t solve my problem of outgoing Fire HD devices littering my home. They were never powerhouses, but they’re well supported, so I figured there must be some way to keep them serviceable.
Thankfully, older Amazon hardware still has plenty of uses around the house besides streaming video. I recently found a Fire HD 8 12th generation sitting in a drawer and decided to give it new life. If you’re stumped about what to do with those impulse buys from past Prime Days, here are five ways to get excited about your Fire HD tablet again.
