Amazon Fire Tablets run a modified Android without Google Play. A new project, "Kittyhawk," could bring higher-end Amazon tablets with a full Android OS. The rumored $400 tablet could provide Google ...

According unnamed insiders that spoke to Reuters, Amazon is planning a strategic overhaul of its Fire tablets which would involve using an open source version of the Android operating system.

Amazon is preparing a major change to its long-running Fire tablet line, moving away from its proprietary Fire OS (based on Android, but still proprietary) and ...