This app store has many of the apps you’d want to see, like Disney+, Netflix, Spotify, and Sonos. The Fire HD 8 ships with Fire OS 7.3, an Amazon-developed operating system that uses its own app store. The Amazon Fire HD 8 and Onn have access to two different app ecosystems, which may have an impact on your buying decision. The similarities between the two tablets begin to fade away right around here. However, unless you plan to upgrade your wireless router to WiFi 6 or 6E sometime soon (which can be an investment of hundreds of dollars), WiFi 5 is completely fine for the everyday tasks these tablets are designed for. You might be able to improve video call quality if you pay attention to the lighting, but don’t expect iPhone- or Samsung Galaxy-level quality.īoth tablets support WiFi 5, an older WiFi standard that is currently being phased out in favor of WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E. And both of the tablets’ front-facing cameras produce only passable results with video calls. You’ll want to stick with using your smartphone for taking “real” photos. That way you won’t have to rely on local storage, and you’ll be able to access your files in the cloud from other devices.īoth tablets have rear- and front-facing cameras for taking photos and conducting video calls, but none of the cameras are especially good. Or better yet, you can use cloud storage and stream content instead of downloading it. Those 32GB of built-in storage should be enough for everyday use, but if you intend to save a lot of photos and videos, you may want to get the SD card.

Both the Amazon Fire HD 8 and Onn Pro 8 are 8-inch tablets that have 32GB of built-in storage, plus an SD card slot for additional storage.

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