Amazon is planning a fundamental change in the Tablet Fire series after years of growing complaints from consumers and application developers for the company’s domestic operating system.

As Reuters reveals, in the context of a project known as Kittyhawk, Amazon plans to release a higher class tablet next year, offering offering offering offering offering offering offering offering offering offering offering offering For the first time as an operating system Androidaccording to six people who know the issue and spoke to the agency. From the release of the tablet Fire in 2011, Amazon has used what is known as the “Forked” version of Android, a separate version with extensive modifications that make it to function as a separate operating system.

Multiannual transition project to Android marks a ‘Existential Change’ For the giant of online retail trade, which has avoided operating systems and third -party software in favor of his own. As a result, Amazon offers its own digital applications store, demanding developers to create separate versions of their tablet fire apps, limiting the store’s variety.

Revolution;

It is the beginning of a ‘revolution?’ If Kittyhawk is successful, tablets fire could be more attractive to consumers who want compatibility with other Android devices, sources said. However, they warned that Kittyhawk could be delayed or canceled for financial or other reasons.

‘Consumers were always worried about the fact that They did not have access to the latest Android versions, They did not have access to some of their applications because Amazon used its own store ”, said Gittis Ubrani, a researcher at IDC IT Consulting Company. “This means more work for developers in today’s age when applications or services are largely free of charge.”

Ubrani noted that Amazon has nevertheless sold many millions of tablets. Amazon has low profits from the devices themselves to make money from selling its services, such as streaming of movie. But such cheap devices are usually accompanied by compromises such as lower screen quality or shorter battery life compared to more accurate options.

The price of change

Amazon’s first tablet with normal version of Android, is scheduled for next year, and will be more expensive than current models, The sources mentioned. One of them noted that Amazon had discussed a $ 400 price, almost twice the cost of the current tablet Fire Max 11, $ 230. The iPad, comparatively, range from $ 350 to $ 1,200. Reuters was unable to find out additional specifications for Amazon’s designed tablet, such as screen size and speaker quality or memory capacity.

Amazon has historically avoided the use of software or other products by third parties, preferring to develop services internally or, beyond, to redeem a competitor. The Smartphone Fire Phone, supported by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and released in 2014, failed to attract buyers partly because of its dependence on Fire OS, as well as its high price.

The new tablet Fire, sources said, will use Android’s open source version, which means that It does not require immediate coordination with Google and can adapt it to its own needs as other manufacturers do.

Amazon plans to release some lower price tablets with the Linux -based VEGA operating system and some Fire TV devices have reported some of the sources. All tablets will eventually run an Android version, sources said.

Amazon refused to comment on Reuters, saying that she did not respond to rumors or speculations.