

Tap on each APK in the order shown above to install them on your tablet. Let’s take a look at what you need to do to get Play Store on your device. However, being able to actually download and use another app store like Google Play Store is a little more complex. You should now be able to install apps from other sources than Amazon’s app store to your Amazon Fire tablet. Tap on the toggle to the right of Apps from Unknown Sources, so that the toggle is set to the right (the on position).Drag the quick action panel down from the top of the screen.

Power on or wake your tablet, and go to the home screen.Here are the steps that you’ll need to take in order to allow these terribly risky and dangerous apps onto your Fire tablet: That said, because they don’t come from Amazon themselves, your device will treat even apps from reputable sources like Google Play Store as coming from an “unknown source”. Enabling Unknown Sources on Your Amazon Fire Tabletįortunately, unlike Apple’s very closed off approach, it’s possible to allow apps from sources other than Amazon’s preinstalled app store. In this article, we’ll go over how it’s done, so you can really get the best from your Fire tablet. However, it’s still possible to add other app stores by enabling unknown sources on your tablet. This means that you’re more-or-less stuck going through Amazon. Despite their customized operating system being based on Google’s Android, Fire OS doesn’t come with any Google services or even the Google Play Store.
