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PLUS: My ridiculous solar-powered scooter. View in browser | Your preferences Last week brought new Kindles ; this week, more tablets. Except Amazon didn’t announce new Fire tablets. Instead, it’s officially killing the Fire brand to make way for a more premium offering: the   Alexa Tablet . Spanning three tiers—the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, Alexa Tablet 11, and Alexa Tablet 8, with kids editions sprinkled in—these aluminum slates are an upgrade over their plastic predecessors in every way (and priced accordingly). The biggest shift? They run proper Android, complete with Google Play Store access. With Android and Alexa front and center, this is the closest look yet at wha...

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