Amazon Fire 10对很多人来说都是一款有用的平板电脑。这是一款非常适合家庭使用的平板电脑，因为父母可以轻松控制Fire 10上的内容并防止孩子看到不合适的材料。
规格也相当令人印象深刻。它有一个 10.1 英寸、224ppi液晶(LCD)显示屏。它具有 2GHz Mediatek MT8183八核处理器和 2GB内存(RAM)。您可以获得具有 32GB 或 64GB 内部存储的型号。它还支持 microSD 卡，可提供高达 512 GB 的额外存储空间。
但是，使用Amazon Fire 10(Amazon Fire 10)有很多限制和缺点。我们将涵盖所有这些内容，以便您在购买其中一款平板电脑时了解自己的情况。
1.烦人的登录广告
当您打开Amazon Fire 10平板电脑时，您首先遇到的是全屏广告。每次登录时广告都会更改。
要解锁，您需要从锁定图标向上拖动手指。
当您为Amazon Fire 10平板电脑支付(Amazon Fire 10)from $150 to $190时，您最不应该处理的就是广告。当然也不会像在登录屏幕上那样在您的脸上展示广告。
2.亚马逊产品和服务
登录后，您会注意到主页不会让您远离Amazon。
大多数预装应用程序都适用于Amazon Prime Video、Amazon Music和Amazon Kids等。
考虑到平板电脑本身最终是亚马逊(Amazon)的产品，这是可以理解的，所以他们当然会想要推动你使用亚马逊(Amazon)的服务。
不幸的是，亚马逊的自我推销并没有就此结束，如下所示。
3. Silk 浏览器
然后， Amazon Fire 10(Amazon Fire 10)平板电脑的最大限制之一就是Silk 浏览器(the Silk browser)。Silk浏览器（ (Silk)Amazon Fire平板电脑上安装的默认浏览器）严重缺乏功能并没有那么多。这只是您仅限于使用它的事实，仅此而已。
我们稍后会谈到这个限制，但首先重要的是要回顾一下Silk浏览器本身的有限功能。
作为一个基本的浏览器，它可以完成这项工作。它默认使用Bing 搜索引擎（尽管您可以更改它）。它是一款极简、快速的浏览器，可以完成工作，让您可以像其他浏览器一样上网冲浪。
但是，扩展或附加组件没有真正的扩展空间。除了基本的浏览器功能，别指望花里胡哨。
菜单是您可以找到大多数功能的地方，其中包括书签、切换深色和浅色主题、强制在桌面上查看网站，以及Chrome 的隐身(Chrome’s incognito)功能等“私人标签”功能。
但您也会注意到，甚至浏览器本身也集成了亚马逊(Amazon)的功能。该菜单有一个指向您的Amazon Lists的链接。它还具有到亚马逊(Amazon)购物的快速链接，以及一个名为即时推荐(Instant Recommendations)的功能，可以监控您访问的网站，以便浏览器可以提供其他页面推荐和相关搜索。
毫无疑问，即时推荐(Instant Recommendations)可能是亚马逊(Amazon)为您提供与您的兴趣更相关的广告的一种方式——因此请谨慎启用。
如果您想使用Firefox或Chrome等其他浏览器，那么您就不走运了。如果您尝试在Appstore中搜索这些浏览器，您将找不到它们。
你会发现一个不寻常的应用程序，叫做谷歌搜索(Google Search)，你可能认为它相当于Chrome浏览器。它不是。
4.谷歌(Google) 服务(Services) 是(Are)按比例缩小的替代品
如果您是Google服务的主要用户，那么这可能是让您无法使用Amazon Fire平板电脑的唯一问题。
Google Search是一款可让您使用Google 搜索引擎(Google search engine)的应用程序。谷歌浏览器(Google Chrome)不是。它有点像一个超越极简主义的应用程序，可让您搜索Google Web和Google 图片(Google Images)。
菜单本身非常基本，并没有提供与许多其他Google服务或您的Google帐户的真正链接。
搜索(Search)列表默认为移动视图，因此它们甚至不会像您期望的那样填满整个页面。它完成了这项工作，但不是很好。特别是如果您习惯了Chrome浏览器提供的所有功能。
似乎提供您可能想要使用的Google服务的其他应用程序同样按比例缩小。(Google)例如，谷(Google Calendar)歌日历(Google Calendar)与网络上的谷歌日历完全不同，甚至与谷歌(Google)为移动设备提供的谷歌日历应用程序完全不同。(Google Calendar)
您只能获得日(Day)和月(Month)视图，根本没有周视图。确实没有其他功能可言，“设置”(Settings)菜单也没有任何有用的调整或自定义可言。
Google Drive应用程序也是如此。很少有其他设备可以提供与Amazon Fire平板电脑一样简单的Google Drive应用程序。(Google Drive)
是的，如果您在应用程序上登录您的Google帐户，您就可以访问您的Google Drive中的所有文件夹和文件。然而，这就是你所能做的。
它本质上是一种访问文件的方式，因此您可以查看、编辑或下载它们。就是这样。
您无法从应用程序创建新目录或文件。这似乎是您希望任何插入您的Google Drive帐户的应用程序都具有的基本功能。但在Amazon Fire平板电脑上，该功能根本不存在。
这是一个主要缺点。更糟糕的是，查看或编辑文件甚至不使用Google Drive应用程序本身。它会在Silk(Silk)浏览器中打开文件，您可以在其中查看和编辑。
从本质上讲，Google Drive 应用程序几乎完全没用。您最好使用Silk浏览器 访问您的Google Drive帐户。
5. 其他Amazon Fire 应用(Amazon Fire Apps)同样受到限制
功能受到严重限制的不仅仅是Google服务或应用程序。一个例子是Facebook应用程序。
Amazon Fire Facebook应用程序缺少您习惯在Facebook在线或移动Facebook应用程序中看到的大多数功能。它还默认为移动视图，在宽屏方向使用平板电脑时看起来很糟糕。
如果您点击菜单，它几乎没有您在网络或移动版本的Facebook菜单中看到的所有内容。同样，您点击的任何内容（例如链接或图像）都将始终在Silk浏览器中打开。与Google服务一样，您最好先使用Silk浏览器访问Facebook站点。
亚马逊应用程序功能齐全(Amazon Apps are Full Featured)
其他应用程序缺乏什么功能，亚马逊(Amazon)应用程序有很多。例如，Prime视频应用程序具有您在Amazon Prime网站或移动应用程序上经常看到的所有菜单、类别和大多数选项。
您可以搜索和观看内容、查看频道(Channels)或选择我的资料(My Stuff)以访问您的图书馆等。
6. 有一些有用(Are Useful)的功能，但它们也专注于亚马逊(Amazon)
只要您是Amazon用户 ，您就会发现Amazon Fire 10平板电脑上的嵌入式功能非常有用。
例如，平板电脑有一个专用的“设备仪表板”来访问和控制您的智能家居设备(control your smart home devices)。但整个功能完全致力于使用Alexa来控制这些设备。
如果您的智能家居控制中心类似于Google Home ，请不要指望同样的简单集成。
如果您滚动浏览平板电脑设置，您甚至会在此处看到以亚马逊(Amazon)为中心的设置。
平板电脑主屏幕顶部的搜索栏很方便，但有点奇怪。如果你在那里搜索任何东西，它会打开一个看起来像一个非常基本的网络浏览器的东西——互联网搜索结果显示在中心窗口中。这些结果由Bing提供支持。
甚至互联网结果也主要集中在亚马逊自己的服务上。顶部始终有一个亚马逊(Amazon)链接，您可以随时使用它来查找您在亚马逊(Amazon)上的搜索结果。
这显然是亚马逊(Amazon)推出自己的服务的又一个机会，并为您提供了使用亚马逊(Amazon)购买产品的更多途径。
7.平板实用程序(Tablet Utility Apps)不是很有用
Amazon Fire 10是一款糟糕的平板电脑的最后一个原因是预装的实用程序。
如果您点击实用程序图标，您将看到日历、时钟、天气、地图等应用程序列表。
这些都是基本无用的应用程序。
地图(Maps)应用程序确实可以让您搜索位置并制定行程，但它甚至缺少您在地图应用程序（如谷歌地图）上找到的四分之一的功能(Google Maps)。
日历(Calendar)、时钟(Clock)和计算器(Calculator)实用程序的功能甚至不如智能手机上标配的类似应用程序。
唯一有用的实用程序是天气(Weather)应用程序。
这可以感知您的位置（或让您搜索其他人），并显示您需要了解的所有信息，例如当前天气、高温/低温、降水、日出和日落，以及底部的预报。
如您所见，Amazon Fire 10平板电脑的少数可取之处很难弥补它所缺乏的一切。
如果您是一个非常以亚马逊(Amazon)为中心的客户，并且不介意您在网上所做的一切都完全专注于亚马逊(Amazon)的产品和服务，那么这些都不应该打扰您。但是，如果像大多数人一样，您使用并拥有各种产品和服务——这些限制中的大多数最终会让您将平板电脑搁置在一些更有用的移动设备上。
7 Reasons Amazon Fire 10 Is a Terrible Tablet
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However, there are a lot of limitations and drawbacks of using an Amazon Fire 10. We’ll cover all of these so you know what you’re getting into when you buy one of these tablets.
1. Annoying Login Ads
When you turn on your Amazon Fire 10 tablet, the very first thing you’re confronted with is a full screen ad. The ad changes every time you log in.
To unlock, you need to drag a finger from the lock icon up.
When you’ve paid from $150 to $190 for an Amazon Fire 10 tablet, the last thing you should have to deal with are ads. And certainly not ads as in-your-face as right on the login screen.
2. Amazon Products and Services
Once you get logged in, you’ll notice that the main page doesn’t let you get very far from Amazon.
Most of the pre-installed apps are for things like Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, and Amazon Kids.
This is understandable considering that ultimately the tablet itself is an Amazon product, so of course they’re going to want to drive you toward using Amazon services.
Unfortunately, Amazon’s self-promotion doesn’t end there, as you’ll see below.
3. The Silk Browser
Then one of the biggest limitations with the Amazon Fire 10 tablet is the Silk browser. It isn’t so much that the Silk browser – the default browser that comes installed on the Amazon Fire tablet – is severely lacking in features. It’s just the fact that you’re limited to use it and nothing else.
We’ll get to that limitation in a moment, but first it’s important to review the limited features of the Silk browser itself.
As a basic browser, it does the job. It defaults to use the Bing search engine (although you can change this). It is a minimalist, fast browser that gets the job done and will let you surf the internet as well as just about any other browser out there.
However, there’s no real room for expansion with extensions or add-ons. Beyond the basic browser features, don’t expect bells and whistles at all.
The menu is where you’ll find most features, which includes bookmarks, switching dark and light themes, forcing desktop viewing of sites, and a “Private Tab” feature like Chrome’s incognito.
But you’ll also notice even the browser itself is integrated with Amazon features. The menu has a link to your Amazon Lists. It also has a quick link to Amazon for shopping, and a feature called Instant Recommendations that monitors websites you visit so the browser can offer other page recommendations and related searches.
Without a doubt, Instant Recommendations is likely a way for Amazon to also offer you ads that are more relevant to your interests – so enable this with caution.
If you want to use some other browser like Firefox or Chrome, you’re out of luck. If you try searching the Appstore for these browsers, you won’t find them.
What you will find is an unusual app called Google Search, which you may think is the equivalent of the Chrome browser. It isn’t.
4. Google Services Are Scaled-Down Alternatives
If you’re a major user of Google services, this is probably the single issue that’ll turn you off from using an Amazon Fire tablet.
Google Search is an app that lets you use the Google search engine. Google Chrome this is not. It’s sort of like a beyond-minimalist app that lets you search Google Web and Google Images.
The menu itself is very basic and offers no real links to many other Google services or your Google account.
Search listings default to mobile view, so they don’t even fill the entire page like you would expect. It does the job, but not very well. Especially if you’re used to all of the features offered by the Chrome browser.
Other apps that seem to offer Google services you might want to use are equally scaled down. For example, Google Calendar is absolutely nothing like Google Calendar on the web, or even the Google Calendar app offered by Google for mobile devices.
You only get a Day and Month view, no weekly view at all. There are really no other features to speak of, and the Settings menu is bare of any useful tweaks or customizations to speak of.
The Google Drive app is the same story. There are few other devices that offer a Google Drive app that’s as bare bones as the one on the Amazon Fire tablet.
Yes, if you sign into your Google account on the app, you can access all of the folders and files in your Google Drive. However, that’s all you can do.
It’s essentially a way to access your files so you can view them, edit them, or download them. That’s it.
You can’t create a new directory or file from the app. This seems like a basic feature you’d expect any app that plugs into your Google Drive account to have. But on the Amazon Fire tablet, the functionality just doesn’t exist.
This is a major drawback. Even worse, viewing or editing files doesn’t even use the Google Drive app itself. It opens the file in the Silk browser, where you can view and edit.
Essentially, the Google drive app is almost entirely useless. You’d be better off just accessing your Google Drive account using the Silk browser instead.
5. Other Amazon Fire Apps are Equally Limited
It isn’t just Google services or apps that are severely limited in functionality. One example is the Facebook app.
Most of the features you’re used to seeing in Facebook online or the mobile Facebook app are missing from the Amazon Fire Facebook app. It also defaults to mobile view, which looks terrible when using the tablet in wide-screen orientation.
If you tap the menu, it lacks almost everything you see in the Facebook menu on the web or mobile version as well. And again, anything you tap like a link or image will always open in the Silk browser. Like Google services, you’re better off just using the Silk browser to access the Facebook site to begin with.
Amazon Apps are Full Featured
What other apps lack in functionality, Amazon apps have in spades. For example, the Prime video app has all of the menus, categories, and most of the options you’re used to seeing on the Amazon Prime website or mobile app.
You can search for and watch content, view Channels, or select My Stuff to access your library and more.
6. There Are Useful Features But They’re Also Amazon Focused
You will find embedded features on the Amazon Fire 10 tablet that are very useful, so long as you’re an Amazon user.
For example, the tablet has a dedicated “Device Dashboard” to access and control your smart home devices. But the entire feature is dedicated entirely to using Alexa to control those devices.
Don’t expect the same kind of easy integration if your smart home control hub is something like Google Home.
If you scroll through the tablet settings, you’ll even see Amazon focused settings here.
The search field at the top of the main screen on the tablet is convenient, but a bit weird. If you search for anything there, it opens something that looks like a very basic web browser – with internet search results displayed in the center window. These results are powered by Bing.
Even internet results are centered primarily on Amazon’s own services. There’s always an Amazon link at the top that you can use at any time to find results for your search on Amazon.
This is clearly yet another opportunity for Amazon to push its own services, and to give you one more avenue to purchase products using Amazon.
7. Tablet Utility Apps are Not Very Useful
One last reason the Amazon Fire 10 is a terrible tablet is the pre-installed utility apps.
If you tap the Utilities icon, you’ll see a list of apps like a calendar, clock, weather, maps, and more.
These are all such bare-bones apps that they’re essentially useless.
The Maps app does let you search for locations and build an itinerary, but it lacks even a quarter of the features you’d find on a mapping app like Google Maps.
The Calendar, Clock, and Calculator utilities are even less functional then similar apps that come standard on your smartphone.
The only somewhat useful utility is the Weather app.
This senses your location (or lets you search for others), and shows everything you’d need to know like current weather, high/low temps, precipitation, sunrise and sunset, and a forecast at the bottom.
As you can see, the few redeeming qualities of the Amazon Fire 10 tablet hardly make up for everything it’s lacking.
If you are a very Amazon-centric customer and don’t mind everything you do online focused entirely on Amazon products and services, then none of this should bother you. But if, like most people, you use and own a variety of products and services – most of these limitations will eventually have you setting aside the tablet for some more useful mobile device.
