The most important upgrade that Fire OS 8 will bring is Android 11 from 2020. Fire OS 7 is still based on Android 9 Pie, which itself was launched back in 2018. By October, Android 11 will already be two years old, so it’s not like Amazon is giving its customers the latest experience. This is still a significant upgrade, though, especially when it comes to improving the stability and security of the operating system. Of course, there are also some other features, many of them invisible to the end-user except for one particular change.
Fire OS 8 will finally support dark themes, one of the major features that Android 11 brought to the platform. It will also be able to support the HEIF image format, so users will be able to view photos that may have been taken on iPhones in that format. There are also plenty of changes when it comes to privacy features, like allowing users to grant one-time permissions to apps, letting apps access location in the background (with the proper permissions, of course), and more.
Amazon warns that not all Android 11 features will be present on Fire OS 8, including File Based Encryption, for example. End users might not even notice the changes that happened beneath the hood because Fire OS 8 will most likely look just like Fire OS 7. The bigger question mark, however, is when and if Amazon will roll out this same upgrade to other Fire devices, including Fire TV, something the company is a bit inconsistent with based on its history.
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