在过去的15年里，你一直可以从亚马逊购买Fire平板电脑。哪款Fire平板并不重要——就像Kindle一样，它们几乎年复一年保持相同。公司的新平板系列则是一次重大变化。
For the last 15 years, you've been able to buy a Fire tablet from Amazon. Which Fire tablet? It doesn't matter—like Kindles, they have been pretty much the same year to year. The company's new tablet lineup is a big change, though.
亚马逊放弃了Fire品牌，改用Alexa，新款Alexa平板现在是Google认证的Android设备。
Amazon has dropped the Fire branding in favor of Alexa, and the new Alexa Tablets are now Google-certified Android devices.
在Fire平板的历史中，亚马逊淡化了对Android的使用。
Throughout the history of Fire Tablets, Amazon downplayed its use of Android.
他们通过公司的Appstore平台运行Android应用，但“Fire OS”并未与Google集成。然而，亚马逊去年关闭了其应用商店。
They ran Android apps from the company's Appstore platform, but there was no Google integration with "Fire OS." However, Amazon shut down its app store last year.
新款Alexa平板运行完整的Google版Android，配备Play商店和所有预期的应用。
The new Alexa Tablets run full-fledged Google-y versions of Android with the Play Store and all the apps you'd expect.
这与亚马逊的Fire Stick形成鲜明对比，后者已放弃Android，转而使用自定义的基于Linux的Vega OS。Alexa平板系列包括三款设备，全部采用一体式铝合金机身。
This contrasts sharply with Amazon's Fire Sticks, which have abandoned Android for the custom Linux-based Vega OS. The Alexa Tablet lineup consists of three devices, all redesigned with unibody aluminum housings.
Alexa Tablet 8起价230美元，Tablet 11则涨至330美元。
The Alexa Tablet 8 starts at $230, and the Tablet 11 jumps to $330.
它们搭载预算型联发科8189处理器，但仍比上一代Fire平板有所升级。
They run on the budget MediaTek 8189 processor, but that's still an upgrade from the last-gen Fire tablets.
两款设备均采用16:10显示比例，更适合观看视频，但旗舰平板略有不同。
Both devices have 16:10 display ratios that are better for watching video, but the flagship tablet is a little different.