A report indicates that Amazon is abandoning its proprietary tablet software in favor of Android. This change could start impacting Fire tablets next year.

Next year, Amazon is set to launch a tablet with Android instead of its own Fire OS. The change of operating system should attract new customers.

By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the company's ...

Amazon could replace Fire OS with Android on its next tablet, and the price could increase too.

Since the Fire tablet’s introduction in 2011, Amazon has used what is known as a “forked” version of Android with custom modifications that make it work like a unique operating system.