Since Fire OS is only licensing Android with heavily skinned software without access to the services above, the entire framework has to be installed manually.

The all-in-one toolkit for Amazon Fire tablet hacking makes installing Google Play, changing the launcher, and other hacks easy. The Linux port is still under development though.

Amazon’s Fire tablets ship with a modified version of Android called Fire OS. It’s tightly linked with Amazon’s apps and services including the Kindle, Prime Video, and Amazon Music apps. It ...

Despite its shortcomings, the Rabbit R1 runs a version of Android under the hood, which sparked interest among developers and enthusiasts in installing a full-fledged Android OS on the device.

There’s are certainly no shortage of tablets that have some version of Android installed, but soon we may be able to pick up such a device that’s running Chrome OS instead. A Google executive ...