I-Amazon yethule umugqa wayo omusha wamathebulethi izolo: owokuqala uzoba inguqulo enamandla kakhulu (cishe kabili kunaleyo yangonyaka odlule). Amanye amathathu avela kumugqa we -Kindle Fire HD , okuyiwona mzamo wangempela wenkampani wokuncintisana emakethe yamathebulethi namanye amadivayisi afana ne-Nexus 7 ne-iPad Mini. Okwamanje, siyazi ukuthi lolu hlu lwe-HD luzosebenzisa okungenani inguqulo ekhethekile ye- Ice Cream Sandwich, abaningi asebeyibiza ngokuthi i-Amazon OS.
Esinye sezici ezivelele kakhulu kunoma iyiphi idivayisi, futhi esibamba ukunaka kwethu ngokushesha, uhlelo lokusebenza olusebenzayo . Kodwa-ke, endabeni ye-Kindle Fire, lesi sici sidinga ukunakwa okukhethekile ngoba inguqulo ye-Android esetshenziswa kumugqa wethebhulethi we-Amazon ihlukile kakhulu kangangokuthi ayifani neze ne-Android . Indima yesistimu yokusebenza ye-Google ingeyesibili kakhulu kulawa madivayisi, ikakhulukazi inqunyelwe ekusekeleni uhlelo lwenkampani, kangangokuthi iziteshi eziningi zemidiya ziyibiza ngokuthi i-Amazon OS (i-Amazon Operating System).
Abasebenzisi abaningi be-Android bavame ukufuna izibuyekezo ezitholakalayo kumadivayisi abo, kodwa lokhu bekungenjalo nge-Kindle Fire. Imodeli yonyaka odlule yayisebenzisa i-Android 2.3 Gingerbread, futhi izibuyekezo zakhishwa kancane kakhulu . Labo ababefuna ukufaka izinguqulo zakamuva ze-Android kwadingeka bakwenze lokho ngengozi yabo, okungase kuthinte ukusebenza kwedivayisi ngezindlela ezahlukene.
Amathebhulethi amasha e-Kindle Fire HD azofika ne -Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich efakwe kusengaphambili, ene-interface evuselelwe, njengoba kuqinisekiswe yi-Engadget . Kodwa-ke, akukho okushiwo ngesibuyekezo esingaba khona ku-Jelly Bean, futhi akufanele sibe nethemba ngalokho uma sibheka indlela ye-Amazon yokugcina izinto esikhathini esidlule. Esingakwaziyo okwamanje ukuthi iyiphi inguqulo ye-Android amathebhulethi amasha angu-€156 azosebenza kuyo . Sicabanga ukuthi azosebenzisa ne-Ice Cream Sandwich, kodwa ukuqinisekiswa okusemthethweni kusalindile.