Amazon is reportedly thinking about dumping its Fire OS and moving to a more standard version of Android on its popular Fire tablets.

A multiyear higher-end tablet project internally codenamed Kittyhawk is hinting at a high possibility of the company dropping the heavily customized Fire OS in favor of full-on Android.

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 homegrown operating system.

According unnamed insiders that spoke to Reuters, Amazon is planning a strategic overhaul of its Fire tablets which would involve using an open source version of the Android operating system.

Amazon is reportedly planning a major overhaul of its Fire tablets, potentially abandoning Fire OS for a standard version of Android.

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

Amazon is preparing a major change to its long-running Fire tablet line, moving away from its proprietary Fire OS (based on Android, but still proprietary) and toward ...