Fire Tablets can enter Show Mode, emulating the Echo Show experience with a simple two-step process Show Mode lacks certain ...

switching into Show Mode as soon as it's docked. The bottom line The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus will serve you well as a family tablet and as an Echo Show when docked. It's not exceptional in any way ...

The dock requires you to add a slim case to tablet so that when docked it can charge via induction. This also means that the Fire HD8 knows as soon as it is docked, and transforms into Show Mode.