Amazon's Fire Max 11 is Their Best Tablet Ever - Full Review
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VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Price and Versions
01:30 - Display
02:47 - Processor, RAM and Storage
03:07 - Weight and Build Quality
03:36 - POGO connector for keyboard
04:03 - No Headphone Jack & USB-C Port
04:52 - Fingerprint Reader
06:01 - SD Card Slot
06:36 - Cameras
07:35 - Battery Life
08:13 - No Google Play
09:20 - Web Browsing
09:48 - Split Screen
10:13 - Netflix
10:34 - Speakers
10:57 - Pen
12:05 - Gaming: Roblox , Minecraft and Emulation.
13:48 - 3DMark Wildlife Benchmark
14:50 - WiFI Performance
15:14 - Game Streaming
15:48 - Alexa Commands & Show Mode
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I downloaded the Google Play Store and Google Play Services as APKs on my Fire years ago, and it worked quite well!
Is there any way I can watch movies for free on here
Thank you for the information. I’m a Amazon Tablet Virgin 🙄. I’m 60 I’ve bought 6 IPads kids/grandkids this has been a really long long learning curve. I feel like a 1st grader learning to read 😳
2:26 that is for me a very logical speaker placement for a tablet because when it comes to entertainment, I would definitely use it mostly in horizontal orientation (videos, games).
I once used 2 different Amazon 8 Fire Tablets. I switched to an Onn 8 inch Android Tablet. I like it so much better since it is real Android. Yes go ahead & make a video on how to side load Google Play on the Fire Tablets. I got Google Play on one of my Fire Tablets & it had some problems with some apps not working or not working correctly. I then decided to get a real Android Onn Tablet from Walmart & have been much happier. I am surprised that there is not a headphone jack for the Fire Tablet 11.
Great vlog. Just got mine and very happy with it. Downloaded Play Store and TH-cam with no issues but will be looking elsewhere for a case/kickstand
Thanks for the great review. You really can't beat the price of these when they go on sale. As a matter of fact, I managed to get a non-ad version of this tablet on Prime day for $165. The ad version was $149. If you trade in an older Amazon tablet you can save even more.
Lon, great review as always. This is by far the most complete and helpful review of this new Fire device. Great job as always!!!
Thats kind of crazy this new one doesn't have a headphone jack. I mean bluetooth is an option sure, but thats quite disappointing that it doesnt have BOTH options. Its such a tiny port to add to most devices too.
The old Fire Hdx series were the best tablets Amazon ever offered. I still use the 10 year old 7" Hdx and the screen quality blows away all the newer ones.
nice review! i actually like the rubberish back of the lower speced fire devices. makes holding it easier, rather than the smooth metal. i was considering this max 11 over my current 10+ but the backing, combined with the lack of the 3.5mm jack means that i'll just hold on to the older 10 +
Agreed. It's very slippery.
Hi Lon = Thanks for that great review. I'm a long time Fire Tablet user and I've been waiting for reviews of this tablet to see if I should upgrade. And I appreciate your honest review. Thanks for sharing and continued support. Love PegEgg
Thanks man! This is helpful as I'm deciding on whether to pick this up - I lost my Fire 10 - and I loved it (after Google Store added of course)
I actually got it as an Early Birthday gift for my Mother and she loves it so far ^^
Considering the price and the features it offers, the Amazon FireMax 11 amped up with mediatek chip seems like a steal! With its long battery life and best performance among Amazon tablets, it's definitely worth considering.
Helpful and informative review thanks.
I decided to go for this. Excellent screen, fingerprint on the on button. Very good price (£134 atm). Excellent battery life. Multi user support. Plenty of apps that I use and browser access for the likes of Gmail etc or simply side load (which is easy but using browser TH-cam for example, sideloading is unnecessary).
SD card and camera for landscape mode suits me perfectly.
Great review! Please make vid to replace OS with LineageOS to de-Googlefy and de-Amazonfy the tablet. I am impressed with this premium version that may make a decent pc replacement.
Gotta say, the little bit of savings is not worth buying a device to give me ads every time I turn it on. Im not going to pay for ads
Yeah, it sounds really cool and Amazon has really upgraded the Mediatek chip as well for a better performance.
Thanks for the video. Do the streaming apps such as Netflix and Hulu offer a picture-in-picture function like the iPad? I prefer PIP over split screen most of the time. Thanks again.
I used my fire 10 on show mode, Even though my model doesn't have wireless charging. I just leave it plugged in. I'm not too worried about the impact on the battery, I think cycling it would be just as bad and these things are so cheap anyways. It is a nice value add because with tablets sometimes you feel like you're not getting your money's worth when they're wasting away in a drawer. That happens a lot more now that we're using much larger phones.
my 10 has wireless charging
My older 10 completely died from lack of use.
Great review!
i wish the fire tablets have an official TH-cam app. i would buy it in a heartbeat if it did.
Good thing there is sideloading the play store.
Excellent review.
Good work mate
Nice comprehensive review. Very much appreciated. One thing I’ve noticed, however is the downloads of videos off the internet. Not Netflix or any of the other streaming services, but regular internet. I have the very first Fire tablet and I’m able to download anything and everything without any special apps. Why can’t we download vids off the internet with this newer version? Thank you.
I'm not sure if this helps, but whatever program you are using for your downloading, make sure to go into the settings and make sure to give it permission to download files from unknown sources.
Wonder if it will run APRSDroid or any of the ICOM D-STAR programs out of the box.
Good review Lon ,, ( as always ) . Would you ( or anyone ) know ,,, in this day and age ,, do they let Amazon "Newer generation" tablets screen mirror to Amazon Fire TV's ? ( which lets you mirror the whole tablet to tv ? .... Thanks .
Yes it looks like they support Miracast which should work with the fire TV's and Roku's : www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=TGc24BTrmjlhHW9Nnr
I have a mac book pro and looking a decent but still good affordable budget friendly tablet for basic entertainment so this convince me to get the fire tablet.
Mine is on order! When will Roku play HD10
Anyone know how to pop the cover for the memory card slot, not having luck witht he included pin.
I ordered the tablet, slim case, protection plan and the stand using your affiliate link, $217.97 before tax.
At this price you could get something like the Lenovo Chromebook duet 3 or 5 -- maybe even the 8 GB of RAM model. . Those come with the keyboard and folio.
But it does look nice, I do like the fabric look which is also what the duet does. Just not crazy about fire os. You have to side load the Play store which isn't hard but can get complicated by updates
As is usual in tech reviews, we get people who say "just buy this thing that is more expensive instead"
The only duets equivalent in price are almost identical in specs, that being the 4gig models. And once you step into that $500 price range, it's silly to drop that much on a Chromebook.
Why would someone buy a Chromebook if they wanted a tablet?
Pretty much at that price might as well just get an ipad air 5th gen or ipad 10th gen with 256gb.@@thomasmacdonough288
Hope the advertising industry never figures out how to inundate us with repeated ad nauseam, and social engineering ads in our sleep or nobody will ever sleep through the night again.
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I bought a 10" Fire tablet a couple of years ago and installed Play store etc. Hated the fact that I was stuck with the default launcher and if installed a 3rd party one you could not make it the default. After a month i wert back to my old Samsung tablet.
Can it play 4K REMUX in Plex natively without transcoding?
Why is their games upload requests constantly interrupting use when web browsing etc. ?
I been using my Fire HD10 for more than a year now and I still love it. I'm just surprise that Amazon removed the headphone jack on this new one. I always like using my wired headphones compared to my wireless ones. And if I use a dongle for the headphones how can I connect my external drives to it.
$149 prime day sale. lets go!
Traded my old 7 and got $25 plus 20 off, ended up paying $84 for the 11 max.
This is the second review of this tablet I watched that I have no idea why I did haha. I'll never buy another Fire Tablet due to the no Google Playstore thing. I've tried the hacks (easy last time), just wasn't good enough for me. I still have my Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ that I love which I'll prob keep for a long time the way it's held up for me. Good review as always!
Good tablets and I like Samsung tablets but they cost a lot of money like the tab s8 unless you finance on Amazon for 12 months. The new Google pixel tablet is entertaining.
I recently got the tablet. Ads do not bother me at all. So far I have major problem with SD card. Amazon supports Microsoft a lot, but they couldn't negotiate licensing for ExFAT, so SD card gets formatted using FAT32. Another funny thing, I got 512Gb card, however if I choose to format this card for an internal use, it disappeared after. I believe it got linked to Android directory and it isn't what I wanted. It's a family device for me too, so I simply selected no security. So I recommend the device to software professionals.
cDoes it have an audio jack? If not it goes in the steel can.
17:55 conclusion part is here. Wished there was an apples to apples comparison with previous generations.
Can you use a stylus with this?
I imagine they already have a MAX PRO 11 PLUS already in the works, this is just the beginning.
Thank you, Lon, for this review! Not everyone can afford an Apple product.
Dang lon you got a nice looking back yard
@@WiegrafFolles he deserves it, his channel is a very valuable tool for researching products IMO
Is the Amazon Fire Max 11 with its MediaTek octa-core processor as good as they claim? I'm intrigued by its performance.
It’s twice as powerful as the 10 pro
Oddly, I like adds on the lock screen.
The iPad 8th Gen is around the same price now as the Fire Max 11 but is 5x as fast still...
Can you put TH-camTV on this?
The top of the shortlist for "Project Leader We're Going To Fire" will be whoever pitched this to the Amazon board (the guy was probably in the old office for whoever pitched the Amazon phone). This reminds me of the time McDonald's thought they could gain more market share by introducing "premium gourmet" burgers. People only put up with Amazon's ads and the locked-down, dead-end, never-updated OS with its lack of Google Play because they're cheap and disposable. Perfect for giving to a kid or a grandma. But make an expensive version, and there's no reason to not just get a real Android tablet or Chromebook with the exact same chipset for the same price that will actually receive updates.
Can you use headphones or ear buds with it to view movies on the plane? If so, WHERE do they plug in????
As noted there’s no headphone jack so you need Bluetooth headphones, or a usb-c headphone adapter.
Watching the Arnold doc I see 😂
I may get one
No headphone jack is a terrible move IMHO. I know I'm in the minority, but I love my wired headphones. And like the option to use them. My current FIre HD 8 is great and has that feature, though getting a bit slower in more intensive tasks.
Once you start using wireless, you won't go back. Freedom to walk around the room without being attached to a cable..
@@starcade90 some people like to use wired headphones.
I bought a 10 on Prime Day sale, it's not bad I like it. I had a 7 before and that my friend is pure garbage, it's so slow.
I have a fire 10HD it works okay for you tube but twitter and some other apps hang quite badly. The other thing to note is that you need to jailbreak it to load Google play store to get some apps. I think the basic iPad is still the best choice for another 150 bucks
Ipad is always the worst choice, IOS is locked down garbage and sideloading and jailbreaking and app revokes is a huge hassle.
My ipad gets zero use, its a POS and the overzealous security makes it such a headache to use that it just sits here collecting dust, it is constant non stop harrassment and it locks me out of everything and constant security notifications and non stop bullshit.
Needing a password just to download a free app from the app store is fucking bullshit, and apps stop working unless you have the latest IOS verion ( though google is starting with this no back compatible bullshit too now, my pixel 7 pro won't run some of my apps now that are no longer being updsted by the developer, which is bullshit and fractures the platform)
IOS is such a fucking headache and hassle to use it is not even worth bothering with , side load an app and it works for like a day then you have to do 3 weeks of research to figure out how to redownload a working version which will just get revoked again hours later, also the apsect ratio of ipad is pure shit, most apps look all fucked up and some don't work at all , it absolutly sucks for viewing any kind of content because of the shit aspect ratio, this tablet looks like it's worse than the fire HD 10 and cloer to ipad's shit aspect ratio though wthe fire HD 10 has the perfect aspet ratio for viewing content and apps that are designed for phones which is most of them.
most apps on ipad run is tiny window with giant black borders on all sides and look like shit an dhave other problems.
also Apple is retarded and refuses to give up their retaded data feild entry where you have to "spin the wheel" I am trying to get actual shit done here not get closest to $1 withour going over so I can bid on a showcase FSS.
IPS is annoying AF I can't belive anyone besides toddlers actualy use that shit.
Whener I need to use a tablet I reach for the HD 10 (2019) , yeah it is slow as shit ans bugght as all fuck but it still beatch dealing with IOS security bullshit any day of the fucking week.
can it play av1 files ?
It may not have wireless charging but it does have the edge connector so I hope Amazon releases a speaker charging dock that turns this into an echo show at some point but if they donlt is there anything stopping 3rd party manufacutrers from making one?
I think Amazon is pretty open and doesnlt stop other companies from making accessories.
it is really odd to see the Pixel tablet have a speaker dock and not this, also odd that this has productivity bundle and the pixel tablet doesn't
it should have been reversed, the pixel should have been market asa productivty tablet and this shold have been marketed as the smart display dockable tablet.
there is no keyoard for the pixel tablet and not speaker dock for the fire max 11 which is really weird considering the pixel is much better suited for productivit with its tensor ship and double the RAM.
I think both tablters whould offer keyboards and speaker charging docks though just tha it makes more sense for the pixel to have a folio keyboard cas and fire maxx 11 to have a speaker dock, which is the exact opposite of what these cpmpletly clueless big tech companie have done.
have two fire hd10 and can't wait for them to break so i can get rid of them.
Is it still 32 bit?
Where did you get the stand.
Thanks. I was finished with the video when I heard $229. That's about 23 dozen eggs and I need to eat.
no quick charge? fire 10 has it. at least last two models. wth?
fire max 11 and pixel tab seem very similar.
the pixel tab is way overpriced , and the fre max ha sa better build hands down
I have a pixel 7 pro and I can tell you tensor 2 sucks ass, he TDP is garbage , the phones gets hot and he batter drain is absolutley horrendous, there is no way in hell I would pay even half of whar Google is asking for anyhting with a tensor 2 in it,
I got he max 11 and so far i am impressed
Nice review Lon, glad the performance has improved somewhat, I hated browsing the web on my Fire 10 tablet. That being said it's so much slower thatn my iPad air 3rd Gen and my Pixel 7 that it would still dirve me crazy. One other thing that would drive me nuts is those insanely thick benzels. One correction, you mentioned it isn't laminated, that has nothing to do with finger prints, it has to do with way the screen is made, laminated screend do not have an air gap in them between the glass and the screen and non-lamited ones do which is why I always buy the laminated iPad airr and not the regular iPad.
If people like me wants to get a tablet that has the real and best android experience get the onn its great. Or basically any other tablets like the headwolf, oneplus, even a Samsung.
2010 called and they want their thick bezels back
how do you guys hold a tablet without any bezels?
I almost wonder if the Amazon kindles are designed in software to slow down over time, or if they get more and more bloated like Windows does over time. Even doing factory resets and setting mine back up like new it just gets slow and slower.
the only thing I do on it is Audible books and Kindle books. I don't browse the internet, use the camera, game, or use other apps.
Sometimes I just want to throw the thing out the window.
My previous Barnes & Noble Nooks did the same thing....until the wifi stopped working on two of them!
No headphone jack on this one though! Come on! Sometimes wireless headphones run out of power at the wrong time.
Rather easy to update it to a full-on Google tablet, many videos show you how
The problem is that fire launcher is shit and Amazon has blocked all the good workarounds for replacing he fire launcher now.
the 2 remainig methods both suck now.
you can no longer disable an Amazon process like fire launcher or use PM disbale.
ones method for relpacing the launcher is good but it doesnlt survive reboot so you will have to connect to a POC every time you reboot your tablet to get your laincher back and ther other method survies reboot but it sucks and is buggy and slows the tablet down even more and take a lot of space to install the required apps and it doesnlt work good and glitches out all the time. unless XDA foud a better way, I havenlt been following it lately but a few months ago my HD 8 got a forced update annd now i can no lobger disable the fire launcher
No headphone jack
Suddenly the tablet is near useless to me
Amazon cutting the dumbest cheapest expenses to get the price down, while still making it "premium" feeling
Do you use 8 track tapes too?
Hi Lon how are you doing today the Amazon fire 11 it is amazing that table is awesome everyone should get the Amazon fire 11 right Lon your awesome Lon and thanks for sharing this with us and keep up the good work and you rock🎸lon and enjoy your fathers day weekend and God bless you to your family😀😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
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You cant have faster charging but heres a fingerprint reader 😂 nice job amazon.
Ditch the fingerprint and get a faster charger speed is what they need to do lol.
To much money I got iPad Pro 12 and 11 and iPad 10. Also I have a kindle 7 new one. But Amazon kindles are boring
1.67 to 1 = 16.9 aspect ratio cool for movie watching
does it still use fat 32?
Why buy this when ipad 9th Gen is about the same price?
The ipad 9th gen has an older processor and doesn't have an aluminum back and the storage on the 9th gen only has 64gbs compared to the 128gb tablet.
@@Shayne2555 Old or not, the iPad 9 processor is WAY faster than this one (14:31), does have an aluminum chassis, and has 64 GB of storage just like this one (256 GB optional).
Can you get Apple TV app on this??
No mention if this tablet has cellular connectivity.
That’s because it doesn’t
@@LonSeidman Which could have been mentioned; thank you, sir. All your work is appreciated.
@@ChesterPaulSgroi No fire tablet has evn had an LTE modem
This is 2023 and no hdmi out.
The downside is that Amazon are getting better at blocking the Google play store and Google play services.
You get it working and then days later it will break.
It doesn't matter for a lot of apps, but some are more fussy, like TH-cam, TH-cam kids and such like.
I understand why they want to lock you into their own software, since they're subsidizing the hardware.
But still, it's kind of annoying.
This is not correct. Amazon has publicly stated that Google Play is fully supported on all models of the Fire Tablet, but you have to install it yourself.
@@lexluthermiester where can I find that statement? Because I've been buying the fire tablets for several years already and it's always a headache to keep the Google play services working properly.
Just look at the thousands of forum threads where people discuss the difficulties.
I'm not saying it can't be done. It can, but it's a hassle and it often breaks between firmware updates.
And it's always harder on the newer devices because it takes time for people to find a way to get it working.
@@GadgetAddict
Google is your friend, use it. I've had no difficulties installing(sideloading) and running Google play on my Fire Tablet.
@@lexluthermiester there's even people in this very comment section highlighting the same problems that I described.
Yes you can install it, but you'll often have issues between firmware updates and with those apps which heavily integrate the Google play services, such as TH-cam and TH-cam kids.
And the newer the model of tablet the harder it is to get it working reliably.
As I keep saying, it can.be done but it's a hassle and comes with a lot of ongoing issues.
You're the one that says Amazon claim to support and allow the installation of google play and Google play services, so I hope you can show where they said that. Because I can't find any such statement from Amazon.
Or you can buy headphones for usb-c...
Never buy BRAND X. That tablet is BRAND X
File 13
Overpriced, lower spec than other tablets available and crippled with Amazon eco system and ads.
Why would anyone consider this when you can get a larger tablet from Honor, tab 8 that suppresses it in all aspects, screen,memory,storage,speakers.
Amazon had an opportunity here but in my opinion they failed terribly.
I loved my Amazon tablet Pro 10 until I purchase the Honor tab 8.
Tab 8 blows the 10 and the new 11 Max out the water, amazing screen and the speakers are brilliant, 6GB ram compared to 4GB, no issues with anything I have tried.
Only bonus on the Amazon Max 11 is the SD storage but external storage is just as good on the Honor Tab 8.
Sorry Amazon failure, anyone else check out Honor Tab 8, cheaper and better overall.
Not much of a Upgrade from 10 not worth the money to me wait till the next upgrades
Can you imagine paying this much for a tablet with Amazon's crippled, walled-garden OS? Bad joke, Amazon.
Amazon advertise incoming
Amazon store sucks
its crap, just pay extra to get an ipad
it is still junk ....maybe next iteration will be decent.
Fire tablets are great for kids, but the sweet spot is the 8" model for that. Not sure who this device is for.
@@RoastBeefSandwichmaybe a good tablet for grandparents? Haven’t played around with Fire OS, but being paired with Amazon/kindle seems convenient for non tech people
@@mightymouse9001 I like iOS or ChromeOS better for the elderly personally. The thing about Fire tablets for kids to me is they're cheap and good enough. Not that they're particularly good tablets, just that they're cheap.
The software is outdated and awful . This is not productivity tablet. Good to watch movies. No good apps at their app store for productivity