{"id":23965,"date":"2012-03-21T19:42:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T17:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=23965"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:51:27","slug":"how-to-side-load-apps-on-the-kindle-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-side-load-apps-on-the-kindle-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"How to side-load apps on the Kindle Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Have you wondered how to get Android<\/strong><\/a> apps onto your Kindle Fire<\/strong> that are missing from the Amazon store?<\/p>\n

The Kindle Fire is a great Android tablet. It\u2019s a device for casual users who read e-books and buy content from Amazon. Kindle Fire’s customized Android 2.3 operating system also allows you to have more options with apps and other content.<\/p>\n

But the Kindle Fire doesn\u2019t support the Google Play Store<\/a><\/strong> and you have to buy your apps from Amazon\u2019s app store. A lot of popular apps aren’t available on Amazon’s store, like the official Facebook for Android<\/a><\/strong> app.<\/p>\n

There also isn\u2019t any native support for Google\u2019s services like Google Play Music<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Amazon has locked access to the Google Play Store from the Kindle Fire forcing you to purchase apps from Amazon.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a simple work around:<\/p>\n

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  1. On the Kindle Fire, go to Device settings<\/strong> and Allow Installation of Applications from Unknown Sources<\/strong>. This will let you install apps through a file manager.<\/li>\n

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  2. Through the Amazon App store<\/a>, install a file manager app. This will give you access to APK files on the device.<\/li>\n
  3. When you plug in the Kindle Fire to your computer, it should show up as a \u201cRemovable storage device.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. Create and name a folder that will store your APK files and transfer the APKs you want.<\/li>\n
  5. Disconnect the connection between the computer and Kindle Fire.<\/li>\n
  6. Open the file manager.<\/li>\n

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  7. Open the folder that you saved your APK files in.<\/li>\n
  8. Tap each APK and install the apps to your Kindle Fire.<\/li>\n
  9. They will install and be available to use!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      Note:<\/strong> Not all apps will work on the Kindle Fire unfortunately, because some require functions that Amazon’s customized OS don’t support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Have you wondered how to get Android apps onto your Kindle Fire that are missing from the Amazon store? The Kindle Fire is a great Android tablet. It\u2019s a device for casual users who read e-books and buy content from Amazon. Kindle Fire’s customized Android 2.3 operating system also allows you to have more options … Continue reading “How to side-load apps on the Kindle Fire”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2030,"featured_media":23966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-23965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333871,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23965\/revisions\/333871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23965"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=23965"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=23965"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=23965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}