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There you go now you have Google Chrome running on your Kindle Fire HD! It really is that easy! Now off to better browsing and of course the ability to run websites with flash. There you will find your downloaded APK file. Open up ES File Explorer and navigate to the “Downloads” folder. In February, it became possible to enable the flags necessary to make any website into a PWA, but it seems to have just now become fully implemented. Download the Google Chrome APK File ( link 1 | backup link).Ĥ. Download the ES File Explorer ( link) – this makes it easier to find your downloaded files.ģ. Go into Settings → Device and scroll down to “Allow Installation of Applications” and make sure that is turned ON.Ģ. This process shouldn’t take that long and the best part you do not even have to root your Kindle Fire HD! Let’s get started!įor a full overview on how to install Google Chrome on your Amazon Kindle Fire HD check out our video below.ġ. In this guide we will show you how to easily install Google Chrome on your Amazon Kindle Fire HD. Amazon blocks them from their app store, but you are still able to install them. Amazon’s silk browser is alright, but there are plenty of better browsers available for Android. As such you can only download apps that are in Amazon’s App store. If you don’t want Googles repository, do sudo touch /etc. Amazon tries to keep you in their ecosystem with the Kindle Fire HD. Note: Installing Google Chrome will add the Google repository so your system will automatically keep Google Chrome up to date. You can read my lengthy review on it here. However, if you have an older device, you can download an older version of Chrome as newer versions may not be as stable.As you may know I have recently added a Kindle Fire HD to my gadget list. Google Autofill uses your login information stored in Chrome. Chrome works on the original Fire, as well as the HD and HDX models. The first step is to download the Google app from the Play Store, which adds Google as an Autofill provider option. Tap it once the download has finished.Īfter a while, you should see the Chrome browser in your Kindle’s app drawer. It should download right to the memory of your device. Select the download icon next to the version you wish to download.Open the Silk browser on your Kindle and go to.After installing the google play services, an icon will. Step 4: Turn your tablet into a home controller. It should turn to orange and then you can keep on installing the APK file. Remark: If the Install button is greyed out lock the tablet and unlock it. Kindle Fire 1 & 2 – “ Settings” > “ More” > “ Device” > “ Allow Installation of Applications” > “ On.” Order is important so install files in the same order it’s in the previous step.HD6 – “ Apps” > “ Settings” > “ Applications” > “ Apps From Unknown Sources” > “ On.”.HD8 & HD10 – “ Home” > “ Settings” > “ Security” > “ Apps From Unknown Sources” > “ On.”.The first thing you’ll need to do is to install the Google PlayStore on your Fire tablet. Follow the steps and get Chrome on your Kindle Fire. How to Set Chrome as the Default Browser on Fire Tablet. Luckily, there are third-party websites that allow you to download it separately. Although it’s not that simple from Google’s end, they only make their Android version of Chrome available via the Google Play Store.