To get the Google Play Store on your Amazon Fire tablet, we’re going to be using what are known as Android Packages or APKs, which are files you download from your internet browser to install apps.

But you can run most Android apps on a Fire tablet, even if they’re not available from Amazon’s storefront. One way is to install the Google Play Store.

Download Google apps on your Amazon Fire Tablet and other apps that you see on Android devices. If you own an Amazon Fire Tablet, you will be restricted from using the Amazon Appstore, but it runs ...

Even though you don't get Google Play, the Amazon Kindle Fire can run a wide range of Android apps. Here's how to load apps not sold by Amazon onto the tablet.

Now, your Fire tablet is ready to install Android apps from any website, as well as APK packages locally stored on the tablet.

Here's how to get most of the Google apps on your Kindle Fire HD or HDX. For this article I'm using the latest 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX, which runs Amazon's customized version of Android 4.2.