Yeah, Amazon is really muddying the waters with their labels.
Google's Android OS is free. Anybody can use it, modify it, sell it.
But Google's Apps are not free; if a company wants to include the Play Store, GMail, Drive, Maps, etc., they have to pay a licensing fee to Google.
Amazon chose not to do that, instead just using the free Android OS and writing their own app store software so they don't have to pay Google.
So I can certainly see where the confusion comes from, and will change the web site text to mention Kindle and Fire.
Regards,
-Scott
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