MORE: Our Favorite Tablets for Work and Play These visual cards could prove useful for folks that typically have their Fire tablet lying around in the kitchen or living room. When you ask Alexa for a recipe on a Fire slate, you’ll both hear the instructions and see them on-screen. Same goes for when you set a countdown timer using Alexa – something you can do on an Echo that starts to make a lot more sense when you can actually see it on tablet. And when you’re on the couch, Alexa can open apps such as Pinterest using voice commands, bringing it up to speed with a feature that iPads have had for years.
