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Old 06-19-2014, 01:10 PM   #190
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That's not correct. There may be a few Google apps you can sideload, but most of them require changes to the framework to run (on custom roms you flash the gapps package to get these changes). Also, more and more apps rely on the Google Play Services library, which is also missing from the Amazon build, so any app relying on that (not just Google's) wouldn't run.
I have Chrome, Gmail, Maps, and YouTube installed on my Fire HD 7. They were easy to download - here & here. I don't use Chrome and Maps, but they're available if I want them.
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