A:Answer In 2017, the sixth Generation Fire 7 Fire HD 8 were released. The only major differences between the 6th and 7th Generation HD 8 models were the price, the gyroscope removal, the increase of maximum SD card expansion, and the better graphics chip. The 7th generation, however, does not have a gyroscope, and the Micro SD card limit was expanded to 256GB. A better graphics chip, compared to 2015 models, is in the 2017 Fire tablets