Here are pictures from my setup:
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Have you done anything with IBeacon or eddystone and android? Do you know if itās possible to set up a receiving station app on the Kindle fire?
@JDRoberts - I only briefly played with iBeacon technology about a year ago and documented some thoughts on my blog. I had used a particular software to integrate BLE/iBeacon technology in my house with my smart phone and Tasker, but in theory you could use that as a receiving station as well.
I believe @Kristopher has some experience with iBeacons on Android as well and recommended the app Bluetooth Detection by Kanetik although Iām not sure if he has a Amazon Fire or not.
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I have a bunch of Fires ā but I didnāt even know they had bluetooth. Iāll go mess with it tonight 
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They have BT, but I know at least the HDX7 and Gen 2 have very limited BT, pretty much sound to headsets only. I was using all kinds of language directed at Amazon the first time I tried ( and every time I forget and try again) to zap some pictures off the kindle to desktop and got the " not compatible" error .
I guess they still want to think Kindles are just for reading, streaming audio books.
Bluetooth Detection app is not a native Fire app but is listed in the 1Mobile Market. Looks like this is a plugin for Tasker. Iāve used Tasker successfully with Motion Detector to dim my Fire screen, at least with limited success. I canāt figure out how to dim it completely off. It dims it enough to greatly reduce the power usage when not needed.
Unfortunately, I still canāt get Google Play Services to work on the Fire which is needed for SharpTools to interface with SmartThings. So a bluetooth device detection event canāt get pushed to SmartThings.
If only we could get SharpTools to work on Fire OS 5, we should be able to do anything we want.
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Iāve seen and tried at least a half dozen different ways to supposedly load Google services on Fire. Yet to find one that actually worked. If I remember I found one a couple years ago that āworkedā , but you literally needed to relaunch all of the Google apps every time the screen shut off.
Iād be happy if ST would even get their own ST app certified for Fire OS. Then push notifications would work. That is one thing I noticed sideloading apps from 1Market is that push notifications never work.
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They have Fire Tablets for $50 at Best Buyā¦ Can this run the Smartthings App?
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You can side load it there
I canāt find this on their website - are all stores stocking these now?
I donāt know if all stores have them, but I saw this display in Minneapolis.
I may buy one, since they are so inexpensive, and see if I like it.
I would be using in a nearly permanent wall mount situation, (maybe by the front door) and just for running SmartThings (or maybe the SmartTiles app), so Iām not interested in other apps, books, etcā¦ This is cheaper than almost any solution I can think of. (A Control 4 Touchscreen is more than $500 for a 5" Screen!)
Thanks - I was finally able to find them on BBās website - had to search for āFire Tabletā : Best Buy Link. Think I might pick one up also.
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ST app is NOT in the Amazon Appstore, but you can get it from 1Mobile market and it works fine ,with the exception of push notifications.
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Thanks!
Same price on Amazonā¦
EDIT: I see now that they arenāt available on Amazon until the 26th, whereas many of my local stores have them in stock.
So, nevermind, I guess lol
Thanks again to @timj5150
Good to knowā¦ Since this would be wall mounted, it wouldnāt need push notificationsā¦ My iPhone and iPad, yes, but itās noā¦
Just found this. Might be extremely helpful in using these for controls now.
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True you can do that.
I just loaded 1Mobile app on the Kindle, then I was able to install SmartThings app.
The only problem I see with that is 1mobile doesnāt always update their apps automatically, while this method would.
Agreed. Not sure how long they lag on updates. ST was still 2.0.4 this morning on 1mobile
Were you able to load Google Play without rooting?