Kindle Fire HD, later renamed to Fire HD, of Amazon's Kindle Fire line of touchscreen tablet computers was announced on September 6, 2012 and was available in two models, 7" and 8.9". The 7" version was released on September 14, while the 8.9" model was released on November 20. The 7" model was released in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom on October 25 and in Japan on December 18.