It comes pre-loaded with educational material from publishers like Encyclopædia Britannica and Merriam-Webster Dictionary,[1] in addition to apps like Desmos Graphic Calculator and StudyBlue.

[5] Previous versions of the Amplify Tablet used similar hardware to the Asus Transformer Pad TF300T, with a 10 inches (250 mm) screen, Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core system-on-chip, and a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera.

[4] The tablet's home screen displays an application launcher and a sidebar organizing class subjects into a list of "Notebooks".

[4][6][7] On October 4, 2013, Guilford County Schools announced that it would recall all of the Amplify Tablets and accessories that it had deployed for quality and safety concerns, after reports that a student's charger had overheated and melted.

[8][9][10] Guilford County Schools resumed using the devices in 2014 following a pilot program that showed the initial problems had been resolved, stating that Amplify's response to their situation was part of the reason they would continue to work with them.