How to update your Kindle

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How to update your Kindle

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Figuring out how to update your Kindle, to get the latest version of the Kindle operating system, is supposed to be easy. Unfortunately, that's non e'er the case. We learned this with Amazon'south latest update, version v.13.7, which the company announced would be going out to the 8th Gen Kindle and in a higher place, seventh Gen Kindle Paperwhite and above and Kindle Oasis e-readers.

Then no matter which of the best Kindles y'all've bought, you lot may run into the same problem we did: our Kindle Oasis just never got the update (it's running by default on the new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2021 and the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition). We don't know why, and we found it odd. Days afterward, we found the fashion to manually update it, to get the new-look home screen, which primarily does two key things to your home screen. It adds a (much needed) Library button on the bottom of the screen, and makes the search field larger.

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How to update your Kindle the easy manner

Your Kindle should simply get the new update every bit long as information technology's connected to the internet. But if that doesn't work, there's an easy way to find the system update setting on your Kindle.

1. Tap the Settings button in the top row.

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2. Tap All Settings.

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3. Tap Device Options.

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four. Tap Advanced Options.

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5. If y'all can, tap Update Your Kindle. As y'all can see here, it's grayed out, and we can't. Time to move to the hard way.

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How to update your Kindle the transmission way

This is how I updated my Kindle Oasis, as the normal update protocols did non work. So if you are waiting and waiting for the update to just happen, you can forcefulness it to happen with this process.

1. You lot demand to place your Kindle model (nosotros explain more about this hither ).

2. Visit this page for the Kindle E-Reader Software Updates.

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3. Find your model and click the "Download Software Update" link next to it to download the update.

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4. Connect your Kindle to your computer via USB cable.

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5. In your file manager, drag and drib the update to the Kindle's drive. Await for the transfer to complete.

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6. After the transfer has completed, eject the Kindle drive from your computer.

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vii. Disconnect your Kindle from your computer. Now, we're going to repeat some of the first steps to open the Advanced Settings card.

viii. Tap the Settings push in the superlative row.

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nine. Tap All Settings.

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10. Tap Device Options.

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11. Tap Avant-garde Options.

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12. Tap Update Your Kindle. It should no longer be grayed out.

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13. Tap OK, and wait for your Kindle to restart and process the update.

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After a while, your Kindle should exist updated! Congrats!

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How to update your Kindle on version five.13.seven or subsequently

Then, if your Kindle is on version 5.13.7, and you withal want to update it (or run into if an update is available), the steps take changed ever so slightly.

i. Tap the three dots button in the top-correct corner.

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two. Tap Settings.

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iii. Tap Device Options. This should look familiar, and I bet you can guess the next steps.

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4. Tap Advanced Options.

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5. See if you lot can tap Update Your Kindle. Repeat the steps nether "How to update your Kindle the manual way" if the choice is grayed out, but you lot know an update is out there.

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At present you know how to update your Kindle in two ways, and nosotros promise you simply need the easy one. That said, the manual method didn't accept a whole lot of endeavor, nosotros merely needed to notice a microUSB cable.

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Henry is a senior editor at Tom's Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the past 6-plus years. Prior to joining Tom's Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Magazine. He's also covered the wild globe of professional person wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other industry veterans.

Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-update-your-kindle

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