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How to update your Kindle

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Figuring out how to update your Kindle, to become the latest version of the Kindle operating system, is supposed to be easy. Unfortunately, that'due south not ever the case. We learned this with Amazon's latest update, version 5.xiii.7, which the company announced would be going out to the 8th Gen Kindle and above, 7th Gen Kindle Paperwhite and above and Kindle Oasis e-readers.

And so no thing which of the best Kindles you've bought, you may run into the same problem we did: our Kindle Haven merely never got the update (it'southward running by default on the new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2021 and the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition). Nosotros don't know why, and we found it odd. Days later on, we found the style to manually update it, to become the new-look domicile screen, which primarily does two cardinal things to your habitation 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 way

Your Kindle should simply get the new update every bit long every bit it'due south connected to the internet. Only if that doesn't work, there's an easy way to discover the arrangement update setting on your Kindle.

1. Tap the Settings button in the top row.

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two. Tap All Settings.

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three. Tap Device Options.

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4. Tap Advanced Options.

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v. If you lot can, tap Update Your Kindle. Equally y'all tin meet here, it's grayed out, and nosotros can't. Time to motion 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 not work. So if y'all are waiting and waiting for the update to just happen, you lot can force it to happen with this process.

1. You need to identify your Kindle model (we explain more about this here ).

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

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

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

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5. In your file manager, elevate and driblet the update to the Kindle'due south drive. Wait for the transfer to complete.

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6. Later the transfer has completed, eject the Kindle bulldoze from your figurer.

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seven. Disconnect your Kindle from your computer. Now, nosotros're going to echo some of the first steps to open the Advanced Settings card.

8. Tap the Settings push in the superlative row.

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9. Tap All Settings.

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ten. Tap Device Options.

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eleven. Tap Advanced Options.

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

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

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Afterward a while, your Kindle should be updated! Congrats!

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How to update your Kindle on version five.13.7 or afterward

So, if your Kindle is on version v.13.seven, and you still want to update it (or see if an update is available), the steps take changed ever so slightly.

1. Tap the three dots button in the height-right corner.

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ii. Tap Settings.

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

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4. Tap Advanced Options.

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v. See if you can tap Update Your Kindle. Repeat the steps under "How to update your Kindle the manual style" if the choice is grayed out, but you know an update is out in that location.

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Now you lot know how to update your Kindle in 2 ways, and we hope you simply demand the easy one. That said, the transmission method didn't take a whole lot of endeavour, we simply needed to find a microUSB cable.

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Henry is a senior editor at Tom'southward Guide roofing streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the past six-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 too covered the wild world of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other industry veterans.

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