Amazon is ending support for older Kindles and Kindle Fires

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Amazon has announced that starting connected May 20th, 2026, Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire devices released successful 2012 and earlier volition "no longer beryllium capable to purchase, borrow, oregon download caller contented via the Kindle Store," Amazon spokesperson Jackie Burke wrote successful an email to The Verge. Users volition inactive beryllium capable to work books already downloaded to their devices and tin entree their accounts and Kindle purchases done the Kindle mobile app, Kindle for Web, and newer devices. If the older devices are deregistered oregon mill reset, users won't beryllium capable to re-register them aft the May deadline.

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