You can easily use this information with the above list, to see if your Kindle will remain working or not. Press 'Kindle', and under the name of your Kindle (that you named it when setting up the device, though it's possibly just called 's Kindle) will be the generation and model. On this next page, the third toolbar down should show 'Content', 'Devices', 'Preferences' and 'Privacy Setting'.Ĭlick on 'Devices', which will bring up a list of all the Amazon products you're currently signed in to. In the top-left corner, under Amazon's logo, will be text saying 'All' - click this, then at the bottom of this resulting list, press 'Your Account'.įrom this menu, click 'Your Devices and Content', which should be the seventh item on the list, then under 'Things you can do' press 'Manage devices'. Using your computer, head to Amazon's website ( by clicking here (opens in new tab)). While you can do it via your Kindle, this requires knowledge of various Kindle serial numbers - but there's a much easier way. Thankfully, it's easy to work out which type of Kindle you own. Many older Kindles didn’t come with Wi-Fi connectivity, so there’s no alternative means of connecting to the internet for them.The above list will be pretty meaningless to you, unless you actually know what type of Kindle you have - and unless you remember when you bought it, it's unlikely you'll have a clue. Towards the end of 2021, older Kindles began losing access to the internet as mobile operators began shutting down their creaky old 3G networks. However, continued support for older Kindle devices has become something of a problem for Amazon of late. This marks the first ever time that’s Amazon has cut off access to its store on a whole group of Kindle e-readers in such a way.
These older devices are stuck on the older TLS 1.0 and 1.1 protocols.Īs a way of ameliorating the effect of this announcement, Amazon has been offering owners of such older Kindles promotional codes for 30% off a new Kindle (like the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition) and $40 in free ebook credit. It’s worth noting that it will still be possible to read new ebooks on these older devices, but you’ll have to obtain them through the Amazon website on another device.Īmazon hasn’t provided any reason behind this latest cull, but Goodereader speculates that it could come down to the lack of support for newer Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions.
These customers will no longer be able to browse, buy, or borrow ebooks directly on their Kindle devices starting in August. Certain old Kindle e-readers will no longer be able to buy new ebooks from August, it’s been revealed.Īmazon has been sending out warning emails to owners of the Kindle (2nd Gen) International, Kindle DX International, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle (4th Gen), and Kindle (5th Gen).
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