At the moment, Amazon launched an replace for the tenth and Eleventh-generation Kindle e-readers. This contains the fundamental Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Paperwhite Signature Version, however the Scribe didn’t get an replace as we speak. The 5.16.21 software program replace states that it solves bugs and software program enhancements, which is par the course. Amazon rarely discloses what they’ve mounted, however hopefully, the entire glitches, crashes and common chaos that the earlier replace (5.16.10.0.1) triggered.
The earlier replace triggered hundreds of thousands of Kindle e-readers to expertise a number of bugs. Battery life took a notable hit; customers typically needed to cost their units each few days as a substitute of weeks. Typically, the Kindle turned unresponsive and needed to be rebooted to work, and even customized fonts reverted to the default Bookerly as a substitute of the one you needed. The problems with the Kindle’s firmware are simply the tip of the iceberg. Kindle Limitless titles are vanishing from libraries, and sideloaded books are being deleted when in Airplane mode for prolonged intervals. Opening a e book now takes twice as lengthy, and Voice View’s performance is erratic, beginning and stopping at random.
It’s onerous to check if the replace that simply dropped as we speak for the Kindle solves all or any of those points. Usually, Amazon doesn’t push out software program updates concurrently however does so in a staggered launch. If you wish to replace your Kindle manually, head over to the Kindle replace web page, select your mannequin, obtain the replace, and replica the file to your Kindle by way of the USB cable and reboot.
Please remark beneath for those who put in the replace, and let me know if new bugs have appeared or if present ones have been mounted.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the previous fifteen years. Newspapers and web sites such because the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Submit and the New York Occasions have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
