Precisely one month in the past to the day, Amazon launched a software program replace for Kindles that launched a variety of bugs and random issues, however now there’s a brand new software program replace out there that hopefully fixes most of these points.
The brand new software program replace model is 5.16.21, and it’s out there for all tenth and eleventh technology Kindles, which incorporates all fashions going again to 2018. Nevertheless, the Kindle Scribe continues to be on the older software program; it’s the one one which hasn’t gotten this new replace but.
The discharge notes for the brand new replace don’t give any particular particulars. It simply says “efficiency enhancements, bug fixes, and different normal enhancements” like each Kindle replace that get launched, however hopefully they’re severe in regards to the bug fixes this time in any case the issues folks have been having because the final replace.
Like standard, you possibly can obtain and manually set up the replace from the Kindle Software program Updates web page at Amazon. Or you possibly can look ahead to the replace to obtain and set up routinely by itself whereas your Kindle is charging and related to Wi-Fi. Generally auto-updates can take a number of weeks to finish, as Amazon normally rolls out updates slowly, so in case you’re having issues along with your Kindle you may wish to replace manually to see if that fixes the difficulty.
On a facet observe, the brand new replace model quantity doesn’t actually make any sense. They went from 5.16.10.0.1 with the final replace to five.16.21 with this replace. What’s extra complicated is older seventh via ninth gen Kindles run software program 5.16.2.1.1. The Kindle software program devs should like messing with folks, and so they additionally hate updating launch notes.
For those who strive the brand new 5.16.21 software program in your Kindle, tell us within the feedback if it fixes any issues you encountered after the final replace. Additionally tell us in case you discover every other modifications not included within the launch notes, which is usually the case.
