Amazon: time’s up for old Kindles, they’ll have to be thrown away

Who uses old ones Kindle (but really old ones) you might find yourself in your hands with a useless piece of aluminum and silicon starting from 20 maggio 2026. Amazon warned customers using Kindle devices and Kindle Fire released in 2012 and before that they will no longer be able to purchase, borrow or download new content via the Kindle Store.

These models have been updated for at least 14 years, some as long as 18, “but technology has come a long way in that time,” he writes Amazon and these devices will no longer be supported in the future. “We are informing those who are still actively using them and offering promotions to facilitate the transition to the latest devices” continues a company spokesperson. “Their accounts and the Libreria Kindle however, they remain fully accessible via the free Kindle app and Kindle per Web.”

Limits of the service and accessible contents

You receive them Kindle they date back to 2007; for tablets Kindle Firethe stop only affects the purchase and download of Kindle content while the others service amazon will remain fully functional. Customer accounts and the Libreria Kindle remain fully accessible; they can continue reading i downloaded books previously on these devices and access the entire library via Kindle per Webthe free Kindle app for Android, iOS, Mac e PCor on newer devices.

List of devices affected by the stop

The affected devices are: First generation Kindle (2007), Kindle DX e DX Graphite (2009 e 2010), Kindle Keyboard (2010), Kindle 4 (2011), Kindle Touch (2011), Kindle 5 (2012) e Kindle Paperwhite first generation (2012). Among tablets Kindle Fire: first generation ones (2011), Second generation Kindle Fire (2012), Kindle Fire HD 7 (2012), Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (2012).