Amazon updated the browser in Kindle e-readers with software version 5.16.4 last November. Check the Kindle E-Reader Software Updates page to see if your device has that version available.

Previously, the browser was almost useless, because it didn’t support many of the features websites use nowadays. The new update significantly improves the browser, and it actually manages to display most pages correctly. Unfortunately, Kindles’ hardware is quite lacking. Paperwhite 11th gen is so slow that while webpages work correctly, many of them are unusable because of the poor performance.

Has anyone tried the new version of the web browser yet? Have you found any websites that you like using on your Kindle? I tried Lemmy, but of course that’s one of the websites that doesn’t work. There are no errors, it just doesn’t show any posts.

  • Classy HatterOP
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    10 months ago

    It’s surely a nice-to-have-feature, but I probably won’t end up using it that much, as Kindle is my secondary device. I also have an Android e-reader, and yea, having all those apps is very useful.