Amazon from last month announced that was cutting off access to the Kindle Store for 13 older Kindle models, and now that change has been officially implemented. Here’s what that means.
Amazon prevents older Kindle models from accessing the Kindle Store
If you’ve kept an older Kindle model, now might be the time to upgrade.
This is because, as of last week, Amazon blocked 13 older models from accessing the Kindle Store.
Users of these unsupported models can no longer purchase, borrow, or download new content from the Kindle Store.
Here is the full list of Kindles that are no longer supported:
- Kindle (2007)
- Ignite 2 (2009)
- Kindle DX (2009)
- Kindle DX Graphite (2010)
- Kindle/Kindle 3 Keyboard (2010)
- Ignite 4 (2011)
- Kindle Touch (2011)
- Kindle Fire (2011)
- Kindle 5 (2012)
- Kindle Paperwhite (2012)
- Kindle Fire 2 (2012)
- Kindle Fire HD 7 (2012)
- Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (2012)
Amazon gave the following statement to ZDNET about the change:
“These models have been supported for at least 14 years (some as long as 18 years), but technology has come a long way in that time and these devices will no longer be supported in the future. We are notifying those still actively using them and offering promotions to help with the transition to newer devices.”
you can find all the latest Kindle devices here on Amazon.
If you keep one of these older models, you can still use it with books you’ve already purchased. But any new books linked to your Amazon account will be banned.
Are you still using an older Kindle on this list? Let us know in the comments.
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