Own
a Kindle? Listen up — this one’s relevant to you. If you were an early
adopter of one of these popular e-readers, you’ve got to update your
software, and we mean stat, otherwise your trusty device may go kaput.
Well, nothing that drastic, but you get the sense of urgency. In a new post
found on its Help & Customer Service page, Amazon has informed its
customers that those “using an outdated software version on Kindle
e-readers require an important software update by March 22, 2016, in
order to continue to download Kindle books from the Cloud, access the
Kindle Store, and use other Kindle services on their device.”
This isn’t a warning to be taken lightly — the online retailer stresses, “If you do not update your device by March 22, 2016, you will receive the following message on your device: Your
Kindle is unable to connect at this time. Please make sure you are
within wireless range and try again. If the problem persists, please
restart your Kindle from the Menu in Settings and try again. If you
see this message on your device on or after March 22, you will need to
manually install the latest software update for your device.” And that,
my friends, would be fun for no one.
Happily, Amazon is doing everything it can to make the process easier
(and for our part, we’re spreading the word). There’s a handy-dandy
chart you can refer to in order to determine which Kindle needs which
updates, and where and how you can download the necessary software.
