Amazon just released the latest Kindle firmware update 5.13.4. The new software update is available for all Kindles dating back to the Kindle Voyage and Kindle Paperwhite 3. You can wait for the new update to download over Wi-Fi automatically on your Kindle over the coming weeks, or you can download the update file and install it manually now.
Except for fix bugs, you can hardly see any new eye-catching functionalities added to this firmware. Most of the new functionality seems related to marketing: Amazon adds more advertisements and recommendations to the home screen. In this new update, they have extended the home screen so you can scroll further on Home and see up to 5 pages of content. If you want to use this new function, you should make sure you have turned on the default home screen by going to Settings > Device Options > Advanced Options > Home & Library > Home Screen View.
Here’s what’s new about Kindle Firmware 5.13.4 – December 2020
Extended Home Feed: You can scroll further on Home and see up to 5 pages of content.
Amazon Kids and Amazon Kids+: Amazon FreeTime and Amazon FreeTime Unlimited are changing names to Amazon Kids and Amazon Kids+ in the coming months. There is no change to the benefits you enjoy and no action is required from you.
Performance improvements, bug fixes, and other general enhancements.
However, today we noticed that they also added an important new feature not mentioned in the release notes, which enables you to Group Series in Library. This function can be turned on and off by going to Settings > Device Options > Advanced Options > Home & Library > Group Series in Library.
If you turn on Group Series in Library, a pop-up message will inform you: “Kindle has begun grouping series in your library. You can view individual books by tapping on the series group cover. This feature can be turned off in settings.” Then books that you have downloaded in a series will be grouped together automatically. It will show a cover for the first book with a number in the lower corner that indicates how many books are grouped.
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