Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices
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The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB version is sold out and unavailable in many countries. This leads many people to speculate that a 12th-generation model might be waiting in the wings. There is no estimated date for the Paperwhite 16GB to be back in stock.
Amazon has issued a deadline to some Kindle users ahead of new rules next month.
But if you have to download Kindle books on a newer device, newer books will only download in a newer file format that is incompatible with older Kindles. If you have a Kindle produced before 2013, as of May 2026, you will no longer be able to download Kindle books to your Kindle device, period.
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