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My Kindle Fire has a new OS!

gardenman — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:43:28 GMT

It's pretty neat. I was a little confused as I'm used to swiping across to unlock it and now you have to swipe up to unlock the screen and I couldnt find my documents for a bit, but it's a pretty neat looking upgrade. They snuck it onto my Kindle sometime overnight and it's pretty impressive. This is OS 5.1.1. It has a neat new feature called "Find My Tablet" that lets you do all kinds of neat things to find a lost/stolen/misplaced Fire tablet.

Re: My Kindle Fire has a new OS!

millieshops — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 19:33:11 GMT

Mine hasn't changed. Still swiping horizontally and everything looks the same as always. Because my Kindle Fire is more than 2 years old maybe????

Re: My Kindle Fire has a new OS!

gardenman — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 19:53:27 GMT

@millieshops wrote:
Mine hasn't changed. Still swiping horizontally and everything looks the same as always. Because my Kindle Fire is more than 2 years old maybe????

It could be. They roll out the updates in waves too, so your update could still be coming.

Re: My Kindle Fire has a new OS!

vacc — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:05:07 GMT

If you want, I think there is a place in settings where you can find out if you have the latest version of software. You can update there if you like.

Re: My Kindle Fire has a new OS!

millieshops — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:06:43 GMT

@gardenmanTY - will let you know if I see a change!