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Kindle Software Update 5.9.5 Now Available

April 12, 2018 by Nathan 28 Comments

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Amazon has started rolling out a new firmware update for Kindle ebook readers that changes how highlighting works.

It’s a minor change but now there’s an additional setting that lets you turn off the highlight menu when selecting a passage of text.

This helps make the highlighting process faster and more streamlined, and it enables you to make multiple highlights with less presses.

The update page says this setting is on the Reading Settings menu, but that’s not right. It’s located on the Reading Options page from the main settings menu.

The path is Settings > Reading Options > Highlights and About This Book > Highlight Menu.

The 5.9.5 update also includes the usual ambiguous “performance improvements and other general enhancements”.

The update is available for all current Kindles, including the 6th gen through 9th gen models, dating back to the Kindle Paperwhite 2.

In might take a few weeks but the update will download and install automatically if you have your Kindle connected wirelessly. If you’d rather install the update manually, the download for each model can be found on the Kindle Software Updates page.

Filed Under: Amazon Kindle Tagged With: firmware update

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  1. Jay Vansickle says

    April 12, 2018 at 6:12 pm

    I downloaded it….but don’t see the highlight menu option.

    Reply
  2. Steven Hum says

    April 12, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    Same here.. no option on PW6.

    Reply
  3. Nathan says

    April 12, 2018 at 7:55 pm

    The setting location is mentioned in the article, now bold so it stands out better.

    Reply
    • Jay Vansickle says

      April 12, 2018 at 8:54 pm

      Its literally not there…..i have the 7th gen paperwhite….updated to 5.9.5.
      When i go there it shows 3 options:
      1. Popular Highlights 2. Public Notes 3.About This Book.
      Nothing about Highlight menu.

      Reply
  4. MC says

    April 12, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    It’s not showing up on my Oasis 2. I’m definitely on 5.9.5. I see Popular Highlights and About This Book.

    Reply
    • HEIDI says

      April 22, 2018 at 8:12 pm

      this is how you get there. You may to reboot

      SETTINGS–>READING OPTIONS—->HIGHLIGHTS AND ABOUT THIS BOOK—> THEN TURN “HIGHLIGHT MENU” OFF

      Reply
  5. David says

    April 12, 2018 at 9:51 pm

    On mine I couldn’t see the option either. But after I restart my 7th gen Paperwhite, the option is there now.

    Reply
    • Jay says

      April 13, 2018 at 7:06 am

      I re-downloaded the update…and restarted twice…And, still don’t have that menu option. No big deal…really… I just hate that it’s not working.

      Reply
  6. Fabien says

    April 12, 2018 at 10:24 pm

    Same thing: no new option on Oasis 2.

    Reply
    • MC says

      April 12, 2018 at 10:27 pm

      Are you connected to WiFi? The Kindle specialist is telling me to deregister/reregister for the feature to be enabled. (I think he’s guessing.)

      Unfortunately, I have a library book I’m trying to finish and don’t want to connect to WiFi at the moment.

      Reply
      • Jay Vansickle says

        April 12, 2018 at 10:55 pm

        Do you lose purchased content if you deregister? Meaning….do you have to redownload everything?

        Reply
        • MC says

          April 12, 2018 at 11:01 pm

          I wouldn’t say that you “lose” purchased content but yes, all content will be removed from the device and you will have to redownload it.

          Reply
      • Nathan says

        April 13, 2018 at 5:15 am

        That’s their answer to everything. It’s ridiculous. A simple restart is likely all that is needed.

        Reply
  7. Nish says

    April 12, 2018 at 11:28 pm

    Yay! Updated last night. Happy with the faster highlighting option 🙂

    Reply
  8. Fabien says

    April 13, 2018 at 12:31 am

    Redownload more than 500 ebooks! It’s a joke.

    Reply
    • Jay Vansickle says

      April 13, 2018 at 4:59 am

      Thanks….saves me the time and effort. I didn’t think that would work anyhow….but, i was willing to try.

      Reply
  9. Jay says

    April 13, 2018 at 11:39 am

    ***UPDATE****
    After redownloading the update a few times…I still was not seeing the option to turn off the Highlight menu. However…soon after connecting to WiFi…it showed up. Not a new update…it just showed up.
    So… maybe it needs something wirelessly in order to finish the complete update.

    Reply
    • Steven says

      April 13, 2018 at 8:41 pm

      Thanks! That did it for me too on my PW6.

      Reply
    • Fabien says

      April 13, 2018 at 11:58 pm

      I just tried to connect to Wifi and now the menu is here.
      A silent update?

      Reply
    • Nathan says

      April 14, 2018 at 8:25 am

      I’ve noticed that kind of thing with Fire tablets before, where something will change without an update. Kind of odd…

      Reply
    • Martin says

      April 27, 2018 at 11:12 pm

      How do you “redownload” the update?

      Reply
  10. Martin says

    April 27, 2018 at 12:34 pm

    This new update made my display flicker (menu and when turning pages). It seems that the screen refreshes every time I press anything on my Oasis 2. Does anyone have the same problem?

    Reply
    • Nathan says

      April 27, 2018 at 1:17 pm

      The clock is known to cause some issues like that. If it’s on turn it off and see if that helps.

      Reply
      • Martin says

        April 27, 2018 at 10:26 pm

        Thank you for your suggestion but my clock is always off.

        Reply
  11. Nish says

    May 1, 2018 at 12:48 am

    The latest software update is 5.9.5.1

    Reply
    • Nish says

      May 1, 2018 at 12:50 am

      It might solve the issues experienced with update 5.9.5

      Reply
  12. Nish says

    June 6, 2018 at 11:25 pm

    5.9.6 is the latest update for kindle. Now you can add the font of your choice to the kindle. Yay!

    Reply
    • Nish says

      June 6, 2018 at 11:28 pm

      Oh, Just realized that you have already posted it on your blog @Nathan

      Reply

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