I haven’t been using my Kindle Voyage much lately since the Kindle Paperwhite 6 came along, but I decided to fire it up yesterday to charge it and I noticed something odd.
The screensaver ads have mysteriously disappeared. It’s now showing a generic screensaver instead of an advertisement like ad-free Kindles. Furthermore, the banner ad at the bottom of the homescreen and library list has also disappeared.
I tend to keep my Kindle Voyage in airplane mode most of the time just to avoid the annoying ads. If you leave a Kindle disconnected long enough it will show a generic ad for the Kindle store instead of unsightly ads for AI-generated vampire romance novels or whatever other nonsense Amazon wants to put on there.
But now the Kindle store ad is gone as well, and there always used to be the same banner ad at the bottom of the library and homescreen on the Voyage. Amazon did away with the banner ads awhile ago on newer Kindles when they switched to the newer user interface, so they only showed up on the older interface.
I wonder if they finally decided to get rid of the banner ads altogether or if it’s a temporary glitch. Anyone else with an older Kindle notice they are no longer showing? It’s nice to have more screen space on the homescreen and library list now.
The only downside is my Voyage still requires a swipe to turn it on like ad-supported Kindles, but at least it’s showing a regular Kindle screensaver now instead of an advertisement. I checked the devices list at Amazon and it still shows my Voyage as being ad-supported so I don’t know what’s going on.
I like the sudden change, but now I’ll never be able to turn airplane mode off again for fear of the ads coming back. Anyone else experiencing this?
Out of curiosity, what do you find more appealing in Paperwhite 6?
Yeah, I’m a hard core Voyage fun! Mine will turn 10 in just a few months. On top of everything Voyage has, I can’t think of a cover better than butterfly one! Reading in every imaginable position is something I value the most!
I had a Voyager and loved it. But I disabled the page bottons, never cared for them. At the time the screen was way ahead. I actually traded it for an Oasis for the larger screen, but absolutely hated the way it felt in my hands. I am lefthanded and always had a cover on my Kindles like opening a book. The Oasis wasn’t made for a lefthanded person that used a cover. Again I never used the page bottons, just don’t like them
I got the PW 5 because of it having the larger screen but I went through I believe 3 of them before getting one that actually worked and it was a refurbished one. I trade it for my PW6 SE and absolutely love the screen. No it doesn’t have page turn buttons. I would say even without the glass screen it has as good and maybe text clarity than the Voyager or Oasis. I love the extra speed that the new PW has. And I am even liking the automatic screen lighting. This time I didn’t go with an Amazon cover, I got one from CoBak and I really like it because it is much lighter. I also have a sleve that I keep it in for twist the protection.
My Kindle Paperwhite did this a couple of years ago for about 6 months. Then the ads came back.
My ad supported Voyage is doing the same, generic screensaver and banner below the books is gone. Still have to swipe the screensaver.
My Voyage still has ADs at startup and the home/library screen.