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New Kindle Software Update 5.18.3 Now Available to Download

June 12, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 15 Comments

Kindle 2024 Update

Amazon has started rolling out another round of software updates for Kindle ereaders and the Kindle Scribe, but this time the update is only available for certain models. Amazon usually updates all recent models at the same time, but they haven’t been doing that lately. So far this latest 5.18.3 update is limited to 11th […]

Kobo Software Update Released, But Only For 2 Models

June 3, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 5 Comments

Kobo Clara Colour Update

Some people have started receiving a notice about their Kobo ereader getting a new software update, but it appears to be a very minor update, and so far it’s only available for two models. The software update version is 4.42.23296, and it’s only for the Kobo Clara Colour and the Clara BW. The update will […]

Kindle Software Update 5.18.2 Released

April 25, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 1 Comment

Kindle Paperwhite Update

Amazon has released another software update for Kindles. It’s only been a month since the last update, and since it usually takes a few weeks for Kindles to update automatically, don’t be surprised if you find your Kindle updating once again. This appears to be a fairly minor update, according to the release notes, but […]

New Nook Update Adds More Fonts, but Removes Georgia and Bold Setting

April 24, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 3 Comments

Nook Glowlight 4 Plus Software Update

Barnes and Noble has found a new way to annoy Nook users. According to some posts on the Nook subreddit, B&N has started rolling out a software update for Nooks that changes the font types that are available for reading. The good news is they added some new font types to choose from. The bad […]

Onyx Boox Software Update 4.0 Now Available for These Models

April 9, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger Leave a Comment

Boox Go 7 Update

Onyx has started rolling out a new software update for their line of Boox ereaders and eNotes, and the update is applicable for most models released over the past few years. Here’s the full list Boox devices that are now getting the 4.0 update, according to Onyx: Go 10.3, Go Color 7, Go 6 Note […]

Kindle Software Update 5.18.1 Released With Unusual New Feature

March 26, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 13 Comments

Kindle Update

It’s time for another round of software updates for Kindle ereaders and the Kindle Scribe. Yesterday Amazon started rolling out an update for all 10th through 12th gen Kindles, plus the Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe (both versions). The new software version is 5.18.1 for all models. At this point it’s still unclear what the […]

Kindle Scribe Software Update 5.17.3 Adds Side Panel Writing

February 5, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 14 Comments

Kindle Scribe Side Panel Notes

Amazon has released a software update, version 5.17.3, for both the 2022 and 2024 Kindle Scribe that adds a new way to write notes within ebooks and Word documents, and it also adds a new visually-distracting icon on the screen that can’t be removed (how fun). Basically, the new feature gives you the option to […]

Another Kindle Software Update that Probably Does Nothing

December 10, 2024 by Nathan Groezinger 8 Comments

New Kindle 2024

Amazon has released yet another software update for all 10th, 11th and 12th generation Kindles, including the new Kindle and new Kindle Paperwhite models for 2024. The newer Kindles have a different software version (5.17.1.0.4) than previous gen models (5.17.1.0.3), and the Kindle Colorsoft is still missing from the updates page so it’s not included […]

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