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New Kobo Software Update Released, Adds Audiobooks to Kobo Elipsa

November 1, 2021 by Nathan Groezinger

Kobo Elipsa

Kobo has released a new software update for their full line of ereaders both old and new. The new firmware version is 4.30.18838. It seems to be mostly a stability and bug fixes update, or maybe they just didn’t feel like being very specific in the release notes. The biggest change with the update is […]

Kindle Update 5.14.1 Released with New “Back to Page” Feature

October 7, 2021 by Nathan Groezinger

New Kindle Paperwhite

Amazon has released another software update for Kindle ereaders that brings some more changes to the way navigation works when reading ebooks. The new software version is 5.14.1, up from 5.13.7 with the last update, which brought a lot of changes to the user interface and now they’re attempting to fix one of the main […]

Latest Kindle eReader Update Causing Outrage with Kindle Users

September 14, 2021 by Nathan Groezinger

Kindle Update

Last month Amazon released a new software update, version 5.13.7, for all Kindle ereaders released over the past 6 years, and it’s causing a lot of frustration with Kindle users. In fact I’ve never seen so many complaints about an update before, and I’ve been running this website for over 12 years. The update didn’t […]

Kindle eReaders Getting More Changes to Home and Library Layout Soon

September 11, 2021 by Nathan Groezinger

New Kindle Home and Library Views

Amazon recently released a new software update for Kindle ereaders dating back to the Kindle Paperwhite 3 from 2015 that changes the layout of the homescreen and library and some of the menus, and they also made a number of changes to the way you navigate the user interface. After releasing the new update with […]

Amazon Now Guarantees Kindle eReader Security Updates for 4 Years

August 25, 2021 by Nathan Groezinger

Kindle Oasis

Amazon has a new help page up on their website regarding software security updates for Kindle ereaders where they guarantee that Kindles will receive security updates for at least four years after the device is sold on their website as a current model. There’s also a new entry on the Manage Your Devices page at […]

New Kindle Software Update 5.13.7 Brings User Interface Changes

August 17, 2021 by Nathan Groezinger

Kindle

Amazon has released a new firmware update for Kindle e-readers that brings some fairly big changes to the user interface. The homescreen has a new look and they changed the quick settings menu at the top of the screen, along with the reading settings menu when reading a book. One negative that some users are […]

New Software Update for Kobo eReaders, Version 4.28

August 11, 2021 by Nathan Groezinger

Kobo Forma

It’s time for another round of software updates for Kobo’s lineup of ebook readers. It’s been 6 months since Kobo released a software update for anything but the Kobo Elipsa, and that’s a lot longer than usual for Kobo. This new firmware update is version 4.28.18220 and it’s available for pretty much every Kobo model […]

Update for Nova3 Color Improves Ghosting Issues (Video)

May 16, 2021 by Nathan Groezinger

Onyx Nova3 Update Ghosting

Onyx has released another software update for the Nova3 Color that helps optimize the way the screen refreshes to minimize afterimage effects and unwanted artifacts (called ghosting) from showing up on the color E Ink screen. They uploaded a YouTube video (embedded below) showing how their updated Regal Refresh Mode has improved refresh performance when […]

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