How Old Is My Kindle?

[racoony]

I would be very grateful if anyone can tell me which generation my kindle is.It has buttons on the left and right to turn pages.At the bottom it has 4 round buttons, in between them is a square button to scroll up and down.Many thanks.

[JimF]

When did you buy it?

[racoony]

I can't remember when I bought it.At least 5 years ago now.

[New Judge]

Have you tried downloading any books recently? Last month Amazon withdrew support for some of the earlier models. Here's what they said:

"Thank you for continuing to use one of our earliest Kindle E-readers. While you can continue reading on your E-reader, as of August 17, 2022, store functionality will no longer be available. This change only affects certain E-readers introduced 10+ years ago (listed below). As of the 17 August you will no longer be able to browse, buy or borrow books directly from these Kindle E-readers. As always, you'll be able to browse, buy and borrow books on other supported devices or through amazon.co.uk/ebooks.

Which Kindle devices are affected?
Kindle (2nd generation) International, Kindle DX International, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle (4th generation) and Kindle (5th generation)."

Mrs NJ has one which sounds like yours and hers is one of those affected by the above.

[barry1010]

This will help https://www.howtogeek.com/733834/how-to-tell-what-kindle-model-you-have/

[racoony]

Many thanks all.

[fourteen85]

We have a pair of Kindle keyboards bought in 2011, although on the list they still download books perfectly fine as we buy/borrow our books from Amazon and download from laptop to kindle, as I understand the non functionality is only if you are trying to download books directly, although I might be mistaken .

[barry1010]

fourteen, NJ's link makes it quite clear it is the Amazon Store functionality that will stop working on the old Kindles. Could be a nuisance for those that don't have a pc or any other device.

[fourteen85]

Sorry Barry, I didnt pick up on that.