{"id":620459,"date":"2026-04-22T06:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/620459\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:11:12","slug":"canadian-amazon-kindle-users-devices-may-be-discontinued-soon-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/620459\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Amazon Kindle users&#8217; devices may be discontinued soon | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Amazon Kindle users may need to upgrade their e-reader if it\u2019s one of the soon-to-be discontinued devices.<\/p>\n<p>An Amazon spokesperson told Daily Hive over email that starting next month, customers using Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier will no longer be able to buy, borrow, or download new content through the Kindle Store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese models have\u202fbeen supported for at least 14 years \u2014 some as long as 18 years \u2014 but technology has come a long way in that time, and these devices will no longer be supported moving forward,\u201d stated the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon Kindle devices that are being discontinued were introduced between 2007 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the full list of devices that will be discontinued starting May 20, 2026:<\/p>\n<p>Kindle 1st Generation (2007)<br \/>\nKindle 2nd Generation (2009)<br \/>\nKindle DX and DX Graphite (2009 and 2010)<br \/>\nKindle Keyboard (2010)<br \/>\nKindle 4 (2011)<br \/>\nKindle Touch (2011)<br \/>\nKindle 5 (2012)<br \/>\nKindle Paperwhite 1st Generation (2012)<br \/>\nKindle Fire Tablets:\u202fKindle Fire 1st Gen (2011), Kindle Fire 2nd Gen (2012), Kindle Fire HD 7 (2012), Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (2012)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Amazon Kindle\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2264002\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shutterstock_1515445148-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2264002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AhXiong\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>For Amazon Kindle Fire tablets, only purchasing and downloading are affected \u2014 other services on Fire tablets remain fully functional.<\/p>\n<p>Worried about your account and Kindle Library? Fortunately, those will remain fully accessible. If you keep your affected device, you can continue to read previously downloaded books.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are notifying those still actively using them and offering promotions to help with the transition to newer devices,\u201d explained the Amazon spokesperson. \u201cTheir accounts and Kindle Library also remain fully accessible through the free Kindle app and Kindle for Web.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you do decide to upgrade your e-reader, Amazon has a <a href=\"https:\/\/amazonrecycling-us.re-teck.com\/recycling\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recycling program<\/a> that will help you get rid of your discontinued Kindle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian Amazon Kindle users may need to upgrade their e-reader if it\u2019s one of the soon-to-be discontinued devices.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-620459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}