Early-Model Kindles To Lose Cloud Connectivity Tuesday Without Software Update

Amazon’s “critical” update for early-generation Kindle e-readers, which the company first notified registered owners of March 2, was trending online and on social media Monday, the day before non-updated devices were to lose connections to the cloud. Kindles, starting with the first-generation model launched in 2007 and running through the fifth-gen Paperwhite model, “require an important software update by March 22, 2016 in order to continue to download Kindle books from the Cloud, access the Kindle Store, and use other Kindle services on their device,” Amazon said. Kindle e-reader models introduced in 2013 and later don’t require the update. Customers who don’t upgrade their software by Tuesday by connecting through the Amazon wireless can resume access by visiting the Kindle help page, Amazon said.