The Kindle’s Battery Life is Short: How to Improve its Autonomy

It is very likely that these days you are giving more use than ever to your Kindle and probably for this reason you have wondered if there is a way to save the battery and get to extend it a little more. The answer, as you can imagine, is yes, and it is found in following some tips and tricks that we have collected here today. Get comfortable and have your beloved Kindle at hand.

The Amazon Kindle, a classic for reading ebooks

When you read electronic books you already know that there is life beyond the Kindle and you can even do it with a tablet, of course – although your view will appreciate that you give electronic ink a chance, pay attention to us. However, the Amazon device is still the team par excellence when it comes to making the leap to this type of gadget and is usually the one that receives the most attention from the general public.

So much so that if these days you are consuming books in this format, chances are you are doing it in a model of this brand and therefore a good question has arisen: can you improve your battery?

Well, improving what is said to improve cannot be technically, but we can further stretch its fantastic autonomy with some tips that help you take longer to need your charger and a nearby plug. If you are interested, aim.

Tips and tricks for extending the Kindle battery

Here are some guidelines to help you make your e-book reader’s battery last longer without the need for a cable.

Reduce the light on your screen

If you have a Kindle with integrated light on the screen – the latest generation of all current models in the family already have it – you should be careful with it. Many times we leave it turned on out of habit or we have it with more brightness power than we actually need if we are in a rather dark environment which inevitably consumes more battery.

Remember therefore to control it according to your reading comfort and only upload it when it is really necessary. In case you have automatic brightness management, turn it on too.

Disable internet connection

If you are not using the internet connection on your computer, it is best if you have it turned off. In this sense, the fastest way to do it is through the so-called flight mode , since when activated, all network connections (3G, if your Kindle has, and wifi) are disabled. It will save battery.

To activate it:

From the home page, tap on “Settings” (top bar).
Tap on the airplane icon (appears crossed out when it is off).
Your Kindle will turn off its connections.

Put the device to sleep

It seems obvious but many people leave the computer “on” trusting that the screen will turn off automatically. The best thing to do to save the battery is to put it to sleep every time you stop reading, either by pressing the power button once briefly or covering it with the cover of the case if it has one.

Monitor downloads

When you make large downloads on your Kindle, the device indexes them so you can search for them and this affects the battery life.

In fact, for this reason, Amazon itself recommends that after large downloads, you keep the device charging for a while, thus ensuring that you don’t get any unexpected surprises.

Update your software

The Kindle, like the vast majority of devices, has software that receives updates to add new features to the interface, improve some bugs and get more out of performance. That in turn also indirectly influences a battery upgrade.

Updates are produced via OTA (that is, they are automatically downloaded and installed, you don’t have to do anything) but if you always have your Kindle in Flight mode and never connect it to a wireless network, these packages cannot reach you.

To check if you are up to date with the latest version available for your e-reader, follow these steps:

Grab your Kindle, tap Settings – top of the icons on the screen – and then Device Options.
Tap on Device info.
You will see a window with equipment data, search for “Firmware version”.
If you close the window, go to this link, find your Kindle and see the latest software version available.
If they coincide: you are up to date, you do not have to do anything else. If you have a lower one than you should according to the Amazon website, download it.

Turn off page refresh

When you read on a Kindle, you can choose whether or not each page of a book is fully reloaded when you switch to it. Doing so you avoid the slight trace that sometimes remain on the previous page (ghosting) but it affects more than you think in the battery of the device. As pointed out in Howtogeek, the difference is such that instead of reading 10,000 pages in one sitting, you can reach only 5,000.

To disable it:

Tap Settings at the top of the screen.
Tap on “All settings”.
Go to “Reading Options”.
Deactivate the “Reload page” button.

Restart!

How obvious it sounds, and yet it probably hasn’t even occurred to you. Occasionally it comes in handy to restart your Kindle because yes, this device also offers this option that is typical of phones or computers.