Kindles are shedding a helpful characteristic, and Amazon is not guilty for as soon as

Among the best Kindle options is the flexibility to ship recordsdata on to your system utilizing Amazon’s Send to Kindle device on the internet. Whereas that is how most individuals transfer recordsdata into their Kindle library, a handful of apps even have Ship to Kindle baked in — and one of the crucial helpful integrations is Microsoft Word.

Again in 2023, Amazon spotlighted Phrase’s Ship to Kindle integration, which helps you to ship paperwork out of your PC on to your Kindle library with out leaving Phrase. It was excellent for those who wished to rapidly learn one thing on an E-ink display as a substitute of a laptop computer. Nevertheless, sadly, Microsoft has quietly determined to drag the plug on it.

Microsoft just lately up to date its Send to Kindle support page to announce that its Phrase integration of it can not be supported beginning on February 9, 2026 (through Good e-Reader).

Microsoft did not clarify why it is sunsetting the characteristic, however this seems to be purely Microsoft’s name relatively than Amazon’s, since it is a Phrase integration. The characteristic required a Microsoft 365 subscription, although odds are you already had one for those who have been utilizing Phrase within the first place.

“Starting February ninth, 2026, the Ship to Kindle characteristic in Microsoft Phrase goes away throughout all platforms (Internet, Win32, Mac),” Microsoft defined. “After this date, the characteristic will not obtain assist from Microsoft Phrase.”

You’ll be able to nonetheless ship Phrase paperwork to your Kindle, simply not by way of Phrase

This can seemingly have an effect on Kindle Scribe customers essentially the most

It is vital to notice that whereas Microsoft is retiring its Ship to Kindle Phrase integration, that does not imply it can now be not possible to ship a Phrase doc to your Kindle. You’ll be able to nonetheless add a Phrase doc and ship it to your Kindle through Amazon’s official Send to Kindle web site. Although admittedly, it will not be as handy as having it instantly in Phrase’s export menu.

Whereas this information is unlucky for Kindle customers, it could be particularly irritating for Kindle Scribe homeowners. The characteristic launched across the similar time as Amazon’s first e-ink pill and supplied a quick, no-friction option to ship Phrase paperwork to a Kindle Scribe for assessment and annotation. It additionally preserved formatting and glued layouts, so Phrase paperwork did not look awkward or damaged as soon as they landed on a Kindle.

When you’ve by no means used Amazon’s Ship to Kindle characteristic earlier than, it is a helpful option to get any file you need in your Kindle, corresponding to EPUB, PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, and lots of extra. So if you wish to take a break from looking at an LED display to learn an vital doc, or ship one thing like a textbook to your Kindle to review, that is a simple method to take action, although the file dimension is proscribed to 200MB.

Though it sucks that Microsoft is ending assist for Ship to Kindle instantly in Microsoft Phrase as of February 9, there are nonetheless lots of Kindle updates to stay up for this 12 months, together with a less expensive Kindle Scribe and not using a entrance mild launching, new AI studying options, corresponding to Story So Far and Ask This E-book, and modifications to how DRM-free e-books work, with the flexibility being added to obtain them as EPUB or PDF recordsdata.