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Kindle for Android

by Amazon.com

Rated: Guidance Suggested

23,114 customer ratings

Price: Free Download

Sold by: Amazon Australia Services, Inc.

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Languages Supported: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish

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Several experience improvements and bug fixes

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Original Release Date : 2010
Manufacturer : Amazon.com
ASIN : B004DLPXAO
Manufacturer reference : com.amazon.kindle

Best Sellers Rank: #200 Free in Apps & Games (See Top 100 in Apps & Games)
- 2 in Book Readers & Players

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Product features

Get the best reading experience available on your Android phone--no Kindle required
Buy a book from the Kindle Store optimized for your Android phone and get it auto-delivered wirelessly
Search and browse more than 850,000 books, including 107 of 111 New York Times bestsellers
Automatically synchronize your last page read and annotations between devices with Whispersync
Adjust text size, read in portrait or landscape mode, and lock screen orientation

Product description

Read more than 850,000 Kindle books with Amazon's free application for your Android phone--no Kindle required. Already have a Kindle? With Whispersync, you can access your library of Kindle books, notes, marks, and more.

Kindle for Android makes it more convenient than ever to bring Kindle books everywhere you go--even if you don't have a Kindle. Whispersync ensures you'll never lose your place by allowing you to sync bookmarks, last page read, notes and highlights between all of your Kindle-ready devices.

With the Kindle app for Android, you have the power to tap into the Kindle online store right from your phone. Browse through various categories such as "New and Noteworthy" or "New York Times Bestsellers," or use the search field to find specific titles or authors.

Technical details

Size: 60.1MB

Version: 8.40.0.100(1.3.238418.0)

Developed By: Amazon.com ( Privacy Policy

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Application Permissions: ( Help me understand what permissions mean )

FOREGROUND_SERVICE
Access fine (e.g. GPS) location
Access information about networks
Access information about Wi-Fi networks
Act as an AccountAuthenticator for the AccountManager
Connect to a paired Bluetooth devices
Manage the list of accounts in the AccountManager
C2D_MESSAGE
DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION
Open network sockets
Read from external storage
Change Wi-Fi connectivity state
Write to external storage
Read-only access to phone state
Access the list of accounts in the Accounts Service
Broadcast sticky intents
PowerManager WakeLocks to keep the processor from sleeping or the screen from dimming
Request authtokens from the AccountManager
Get information about the currently or recently running tasks: a thumbnail representation of the tasks, what activities are running in it, etc
Receive message via Amazon Device
Discover and pair Bluetooth devices
Allows an application to receive messages via Google Cloud Messaging
SEND_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETED_INTENTS

Minimum Operating System: Android 5.0

Approximate Download Time: More than 5 minutes

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Doug Hutcheson

Kindle for Android exceeded the expectations of this Luddite.

Reviewed in Australia on 7 October 2019

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For 68 years I have used, read and loved printed books. My bookcase at home attests to this.

Being of a suspicious nature, I was sure Kindle for Android would be awkward to get used to and hard to read, but I decided to give it a try anyway.

I could not be happier with my decision. On my phone (Oppo AX5) the text is clear and sharp. The amount of whitespace is just enough to make the books legible while maintaining an adequately compact format.

Page controls are simple and intuitive, suggesting this is mature software and indeed Kindle has been around long enough to have learned a thing or two.

Having found the Kindle application so pleasing to use, I have already purchased numerous titles for download to my phone.

I like the feel and smell of a printed book, but kindle for Android means I can carry around a respectable home library in my shirt pocket.

There is room for electronic and printed books in my domain, but a printed book has one advantage: it does not require a power supply!

Altogether, I am very happy with my decision to try kindle for Android.

I will cram my phone with titles until it is bulging and then use lack of space as an excuse to upgrade my phone.

6 people found this helpful

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Jacquie Humphrey

Makes life better!

Reviewed in Australia on 21 January 2021

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I love my Kindle for the ease of downloading books and for having something to read in my handbag without the bulk of a book. Having a lot of medical appointments, which always involve waiting in the reception area, my Kindle enables me to entertain myself while waiting with something to read. For day patient appointments it gives me a selection of books in my library to choose from. I still buy books as I do love the feel of holding a book and the smell books carry, turning a page holds anticipation and I must admit that I don't enjoy the same level of pleasure from reading on a Kindle.

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Liam Brown

Android for kindle is a spit in the face for what is ebooks

Reviewed in Australia on 11 February 2021

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Absolutely disgusting how garbage this app is. Offers no to trash text to speech. You buy a book but it's interface is garbage and doesnt allow you to view it in any other application? They really only care about money. This app is the most underdeveloped garbage. I'd buy the ebooks from anywhere else and not be restricted as to what applicaton I can read from. My eyes hurt if I read from the screen too long. This app doesnt let you read the book from other apps after you BUY IT?! WHY?

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Cecilee Georgeson

The Kindle App for Android

Reviewed in Australia on 21 November 2019

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This was for my husbands Samsung Galaxy Pro Tablet. Unfortunately after downloading from the Google App Play Store the app disappears some where in the tablet but he is unable to find it to even try it out. Not sure if this is an issue as the Tablet has a Microsoft platform???? We are quite surprised as we never have any problems with anything from Amazon!

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Amazon Customer

This app was cumbersome and annoying.

Reviewed in Australia on 9 June 2020

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Regretfully, this app did not work well on my android phone. E-books transferred with some difficulty - having to log on/sync every time to Amazon on both computer and phone was cumbersome and annoying, but okay. I prefer not to stay signed into an app when I have finished using the app (security). But pdf file transfer from computer was not possible using kindle.

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Robert Read

No longer a total failure

Reviewed in Australia on 29 July 2016

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When I downloaded this from Amazon it would not work, hence a one star review.

Things are better now, I successfully downloaded from the Google Store.
Three stars because;
it did not install correctly from Amazon;
for technical books it could be improved by providing multi-coloured bookmarks to code different types of entry.

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Amazon Customer

problems

Reviewed in Australia on 19 December 2014

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I have had trouble with this app, so many times I have lost count causing me to have to uninstall and re-install it. When I try to access this app it shuts down my tablet. I have tried everything to fix the problem but so far nothing works.

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Amazon Customer

Extremely happy I get to use this

Reviewed in Australia on 21 November 2020

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It is so easy even for someone like me who is not teach savvy

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Rob Cranston

Updates on Apps can make them unusable.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 December 2020

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Had to uninstall Kindle from my Kobo tablet as it no longer worked (after 5 years with no problem). Attempted to re-install Kindle on my tablet without success, message read "App not compatible with this device". I'd like to understand what changes were made to the Kindle App to make it unusable.

11 people found this helpful

Amazon Customer

Should have spent money on real books

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 October 2020

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Original kindle app stopped opening my books... they all in library but won’t open. Uninstalled then reinstalled but no change. Spoke to Amazon... they cut off my call when problem didn’t resolve with the suggestions given. Library of books I can’t read👎👎

10 people found this helpful

Axen

A good book reading app

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2020

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Been using Kindle on Android phone for a good few years now .recently don't know what happened with the last update but it's stopped allowing me to download books saying there was errors.. only way to fix it was delete the Kindle app off the phone and deregister the device. And then reinstall the app on my phone and sign in again once I done this everything seems to work fine

5 people found this helpful

dogu

keeps freezing and crashing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 January 2021

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I downloaded the Kindle for Android app on my son s android tablet because he loves reading. I also got Jules Verne's collection for him to read on the kindle app. Everytime he opens the kindle app it freezes and gives an error message that the app is unresponsive. On the off chance it opens up, the UI is terrible. It is almost impossible to navigate back to the beginning of the collection. Just a terrible app all round which I am reallt surprised. We uninstalled it at the end. Note that the version on windows is working fine, but the android version is total waste of time

3 people found this helpful

Elchtest

Ich hasse die neue Scroll-Funktion der Kindle-App!

Reviewed in Germany on 22 January 2020

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Wie konnte ich die App nur aktualisieren!!!! Jetzt scrollen die Bücher einfach endlos. Eine Textstelle wiederzufinden - ich lege nicht oft ein Lesezeichen fest - ist unmöglich. (Zumal das Menü wirklich schwierig anzuklicken ist. Bis das mal aufgeht.....! (Das ist ja schon beim Kindle schwer - kann mich nicht erinnern, dass dies vor Jahren schon so schwierig war!)
Ich kaufe für den Kindle auch Bücher mit (farbigen) Illustrationen (Zeichenbücher) oder Comics, die möchte man natürlich nicht auf dem Kindle lesen, die lese ich mit meinem alten Samsung Tablet Tab S 2, schon weil es eine gutes Format fürs Hochkant-Lesen hat. Aber die Bücher verlieren so sehr durch dieses Endlos-Scrollen, so kaufte ich mir Emil und die Detektive. das ich eigentlich als Buch besitze, aber als E-Book ist es viel bequemer und ich wollte es immer noch einmal lesen. Griff zu als es im Angebot war. Es verliert total, das Buch-Gefühl ist völlig weg!!!!

Nein, liebe Amazon-Entwickler, so wird das nichts, ein Buch ist kein Zeitschriftentext und kein Internet! Ein E-Book ist ein Buch ist ein Buch! So werde ich keine Bücher mehr für die App kaufen. Keine Sachbücher, keine Bücher mit Illustrationen. so möchte ich meine Bücher nicht lesen. vor allem war das Umblättern in der App vorher richtig in 3-D, besser als auf meinem Paperwhite. Die Seite blätterte sich so schön um, wie in einem richtigen Buch mit Schatten auf der Buchecke beim Umblättern. Das will ich wieder zurückhaben!! Erst dann gibt es wieder mehr Sterne!!!!

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