Kindles are dropping a helpful function, and Amazon is not in charge for as soon as

Among the finest Kindle options is the power to ship recordsdata on to your machine utilizing Amazon’s Send to Kindle software 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 vital 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 if you happen to needed to rapidly learn one thing on an E-ink display as an alternative 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 (by way of Good e-Reader).

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

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

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

This can probably have an effect on Kindle Scribe customers probably the most

It is essential to notice that whereas Microsoft is retiring its Ship to Kindle Phrase integration, that does not imply it can now be unattainable to ship a Phrase doc to your Kindle. You’ll be able to nonetheless add a Phrase doc and ship it to your Kindle by way of 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 might be particularly irritating for Kindle Scribe house owners. The function launched across the identical time as Amazon’s first e-ink pill and supplied a quick, no-friction strategy to ship Phrase paperwork to a Kindle Scribe for evaluate and annotation. It additionally preserved formatting and stuck 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 function earlier than, it is a useful strategy 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 observing an LED display to learn an essential doc, or ship one thing like a textbook to your Kindle to check, that is a simple manner to take action, although the file measurement is proscribed to 200MB.

Though it sucks that Microsoft is ending help for Ship to Kindle instantly in Microsoft Phrase as of February 9, there are nonetheless lots of Kindle updates to sit up for this yr, together with a less expensive Kindle Scribe with out a entrance mild launching, new AI studying options, corresponding to Story So Far and Ask This Ebook, and adjustments to how DRM-free e-books work, with the power being added to obtain them as EPUB or PDF recordsdata.