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

Among the finest Kindle options is the power to ship information on to your machine utilizing Amazon’s Send to Kindle instrument on the internet. Whereas that is how most individuals transfer information 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 good when you needed to shortly 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 should now not be supported beginning on February 9, 2026 (through Good e-Reader).

Microsoft did not clarify why it is sunsetting the function, however this seems to be purely Microsoft’s name somewhat than Amazon’s, since it is a Phrase integration. The function required a Microsoft 365 subscription, although odds are you already had one when you had 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 now not obtain assist from Microsoft Phrase.”

You possibly can nonetheless ship Phrase paperwork to your Kindle, simply not by way of Phrase

This may possible have an effect on Kindle Scribe customers probably the most

It is vital to notice that whereas Microsoft is retiring its Ship to Kindle Phrase integration, that does not imply it should now be unimaginable to ship a Phrase doc to your Kindle. You possibly can nonetheless add a Phrase doc and ship it to your Kindle through Amazon’s official Send to Kindle website. Although admittedly, it will not be as handy as having it immediately 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 approach to ship Phrase paperwork to a Kindle Scribe for assessment 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.

If you happen to’ve by no means used Amazon’s Ship to Kindle function earlier than, it is a useful approach to get any file you need in your Kindle, resembling EPUB, PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, and plenty of extra. So if you wish to take a break from gazing an LED display to learn an vital doc, or ship one thing like a textbook to your Kindle to review, that is a straightforward means to take action, although the file measurement is restricted to 200MB.

Though it sucks that Microsoft is ending assist for Ship to Kindle immediately 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 gentle launching, new AI studying options, resembling Story So Far and Ask This E-book, and adjustments to how DRM-free e-books work, with the power being added to obtain them as EPUB or PDF information.