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

Among the finest Kindle options is the flexibility to ship information on to your gadget utilizing Amazon’s Send to Kindle instrument on the net. 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 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 when you needed to shortly learn one thing on an E-ink display screen as a substitute of a laptop computer. Nevertheless, sadly, Microsoft has quietly determined to tug the plug on it.

Microsoft 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 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 when you 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 (Net, Win32, Mac),” Microsoft defined. “After this date, the function will not obtain assist from Microsoft Phrase.”

You may nonetheless ship Phrase paperwork to your Kindle, simply not via Phrase

This can doubtless 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 may 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 homeowners. The function launched across the similar time as Amazon’s first e-ink pill and provided a quick, no-friction approach to ship Phrase paperwork to a Kindle Scribe for overview 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.

For those who’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, similar to EPUB, PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, and lots of extra. So if you wish to take a break from gazing an LED display screen to learn an essential doc, or ship one thing like a textbook to your Kindle to review, that is a straightforward approach to take action, although the file dimension is proscribed 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 with no entrance gentle launching, new AI studying options, similar to Story So Far and Ask This Ebook, and adjustments to how DRM-free e-books work, with the flexibility being added to obtain them as EPUB or PDF information.