Kindles are dropping a helpful characteristic, and Amazon is not in charge 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 probably the most 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 wished to shortly 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’ll not be supported beginning on February 9, 2026 (by way of Good e-Reader).

Microsoft did not clarify why it is sunsetting the characteristic, however this seems to be purely Microsoft’s name moderately than Amazon’s, since it is a Phrase integration. The characteristic 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 characteristic in Microsoft Phrase goes away throughout all platforms (Net, Win32, Mac),” Microsoft defined. “After this date, the characteristic will not obtain assist from Microsoft Phrase.”

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

It will seemingly 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’ll now be unattainable to ship a Phrase doc to your Kindle. You may 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 could be particularly irritating for Kindle Scribe homeowners. The characteristic launched across the identical time as Amazon’s first e-ink pill and provided a quick, no-friction option 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.

Should you’ve by no means used Amazon’s Ship to Kindle characteristic earlier than, it is a useful option to get any file you need in your Kindle, comparable 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 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 instantly in Microsoft Phrase as of February 9, there are nonetheless lots of Kindle updates to stay up for this yr, together with a less expensive Kindle Scribe and not using a entrance mild launching, new AI studying options, comparable to Story So Far and Ask This E-book, and adjustments to how DRM-free e-books work, with the flexibility being added to obtain them as EPUB or PDF information.