Amazon Discontinues Oldest Kindle Devices

0:00Amazon's pulling the plug on some of its oldest Kindle devices starting May 20th, 2026. That means folks with models from 2012 and earlier won't be able to buy, borrow or download new e-books straight from the Kindle store anymore. These include the first-generation Kindle from 2007, the second-gen from 2009, the DX models, keyboard version, fourth-and, fifth-gins, first-paper-white and early Kindle fire tablets like the first and second-gins, plus the HD7s and 8.9s. These gadgets have been running strong for 14 to 18 years now, but Amazon says tech has evolved too much to keep supporting them. The company is reaching out to active users with notifications and sweet deals on upgrades to newer models. Your account in libraries stay safe. You can still access everything through the free Kindle app or Kindle for web, so no losing those old reads. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.