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AnemicOak · 10-05-2014, 03:16 AM

Well, we all know the OS is coming, at least for 2013 Fire's, but a "letter" from Jeff appeared on my Fire's carousel recently saying it'll be here in the "coming weeks" and touting a number of new features and an all new visual design.

Some highlights...

- User Profiles (available in the US, UK & Germany)
With Profiles, each family memeber gets their own profile, including individual email, Facebook and Twitter accounts, page in the book, spot in the movie, and game levels. Profiles are available in the U.S., U.K., and Germany.

- Office Docs - view, edit & create Office docs using WPS Office (also integrated with Cloud Drive)
Now you can view, edit, and create Office documents for free using WPS Office, the most popular Android Office app. WPS Office is compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It also integrated with Cloud Drive, so your Office documents are automatically backed up and available through the Cloud Drive app on other mobile devices and computers.

- Longer Battery Life (Smart Suspend)
If you leave a tablet unplugged overnight, most devices will typically continue to connect to Wi-Fi and consume power, even in standby mode. To solve this problem, Smart Suspend develops a customized profile for when your device is typically not in use and proactively turns wireless off and on to save power. Smart Suspend will still turn on Wi-Fi periodically to fetch new emails or app notifications, so when you pick up your tablet it's ready to go and up to date.

- New Weather and Calculator apps
Weather provides a quick snapshot of hourly and daily weather, and also features RealFeel temperature to account for factors such as humidity and wind. Calculator's elegant display makes number crunching fast and easy.

- Full-Screen Immersive Mode
Apps and games in immersive mode now fill the entire screen for a more engrossing experience, with navigation controls only a swipe away.

- Backup & Restore
You can automatically back up device settings, email and wireless configurations, notes, bookmarks, and more to Amazon's Cloud for free and without need for configuration or connection to a computer, so it's easy to restore information to a new Fire if your device is lost or damaged.

Probably nothing new to some folks, but thought I'd post it in case someone found it useful.

10-05-2014, 03:16 AM	#1
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Fire OS4 update coming soon Well, we all know the OS is coming, at least for 2013 Fire's, but a "letter" from Jeff appeared on my Fire's carousel recently saying it'll be here in the "coming weeks" and touting a number of new features and an all new visual design. Some highlights... - User Profiles (available in the US, UK & Germany) With Profiles, each family memeber gets their own profile, including individual email, Facebook and Twitter accounts, page in the book, spot in the movie, and game levels. Profiles are available in the U.S., U.K., and Germany. - Office Docs - view, edit & create Office docs using WPS Office (also integrated with Cloud Drive) Now you can view, edit, and create Office documents for free using WPS Office, the most popular Android Office app. WPS Office is compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It also integrated with Cloud Drive, so your Office documents are automatically backed up and available through the Cloud Drive app on other mobile devices and computers. - Longer Battery Life (Smart Suspend) If you leave a tablet unplugged overnight, most devices will typically continue to connect to Wi-Fi and consume power, even in standby mode. To solve this problem, Smart Suspend develops a customized profile for when your device is typically not in use and proactively turns wireless off and on to save power. Smart Suspend will still turn on Wi-Fi periodically to fetch new emails or app notifications, so when you pick up your tablet it's ready to go and up to date. - New Weather and Calculator apps Weather provides a quick snapshot of hourly and daily weather, and also features RealFeel temperature to account for factors such as humidity and wind. Calculator's elegant display makes number crunching fast and easy. - Full-Screen Immersive Mode Apps and games in immersive mode now fill the entire screen for a more engrossing experience, with navigation controls only a swipe away. - Backup & Restore You can automatically back up device settings, email and wireless configurations, notes, bookmarks, and more to Amazon's Cloud for free and without need for configuration or connection to a computer, so it's easy to restore information to a new Fire if your device is lost or damaged. Probably nothing new to some folks, but thought I'd post it in case someone found it useful.