Thread: HDX Fire OS 5 update coming soon
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Old 01-07-2016, 08:14 PM   #7
tomsem
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Originally Posted by Josieb1 View Post
My Fire HDX 7 (3rd Gen) is showing a letter on the carousel this morning saying that it will be updated to OS 5 in the coming weeks. I must admit I wasn't expecting 2013 Fires to get OS 5.

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They announced their intentions to update with the launch of the new Fire tablets. If I remember correctly, the 2013 HDX8.9 is not getting it, but HD6 and 2014 HDX8.9 are. The beta for Fire OS 5 was available for this same set of devices.

Yes, and the letter just showed up on my HD6. But no download link yet.

No mention of the 'blue filter' feature, but I guess that is yet to come for everyone. While I'm skeptical that it is at all necessary (beyond common sense use of 'night mode' or screen dimming to adjust to low-light conditions), I have installed f.lux on my computers and am about to try something similar for my Android device, just to see for myself. iOS seems to be missing out on the blue filter craze.
Last edited by tomsem; 01-07-2016 at 08:34 PM.
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