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Originally Posted by maximus83
I'm pretty behind on how Amazon runs their Kindle software strategy since I've been away for so long. Do they usually use some kind of trickle-down approach, add the feature first to the Kindle devices and pump it as a big deal, then quietly add it to the other platforms later?
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It has varied over the years. Currently the iOS, Android, and Fire apps are the most frequently updated (usually monthly) and have features that e-ink Kindles cannot support due to hardware limitations. The iOS app lacks some store-related features due to extra costs placed on that by Apple.
Kindle firmware for models released since 2013 is updated approximately quarterly. New features are generally pretty minor.
The PC and Mac apps are updated less frequently and still lack basic features that the others have had for years, such as cloud collections.