Thread: Firmware Update New Kindle software update: 5.18.4
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Old 09-06-2025, 01:36 PM   #68
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Originally Posted by JBaby View Post
It didn’t revert on this version. It reverted on 5.18.4.
But this is apparently one of the features they can turn on for some and not for others. As long as that capability is in the version, it could happen in 5.18.4 or 5.18.4.0.1 or in some to come version. The new UI appeared at least for some people in 5.18.3.

To be clear, 'revert' in this case means 'restore older UI'. That has not happened on any of my several Kindles now running 5.18.4.0.1. They are all running the 'new' UI and I hope they continue to do so.

I cannot recall any previous case where Amazon reverted a feature for everyone.

I went back and read the 'revert' reports: they saw new UI immediately after (manual) update, but then it reverted shortly thereafter. So probably feature is not enabled on their account yet, and when it connected and synched, it got turned off.

OTA updates probably don't have this 'revert' behavior since 'feature sync' happens at the same time. All of mine were OTA in this case.
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