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#137 |
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To get the new features activated, does WiFi need to be left on?
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Location: Central Florida
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I have been turning Wi-fi more than normal because of the January reading challenge, so perhaps that triggered it finally. It definitely still took time to show up, though, as it did the past 2 days but I have turned on Wi-fi every day this month, and several times in December.
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You cannot tell it is there until you start scrolling, then it keeps reloading different pages if this makes sense. It looks the same as before, but with more recommended sections. So the top had my library and reading lists as normal, and the bottom of the screen has recommended for you. I scroll down, then it loads: "Based on your reading", Quick Reads, Discover Your Next Read. Scroll down again, Upcoming Releases, Page Turners, Expand Your Reading Horizon. Scroll down again, Mystery and Thrillers in KU (this applies to me so it may change based on others reading habits), Books from Goodreads friends, and Best Sellers in Kindle Store. Scroll down again, "More like _______ (book I just read), Popular this Month, More like ______ (another book I just read)
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Sheesh, who wants more ads and recommendations. Totally useless for me too. But then, my homescreen is disabled anyway.
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With that said, the only feature that's lacking on my current PW is warm light. I'm not about to give up my jailbreak for that so likely no new Kindles for me, either. I have a Kobo Libra H2O which is nice but the low 8GB storage makes it way too limited for manga. |
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Looks like I have Extended Home Feed also. Before there were basically only 2 ‘pages’ you could scroll; now there are 5.
I’ll still keep this turned off, but the one thing I like about it is the ‘page up’ and ‘page down’ icons that let you scroll without swiping. I wish they would add these to Library and Store listings: scroll by swipe is not very predictable, sometimes it scrolls in the opposite direction than intended, and other times an item in the list is accidentally opened instead of scrolling, which is rather annoying. |
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I do occasionally browse them on the Amazon webpage, but not on an eink Kindle. Therefore any recs on my Kindles are just annoyances.
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well, extended home screen has arrived at my Kindle (newest gen), too, by now.
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