Amazon has released its newest update for the Kindle Fire, which is geared to fix many of the problems the tablet has suffered since it launched. The update won’t add a proper hardware volume control, of course, but it is advertised to address some of the performance problems we called out in our generally negative review. Amazon promised to enhance “fluidity and performance” and improved “touch navigation responsiveness.”
The main interface added to the Kindle Fire is the ability to remove items from the carousel on the home page. This is a small but useful way to keep your most commonly used apps organized and make sure other users don't see whatever naughty things you might have been perusing. Some of you may have noticed, when perusing the interwebs on your Kindle Fire, which a certain Google-branded Market refused to load in the slate's Silk browser. In fact, it automatically redirected you to the Amazon App store in an unsettling bit of URL hijacking. Well, with the latest update to the tablet, that slightly befuddling restriction has been lifted and the questionable behavior rectified.
The updated Kindle Fire is the ability to lock Wi-Fi, which can be very useful if you have kids. You can also add a password lock for Wi-Fi access, preventing unwanted Internet use. With both dubious reading/viewing habits and young children in the house — the update includes a feature that allows you to hide content from the home-screen carousel. Thus, you can not only remove the Kama Sutra from view, you can also pretend that you don’t own a copy of Bridget Jones’s Diary, in either movie or book form. You can do this under the "Restrictions" menu by selecting "Enable Restrictions" and entering a password. Since the menu is called "Restrictions" and isn't a setting under the Wi-Fi menu, it looks like Amazon is making room for other parental controls in the future.
Amazon is now allowing device owners to navigate the Android Market website, though the ability to install anything remains a distant dream. Prior to the change, the company had actively rebuffed attempts to visit Google's storefront in the browser by circling users back to the Amazon Appstore. While that made sense from a logical standpoint — the Fire lacks any sort of official support from the market, and access was likely blocked to avoid confusion — it's always nice to see consumers be given the chance to use a product any which way they please. Kindle Fire owners can now see firsthand what exclusives they enjoy, but also what they've been missing out on as a consequence of being subject to Amazon's curate approach.
The 6.2.1 update of this Kindle Fire is also notable for the fact that it removes root privileges from Fires that have been rooted, and also prevents future rooting. After the update, the Kindle Fire felt smoother to handle when browsing Web sites or reading magazines. The carousel on the home page also felt slightly less slippery, the touch screen generally seems more responsive.
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