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title: "Kindle Paperwhite Software Update"
description: "Amazon announced an update (5.3.4) to the Paperwhite software.  If you have a Paperwhite you can make sure it is connected to wifi and it will likely update itself eventually.  If you want to..."
url: https://bookwi.se/kindle-paperwhite-software-update/
date: 2013-03-18
modified: 2013-03-18
author: "Adam Shields"
categories: ["Kindle Tips"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Kindle Paperwhite Software Update

Amazon announced an update (5.3.4) to the Paperwhite software.  If you have a Paperwhite you can make sure it is connected to wifi and it will likely update itself eventually.  If you want to force it to update, you can [manually download and update](http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_sib?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201064850) the Kindle.

From what I can tell, no one has figured out what this update is for.  It is listed as a ‘general improvements’ update, but all of the coverage I have seen says that no one can tell what it does.  Likely it is fixing some small bugs and/or improving the background code.

 

 

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