Amazon Kindle Fire Gets Update to 6.3.1

Amazon is in the midst of updating its Kindle Fire just two days after confirming that major retailer Target will stop selling the product and all other products related to Amazon or Kindle. The latest update will bring the device firmware up to version 6.3.1 and will add more to the parental control features already on the tablet. With the latest update, users will be able to password-protect your purchases, disable access to some content libraries with the added option to block certain parties from using the Silk browser.  According to the post by the company, “We have a new, free software update available for the Kindle Fire.

This update brings additional parental controls to Kindle Fire, including the ability to password-protect purchases, disable access to specific content libraries and block access to the Silk web browser. As with all software updates, these new features will be delivered automatically to your Kindle Fire.” While this isn’t a major update, many parents will appreciate the update which can be used to protect their children from accessing content that is deemed inappropriate. So if you have a Kindle Fire, do check your update notifications for the file that will bring your firmware up to version 6.3.1.