Use these tips to take your reading experience on Kindle to the next level.
Use Warm Light on Your Kindle
What, you might wonder, is warm light?
It’s a feature available on some Kindles, which adds yellowness to the screen’s white light.
There are plenty of benefits to using warm light, including making it easier to fall asleep at night.
Using warm light on your Kindleis pretty straightforward.
Swipe down from the top of your screen to reveal the controls menu.
UnderWarmth, adjust the slider to whatever you want.
The warmer the screen, the more orange the light will be.
The latter adds warm light at sundown.
If Wi-Fi is on, sundown is calculated by reference to the actual times.
Change Auto-Brightness
With auto-brightness, the screen brightness adjusts automatically using an ambient light sensor.
Swipe down from the top of your screen to open up the controls menu.
Above the warmth slider, you’ll see theBrightnesssection.
Move the slider with your fingertip to your preferred level.
Note that this doesn’t turn off the auto-brightness.
The screen is still front-lit.
Swipe down to reach the all-important configs menu by swiping down from the top of your screen.
Tap the rightmost icon, labeledDark mode, which is illustrated by a half-shaded circle.
And voiladark mode activated.
If you want to turn it off again, just tap the button once more.
To reach the progress menu, tap a page in your book somewhere near the top and tap theAabutton.
SelectMore, and then tap onReading Progress.
The time is calculated based on the speed at which you flip through pages.
Finally, toggleShow Clock While Readingon.
You’ll be able to see the clock right at the top of your screen.
Ensure to turn on your Wi-Fi, which will automatically set the time.
Then, tap onAll prefs.
Now, selectDevice Options.
Toggle this optiononand tap theX buttonin the top right corner to exit controls.
TapAll Settingsand then selectDevice Options.
Now tapDevice Passcode, and this lets you set a numerical password that locks your Kindle.
you’ve got the option to turn it off again easily by repeating the same steps.
For instance, themes will let you change the spacing between the lines in your book.
Tap theAabutton and see to it you’re in theThemestab.
You’ll see several different options available:compact,standard, andlarge.
Choose whichever theme fits all your needs.
Open a book and tap near the top of your screen.
Tap theAabutton and then selectFont, where you’ll see sliders tochange the font size on your Kindle.
you could also play with theBoldsettings, but this isn’t available on a side-loaded MOBI book.
Tap the plus or minus buttons to adjust the size.
Tap theAabutton and confirm you’re in theLayouttab.
Tap one of the two icons forportraitorlandscapeorientation.
Kindles Are Insanely Customizable
Reading on a Kindle can be pretty much what you make of it.
