![]() Location based services will now be part of the parental control settings and will appear on the page where you can set parental control for individual apps/features.Japanese support Customers can now select Japanese as the device language. ![]() Swype also provides additional keyboard functions like copy and paste and the ability to change the keyboard language. It lets you create a word by drawing through letters. Swype is a keyboard feature that provides a fast way to enter text. You can now use the front-facing web camera to take pictures of yourself with an included camera app in the Photos library. ![]() The Kindle Fire HD 7" update includes the following, in Amazon's words (Amazon kept changing the software-update page wording on new features while I was writing this blog and driving me bonkers). NOTE that the new Camera app is initiated with an icon of a camera in the Photos section (top menu - Home screen) but it's limited to taking a picture and, as with the more flexible basic mode using ES File Explorer (free) and also the HD Camera app, the basic camera function allows you to send the photos through email or to your Dropbox, for instance.įor those who don't want to wait for the software update to arrive over the air, you can *start* the update from the Kindle Fire (see the appropriate software update page for each on how to do that - essentially it's sync'g the Kindle Fire with the servers via the option on your top-menu quick-settings row but they want you to make sure you have a full battery before doing the sync).įor those who prefer to do the updates via USB cable because you don't have WiFi), the update files are at the Amazon server locations linked above. 10 the HD Camera app, which has unusually fast and thorough customer support from the appmaker and repeated earlier instructions on how to activate the many front-facing camera features such as panoramic mode, time-lapses and video via the ES File Explorer, Amazon is now offering their own (very basic) camera app. I could type it faster, but others love this feature.Īlthough we mentioned on Nov. I just did 'erstwhile' that way and it worked right away. The Swype Keyboard mode is accessed by just starting to draw a line through the keyboard characters you want 'typed' pausing slightly at each letter. I just found that I received my v7.2.2 update over the air - Checked by swiping down my Top Menu to get "More" and then "Settings," where I looked at "Device," then "About" and saw that I already have System Version 7.2.2. Moderator Ann in Arlington points out that the 8.9" Kfire HD tablet already has the camera app built in and comes Swype-featured, which I hadn't noticedĪmazon's sending these over the air already GeckoFriend and Betsy the Quilter at discovered the updates ready to go on the Amazon servers and they include features people have requested - one for the front-facing camera app for the 7" HD model and the long-awaited SWYPE keyboard mode for both newer 7" models. UK Links are: Kindle Fire HD 7" v7.2.2, UK and Kindle Fire 2, v10.2.3, UK. The two new updates - v7.2.2 for Kindle Fire HD 7" and v10.2.3 for Kindle fire 2 - will automatically download and install for most Kindle Fire customers. NEW FEATURES in latest updates for the Kindle Fire HD 7-inch and Kindle Fire 2 tablets
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