More and more devices include new functions for which they were not originally designed, as is the case with Amazon e-books. These begin to include greater integration with the Internet and social networks. We tell you how.
Connect your Amazon Kindle with your social networks
Initially, these devices were designed as simple electronic books to store a large selection of books without the need to be constantly connected to the Internet. Many of these have a Wi-Fi connection, through which you can manage content quickly and easily without having to physically connect them to other devices.
With the passage of time and frequent updates, this Wi-Fi connection, in addition to passing content, also allows you to surf the net, although in a very basic way. And this has also made it possible to make purchases through the device itself and download directly, without having to buy and then send the items to the devices.
- For now, this connection is limited to Twitter and Facebook accounts, although this is already a big step forward. This form of access has its limitations, but you can still share, for example, content that you underline or fragments of text in a very simple way and directly from your device. But for this, you must first make some adjustments.
- From your Amazon Kindle, you must access its configuration settings. For this, you only have to click on the hamburger menu (≡) located in the upper right part of the screen.
- After displaying the menu, access the settings by clicking on “settings”.
- Then, among the available options, select “my account”.
- In the new menu, select “Social networks”
- At the moment, the only social networks through which you can share content are Facebook and Twitter.
- Select the network you want to configure and start the wizard. Follow the steps indicated by entering the username and password.
- Once the process is complete, you can now share content directly from the device.
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You must bear in mind that not all users will be able to use this function since at the moment it is not available for all devices. Early generation e-books do not have this option. Although they can use the internet browser and access the web version by this means, they will not be able to share content directly from their device.
We have become accustomed to living permanently connected and these new functions give a new meaning to the use of these devices, through which you will not only be able to read your favorite novels, but also access current events through the browser. As long as you have a Wi-Fi connection. You must recognize that it has limitations since the loading speed is slow and that in addition to that, you will see all the content in black and white on its electronic ink screen. We hope that, in the future, they will include more features that allow greater connectivity of our devices.
