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Kindle Fire User’s Guide 14
Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content
Web
Your Kindle Fire features Amazon Silk, an all-new web browser powered by Amazon Web
Services (AWS). Silk overcomes the performance limitations of typical mobile browsers by
residing on both your Kindle Fire and on the AWS cloud-computing platform. In short, Silk
couples the capabilities and interactivity of your Kindle Fire with the massive computing
power, memory, and network connectivity of Amazon’s cloud.
To access Amazon Silk, tap Web on the Home screen. Silk supports bookmarks, history,
and searches. When you open a new tab, a list of your most visited pages will display as
thumbnails. Simply tap a thumbnail to return to that page. To visit a new page, type the URL
in the field at the top of the page and tap the Go button. You can clear your visited pages at
any time by opening the Settings menu and choosing the “clear history” option. To search,
type in your search criteria and tap Go. To open another browser tab, tap the “+” symbol in
the upper right of the browser.
The Options bar at the bottom of the screen contains the Home button, forward and back
arrows, a menu icon, and a bookmark icon.
To view or add bookmarks, tap the Bookmark icon in the Options bar. You can display your
bookmarks in a list or grid view by clicking the sort icons at the top of the screen.
Managing your content
The Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com (accessible from www.amazon.com/myk)
offers a handy way to manage your Kindle devices, books and periodical purchases and more.
Transferring content to your Kindle Fire
You can transfer a variety of content types to your Kindle Fire via its micro-USB connector,
including music, videos, photos, and documents. Please note that personal content
transferred to your Kindle Fire is only stored on your device and not archived in the cloud.
To transfer content from your computer to your Kindle Fire, do the following:
1. Connect your Kindle Fire to your computer with a micro-USB cable (sold separately).
2. Slide the arrow from right to left to unlock your Kindle.
3. Open the Kindle Fire drive on your computer. Your Kindle Fire will appear as an external
storage drive or volume on the computer’s desktop. Note that Kindle Fire is not usable as
a device while connected to your computer as a storage drive or volume.
4. Drag and drop your content into the applicable content folder, such as Music or Pictures.
5. When you are done transferring files, press the Disconnect button at the bottom of the Kindle
Fire screen and eject it from your computer, then unplug the USB cable.
Removing content from your Kindle Fire
To remove content, press and hold on an item to display the contextual menu, then select
Remove from Device. Content purchased from Amazon will remain stored in the Amazon
Cloud in case you want to download it again at a later date.