And both the other devices in the 7th gen show 5.10.1.1. Which is mostly odd as the 6th gen version is shown as 5.10.1.1. Here's the weird thing: for the 7th gen PW, the current firmware version is shown as 5.9.7. So the next newest PW is part of the 7th generation, which also includes the Voyage and a basic model. The 8th generation includes a basic kindle model and the original Oasis.
The only 9th generation Kindle is the larger screen Oasis. Interestingly, the current PW version is shown as 10th generation.
#Kindle paperwhite battery status how to
There should be a link on the update page, as well, as to how to download the file to your computer and update it manually. It is important that you download and apply the correct update, even though they're numbered similarly, as the wrong one won't work. It gives you 'distinguishing' characteristics for the various 'generations'. If you need help figuring out which generation of Paperwhite you have, here's a page that helps with that: You can use the pictures (scroll down under the Fire line for kindles) or the word links down the left side to go to the page for your device. So they added it across the board as standard. Among other things, it added the percentage to the battery indicator - apparently a thing people REALLY LIKED from the second gen Oasis, where it was an option if you turned on some of the accessibility features. there was an update back in mid October for all but the oldest of devices.