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Amazon rolls out Kindle update with AI reading assistant
Amazon is rolling out Kindle software version 5.20.2, which adds an AI feature called Ask This Book.
The tool is designed to help readers ask questions about a book's plot and characters and get summaries or follow-up answers.
Readers can limit answers to the pages they have reached to avoid spoilers, or include the whole book.
The feature works only with selected Amazon ebooks and requires an internet connection; it does not support sideloaded books or Send-to-Kindle documents.
Amazon has not published release notes, so compatibility with Kindle models remains unclear, especially for 2024 devices.
The update is rolling out automatically, and Amazon has not listed it for manual download on its update page.
Amazon has begun rolling out Kindle software version 5.20.2, which introduces the AI-powered “Ask This Book” feature to compatible e-readers.
The tool can answer questions about plot points and characters, provide summaries and follow up on earlier questions and answers.
Readers can limit answers to content up to their current position to help avoid spoilers, or allow the tool to draw on the entire book.
The feature requires an internet connection and works only with selected Amazon-published or distributed ebooks.
Amazon has not published release notes, so which devices are compatible remains unclear.
- Who
- Amazon is rolling out the update to Kindle users with compatible e-readers.
- What
- Software version 5.20.2 adds the AI-powered “Ask This Book” reading assistant.
- When
- Amazon has begun the rollout; Notebookcheck reported it on October 31, 2026.
- Where
- On compatible Kindle e-readers. The feature was previously available in the Kindle iOS app.
- Why
- The tool is designed to answer questions about a book, provide summaries and follow up on earlier questions and answers.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Ask This Book” became available on the Kindle iOS app.
Notebookcheck reported that Amazon had begun rolling out Kindle software version 5.20.2.
- Software version
- 5.20.2
- Feature
- Ask This Book
- Reported rollout date
- October 31, 2026
- Reported download size
- Around 643 MB
- Internet connection
- Required
- Supported titles
- Selected Amazon-published or distributed ebooks