Amazon Kindle: Reading App for Android

Amazon Kindle: Reading App is an ebook reader application by Amazon Mobile LLC that lets you browse, download, and read millions of digital books, magazines, comics, and manga on your Android device. Designed for readers who want a portable library, the app turns your phone or tablet into an e-reader with customizable display settings, built-in reference tools, and cross-device syncing. It serves casual readers, students, commuters, and anyone who prefers digital over physical books, with options to sample titles before purchase and access content through subscription services.

Beyond basic page turning, the app offers tools to enhance the reading experience: you can adjust font, text size, margins, alignment, orientation, brightness, and background colors. A built-in dictionary, X-Ray, Wikipedia lookup, and instant translations help you understand unfamiliar words and references. Progress tracking shows percentages, real page numbers, and estimated time left in a chapter or book. You can bookmark passages, highlight text, take notes, and view everything in a centralized notebook. Page Flip lets you skim or get an overview of the book, and high-definition color images can be zoomed for magazines, comics, and manga.

The app syncs your reading position, bookmarks, highlights, and notes across devices, so you can switch between your phone, tablet, and other Kindle devices seamlessly. When you prefer listening, you can switch from reading to the Audible version within the app. You can also receive notifications about new releases from authors you follow. The app includes ads and offers in-app purchases, and it requests access to device and app history, identity, location, phone, photos, media, files, storage, Wi-Fi connection information, and device ID and call information. It is free to download and carries a Teen content rating. The latest version is 8.158.0.100 (2.0.109808.0) from October 2026, requiring Android 9 or later and about 147 MB of storage.

Key features

• Read millions of Kindle books, magazines, newspapers, comics, and manga, including titles with Audible narration
• Customize text size, font type, margins, alignment, orientation, and choose between page turns or continuous scroll
• Adjust brightness and background colors for comfortable reading day or night
• Look up words, people, and places with built-in dictionary, X-Ray, Wikipedia, and instant translations
• Track reading progress with percentage, real page numbers, and time left in chapter or book
• Bookmark, highlight, and take notes, with all notes visible in My Notebook
• Use Page Flip to skim or get a bird's-eye view of the book while saving your place
• Zoom in on high-definition color images in books, magazines, comics, and manga
• Sync books, bookmarks, highlights, and notes across devices automatically
• Switch seamlessly from reading to listening with Audible within the app, and get notified about new releases from authors you follow

How to install

1. Tap the download button on this page to get the APK file for Amazon Kindle: Reading App, which is about 147 MB in size.
2. When Android asks for permission, allow your browser or file manager to install apps by enabling the 'Install unknown apps' setting for that source.
3. Open the downloaded APK file from your notifications or file manager.
4. Tap Install when prompted, and wait for the installation to finish.
5. Open the app from your home screen or app drawer.
6. Ensure your device runs Android 9 or later to use the app properly.

Latest changes

This update adds a Kindle 'Last Book Read' widget for your Android Home screen, giving you quick access to your most recent read. To set it up, long press the Kindle app icon, choose 'Widgets' from the menu, then long press the widget and drag it to your preferred spot on the Home screen.

This app is for anyone who wants a convenient, portable reading experience on their Android phone or tablet, including commuters, students, and avid readers who enjoy ebooks, magazines, comics, or manga and want tools to customize reading, look up references, and sync progress across devices.

Before installing, review the permissions the app requests and decide whether you are comfortable granting access to location, phone, and storage. To save data, download books for offline reading when possible, and use the widget feature to quickly jump back into your latest read.

Amazon Kindle: Reading App offers a robust set of reading tools and a vast catalog of content, making it a practical choice for digital readers. While it includes ads and in-app purchases and asks for broad permissions, its customization, syncing, and reference features deliver a solid reading experience on Android.