Step-by-Step Tutorial: Downloading and Setting Up Apps on Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite & Kindle Touch Models

Step-by-Step Tutorial: Downloading and Setting Up Apps on Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite & Kindle Touch Models

How to Install Apps on Kindle Paperwhite / Kindle Touch

Posted by Jonny Greenwood on 2/19/2020 11:35:37 AM.

Many people love playing games and apps on tablet like Kindle Fire, but have you ever thought that you can also play games and apps on E-Ink device like Kindle Paperwhite?

For E-Ink device like Kindle Paperwhite, the apps and games are called “Active Content”. In one sense, “Active Content” equals “apps” for Kindle.

Where to Find the Active Contents (Apps & Games) for Kindle Device?

Just search “active content” on amazon.com where you can get them. Or you can also read a post on our blog, which collects top 5 free Kindle apps and games .

How to Install the Active Contents on Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Touch

1 Get Apps & Games to Kindle Paperwhite with 1-click purchase

The simplest way to get apps for Kindle just is like delivering purchased books to Kindle. On the right side of the product page, choose which device you want to deliver this app to, then click “Buy now with 1-Click”. Then run your Kindle Paperwhite/Kindle Touch and connect it to internet , and the app will be pushed to your device.

2 Download Apps to Computer First and Then Transfer via USB

If you have problem in receiving the app on Kindle Paperwhite, you can also download the app to your computer first and then transfer it to your Kindle device via USB connection.

First please go to “Manage Your Kindle” page, and you will see the most recently purchased items, where the app should be displayed.

Then look at the right side, you will find that there is an “Action” button, click it and then choose “Download & transfer via USB”.

Choose the Kindle device which you would transfer this item to. At this list your non-e-ink Kindle will be not choosable. Then click “Download”, you will get an “.azw2” file.

Now plug your Kindle Paperwhite to computer, there will be a removable disk called “Kindle” showing up in your local computer. Open it and transfer those .azw2 files into the “Document” folder.

Now eject Kindle from your computer, and choose “Active Content” (which equals to “app” for e-ink Kindle) in the list below the cart icon. In this collection you can see all the apps that are installed on your Kindle.

How does it look like when playing games on e-ink device? Here it is.

Why My Kindle Doesn’t Accept the Active Content?

First you should make sure it is “active content”, not an “app”. If it is indeed an active content but you can’t install it on Kindle, then you should check if this active content is supported by your Kindle.

In the active content information page, you can see “Available on these devices” below the price, click it you can get the list containing all the Kindles it supports.