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Kindle Browser

  • Developer: Amazon
  • Development Status: Active
  • Released: 2007
  • Platforms: Kindle
  • Type: Browser
  • Rendering Engine: NetFront (earlier devices), WebKit (newer devices)

Overview

Kindle Browser is the web browser included on Amazon Kindle e-readers.

These browsers are developed for Amazon devices:

BrowserDescription
Kindle BrowserThe browser included with Kindle e-readers.
Silk BrowserThe browser developed for Amazon Fire devices.

User-Agent Examples

Linux
sh
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Linux 2.6.22) NetFront/3.4 Kindle/2.5 (screen 600x800; rotate)

Code Example

js
import { UAParser } from 'ua-parser-js';
import { BrowserName } from 'ua-parser-js/enums';

const parser = new UAParser();
const ua = 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Linux 2.6.22) NetFront/3.4 Kindle/2.5 (screen 600x800; rotate)';

const browser = parser.setUA(ua).getBrowser();

console.log(browser);
// {name: "Kindle", version: "2.5", major: "2"}

console.log(browser.is(BrowserName.KINDLE));
// true

UAParser.js v2 is licensed under AGPLv3 or PRO licenses.